Research Questions

The workshop will focus on four themes:

1) globalisation and/in communication;

2) local communities and the internet;

3) new media and pop culture;

4) the internet and collective memory.

Specific research questions include:

1) Have the effects of the globalisation in communications been comparable in Russia, Eurasia, Central and South-East Europe? What is the impact of globalisation on cultural production in the region?

2) How do new media affect internet users’ relationship with their local communities? How does the regional cultural context inform their online activity?

3) What impact have new media had on pop and celebrity culture in the region? Do the internet and new media liberate popular culture from the hegemony of large mass communication corporations?

4) How are digital environments used to project collective memories of the past (such as that of the Soviet regime)?