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THE FACULTY OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION

Organizes a Jubilee International Scientific Conference on the occasion of 70 years education in Journalism on the topic:

MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY: EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL CHALLENGES.

The philosophy of education and academic research in journalism and media at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” is related to the high public responsibility of the profession of journalism and to its role in the social systems, to its functions as the fourth power and to the role of journalism as an independent institution, to the media influence and the public trust.

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Conference Topics

  • Research and education in the field of journalism
  • Press journalism and photography
  • Online journalism
  • Radio journalism
  • Television journalism
  • Social Journalism
  • Media Content Strategies
  • Communicative, social and cognitive aspects of the media
  • Communication and social change;
  • Theory and methodology of communication;
  • Media narratives and narratives in contemporary communication;
  • Intercultural communication;
  • History of mass communication;
  • Mass communication and society;
  • Media audiences;
  • Press and publishing industry;
  • Journalism and literature;
  • Sociology, philosophy, publicity
  • Researches in the field of media education;
  • Media literacy;
  • New technologies in education;
  • Communication educational programs in support of social diversity/DEI;
  • Academic communication and scholarly language/writing;
  • Online education due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Political communication and media;
  • Media influence and the change of political communication;
  • Media policies;
  • Media ethics;
  • Political discourse and medialization of politics;
  • Alternative and community media;
  • Non-government organizations and communication;
  • Freedom of speech;
  • Media, crisis and democracy
  • International communication;
  • Media and globalization;
  • Multiculturalism and media;
  • Mass communications, society and globalization;
  • Cultural competence and communication;
  • Media and cultural transformation;
  • Social inequalities because of the COVID-19 pandemic;
  • Foreign media;
  • Psychological Particularities of the Communicative Process
  • Social media usage;
  • Discrimination and equality problems in social media;
  • The future of social media;
  • Role of social media during and after COVID-19 restrictions;
  • Fake news and disinformation
  • Digital communication channels;
  • Advantages and disadvantages of digital communication;
  • Challenges to digital communication;
  • New media;
  • Digitalization of book publishing industry;
  • Communication management and communication technologies;
  • Digital communication policies;
  • Journalism/ PR and digital media
  • Communication politics and regulation;
  • Political communication;
  • Communication in times of crisis;
  • Media law and regulation;
  • Communication and multimedia companies
  • Management and media economy;
  • PR industry;
  • Business communication;
  • Integrated marketing communications;
  • Brand management;
  • Media ecology;
  • Media expertise;
  • Digital natives;
  • The society under surveillance;
  • Media and artificial intelligence;
  • Digital art and culture
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Our Partners

Academic Partner

Vilnus University, Vilnus, Lithuania

Academic Partner

University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Academic Partner

university-nis-serbia

University of Nis, Nis, Serbia

Academic Partner

batumi university

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Batumi, Georgia

Media Partner

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Bulgarian News Agency

Media Partner

Bulgarian National Radio