Post-Soviet Media Research Methodology Workshop
Post-Soviet Media Research Methodology Workshop
Birmingham, March 28, 2008 1-4pm
Conference room G51, ground floor, ERI building
University of Birmingham (Green Zone, G3)
Interdisciplinary
discussion of approaches to the study of post-Soviet and Soviet media
with the purpose of facilitating original, cutting-edge research and
scholar-practitioner exchange in the field. Questions to be addressed
include:
1. What are the specific issues involved in studying the Soviet and post-Soviet media?
2. How has the arrival of new technology affected research in the field?
3. How can the different disciplines within post-Soviet Studies complement one another?
The outcomes will be disseminated via a new CEELBAS Media Project featuring a website co-hosted by CEELBAS and the Universities of Manchester and Birmingham.
1. What are the specific issues involved in studying the Soviet and post-Soviet media?
2. How has the arrival of new technology affected research in the field?
3. How can the different disciplines within post-Soviet Studies complement one another?
The outcomes will be disseminated via a new CEELBAS Media Project featuring a website co-hosted by CEELBAS and the Universities of Manchester and Birmingham.
Speakers include:
- Professor Julian Cooper (University of Birmingham, UK) Researching the Russian Internet
- Professor Ellen Mickiewicz (Duke University, USA) Russian Television Research methodologies
- Olessia Koltsova (Higher School of Economics, St.Petersburg, Russia)
Methods of Media Text Analysis - Dr Sarah Oates (University of Glasgow, UK)
Researching the Russian Internet in the Putin Era - Dr Stephen Lovell (Kings College London, UK)
Researching the history of Soviet radio in the 1920s-50s
There is no fee for attendance, and all are welcome, although the organisers would be grateful if you would register your interest in attending. All correspondence should be addressed to Ian Appleby.