International Conference Mass Media And Social Networks: Interaction Opportunities
The international conference "Mass Media and Social Networks: Interaction Opportunities," scheduled for September 26, 2011, will be held at the conference center of the Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel located at 14 Korablestroiteley street in Saint Petersburg.
- (1888PressRelease) September 22, 2011 - The plenary session "Interaction opportunities of conventional and social media" will provide a forum for the participants to discuss effective ways to reach the audience through social media and to concentrate on the role of mass media in the modern information space.
Panel discussion "Social Networks as a Mass Media" will be dedicated to the journalists' immediate experience in interacting with social networks and provide answers to the following questions: what services should be given priority, and whether or not to aggregate and moderate user-generated content.
The discussion in the workshop "Journalism 2.0 and New Approaches to Mass Media Functioning" will be focused on the present and the future of mass media. Among other issues, the participants will look into communication with the users, citizen journalism, blogosphere and journalistic conduct in social networks.
Creation of multimedia content has become an important task of mass media in the changed information space. The "Media Convergence" workshop will give the participants a chance to discuss new modes of presenting information, the role of multi-format publications, mobile journalism and the modern media resources of a journalist.
"This conference is aimed to identify similarities and differences between social and conventional media. The participants will not only analyze what these two platforms have in common but also look into their interaction opportunities. The conference plenary session, panel discussions and sections will provide a forum for productive experience exchange. Since it is an international event, the participants will also benefit from "backstage" communication - this conference is a great opportunity to exchange knowledge and establish contact with colleagues from abroad" - Dmitriy Chistov, Head of Information Projects.
There is no attendance fee for participants registered beforehand. IMPORTANT: The number of participants is limited!
At the moment the conference program is tentative and subject to change.
If you would like to participate in the Conference as a contributor, please fill in the form Propose a report. You can also access the list of reports that have been proposed by other participants. The final program will include only the most popular and the most relevant contributions.
Media representatives willing to attend the international conference "Mass Media and Social Networks: Interaction Opportunities" can apply for accreditation.
International conference "Mass Media and Social Networks: Interaction Opportunities" is one of those infrequent events with a large number of foreign participants. Its main subjects are the interaction between mass media and social networks, media convergence, journalism 2.0 and journalists' work with social networks. http://spb.i-smi.ru/
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