CALL FOR PROPOSALS The Department of Media Studies invites you to the 13th International Conference Bridges of Media Education to be held on 26th and 27th May 2023 at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. The key theme of the conference in 2023 is: Media On/In Crisis Three years into the global pandemic of COVID-19, more than ten months after the start of the war in Ukraine, and with the environmental risks posing more imminent threat, the crisis coverage is dominating the news. All these events prompted governments to communicate more strategically, limiting in some cases the freedom of expressions. Journalists are attempting to cope with the work in a digitally saturated environment, in which disinformation spreads at ever growing pace. In some countries, political and media polarization is further deepening and the crisis events serve as accelerators for the social divisions. News reporting about pandemic, war, climate and other crises events that would bring accurate and trustworthy accounts is ever more needed, and at the same time harder to achieve. Globally, the economic crisis is hitting media organisations. After the short period of rising consumption and rising trust in news, the media are now faced with
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CFP: Bridges of Media Education 2023
CALL FOR PROPOSALS The Department of Media Studies invites you to the 13th International Conference Bridges of Media Education to be held on 26th and 27th May 2023 at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. The key theme of the conference in 2023 is: Media On/In Crisis Three years into the global pandemic of COVID-19, more than ten months after the start of the war in Ukraine, and with the environmental risks posing more imminent threat, the crisis coverage is dominating the news. All these events prompted governments to communicate more strategically, limiting in some cases the freedom of expressions. Journalists are attempting to cope with the work in a digitally saturated environment, in which disinformation spreads at ever growing pace. In some countries, political and media polarization is further deepening and the crisis events serve as accelerators for the social divisions. News reporting about pandemic, war, climate and other crises events that would bring accurate and trustworthy accounts is ever more needed, and at the same time harder to achieve. Globally, the economic crisis is hitting media organisations. After the short period of rising consumption and rising trust in news, the media are now faced with
Read moreMeet our keynote speakers
Václav Štětka Loughborough University, UK Václav Štětka is Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies at, Loughborough University (UK), and Principal Investigator of “The Illiberal Turn” project. His research interests encompass political communication, the role of media in the rise of populism and polarization, and the relationship between media and democracy in Central and Eastern Europe. He is an active contributor to several international research projects and networks, including the Digital News Report (Oxford University), Media Pluralism Monitor (European University Institute in Florence), or the Network of European Political Communication Scholars (NEPOCS). Since 2019 he is member of the Committee for Editorial Independence of the Czech media house Economia. Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska Institute of Political Science at the University of Wrocław, Poland Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowskais a professor of communication and chair of the Department of Communication and Journalism at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Wrocław in Poland. She is a founder of, and she was the first president of the Polish Communication Association (2007–2013). She was the President of International Federation of Communication Associations (2010–2012). She is a founder and she was an editor of Central European Journal of Communication,the official journal of Polish CommunicationAssociation. She is a
Read moreCFP: Bridges of Media Education 2022
The Department of Media Studies invites you to the 12th International Conference Bridges of Media Education to be held on 27th and 28th May 2022 at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. The key theme of the conference in 2022 is: Pluralism in the online environment: perspectives of users, journalists and media. For additional information please click here.
Read moreBME 2018 Edited Volume is published
Please visit our “BME Publications” section to download our BME 2018 Edited Volume in PDF.
Read moreExtended deadline for paper submission
We are pleased to announce that the paper submission deadline has been extended until 1st October 2019. Please use or form to send us your paper. Make sure that it follows our paper guidelines.
Read moreCFP: THE BRIDGES OF MEDIA EDUCATION 2019
THE 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “BRIDGES OF MEDIA EDUCATION 2019” The Department of Media Studies invites you to the 11th International Conference Bridges of Media Education 2019 to be held on 13th and 14th September 2019 at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia.
Read moreDownload our BME 2018 Book of Abstracts now!
The official Book of Abstracts BME 2018 is now available. You can download it here. Our earlier Conference publications are on this link.
Read more“Bridges of Media Education 2018” is officially closed
The Tenth International Scientific Conference “Bridges of Media Education 2018” is officially closed. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we want to thank you for attending the Conference and we hope that you found the event informative and worthwhile. We wish you all the best and hope that you will visit us again.
Read moreBME 2018 Conference Programme is now published!
Dear Visitor, our BME 2018 Conference Programme is now available online! Download it here.
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