Faculty of Communication
9 Saulėtekio ave, block 1, LT-01222 Vilnius
Tel. 236 6101
E-mail:
http://www.kf.vu.lt
Dean
Prof. Dr Rimvydas Laužikas (till 19th December, 2022)
Prof. Dr Renata Matkevičienė (from 19th December, 2022)
STAFF
121 teachers (incl. 66 holding research degree), 6 research fellows (incl. 4 holding research degree), 12 doctoral students.
DEPARTMENTS OF THE FACULTY
Department of Book, Media and Publishing Studies
Department of Digital Cultures and Communication
Centre for Journalism and Media Research
Department of Organizational Information and Communication Research
RESEARCH AREAS
• Lithuanian Studies: Philological, Cultural and Interdisciplinary Aspects. Research and Development
• Information and Communication in Traditional and Network Society
• Generating and Communicating Heritage
DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS MAINTAINED IN 2022
Erika Nabažaitė. Construction of media narrative research approach: analysis of emigration publications of Lithuanian periodicals “Respublika” and “Lietuvos rytas” (1991–2017).
Justina Zamauskė. The impact of social media on the process of receiving news.
MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANIZED IN 2022
1. International conference Expressions of Information and Communication Theory and Practice 2022, April 28–29, 2022, https://www.kf.vu.lt/en/research/conferences/iktpr-2022-en
2. International conference Francysk Skaryna and the Renaissance Book Culture. Skaryna’s Little Traveller's Book turns 500. September 22–23, 2022, http://www.ibsc2022.kf.vu.lt/en/
3. International conference Gender Studies and Activism 2022: (Re-/De-/-?) Institutionalization in Changing Realities. November 24, 2022, http://www.genderconference.kf.vu.lt/
4. Symposium Audiovisual media in Lithuania: research, education, ethics. Dedicated to the memory of Prof. Dr Žygintas Pečiulis, researcher of Lithuanian audiovisual media. November 29, 2022, https://www.audiovizualinesmedijos2022.kf.vu.lt/programa/
THE LIST OF THE BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Navickienė, A. The role of Lithuanian printed word in political struggles of the 19th century. SHARP 2022 Conference „Power of the Written Word“. Amsterdam, 11–15 July, 2022.
2. Kepalienė, F., Macevičiūtė, E. Factors influencing Lithuanian researchers’ use of open access repositories as a publishing channel. The Information Seeking in Context (ISIC) conference. Berlin, 26–29 September, 2022.
3. Kirtiklis, K. Remodeling communication for contemporary public debates. International Scientific Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) “Rethink Impact”. Aarhus, Denmark, October 19–22, 2022.
4. Jõesaar A., Rožukalne A., Jastramskis D. Trust in Public Service Media in the Baltic States. International Scientific Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) „Communication Research in the Era of Neo-Globalisation: Reorientations, Challenges and Changing Contexts“. Pekin, China, July11–15, 2022.
5. Matkeviciene, R. The community identity as the baseline for the identity of the small country: how identity of Nordic countries supports search for an identity in Lithuania. International scientific conference. Nordic Intercultural Communication Conference 2022. Vigdis, Icelanding, 24–26 November, 2022.
MAIN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2022
1. Kelpšienė, I., Armakauskaitė, D., Denisenko, V., Kirtiklis, K., Laužikas, R., Stonytė, R., Murinienė, L., & Dallas, K. (2022). Difficult heritage on social network sites: An integrative review. New media & society, 00, 1-28. doi:10.1177/14614448221122186.
2. Gudinavičius, A., & Grigas, V. (2022). Causes and consequences of unauthorized use of books: readers, authors, and publishers' perspective. Online information review, 46(5), 886-903. doi:10.1108/OIR-03-2021-0133.
3. Wilson, T. D., Maceviciute, E. (2022). Information misbehaviour: Modelling the motivations for the creation, acceptance and dissemination of misinformation. Journal of Documentation. doi:10.1108/JD-05-2022-0116.
DEPARTMENT OF BOOK, MEDIA AND PUBLISHING RESEARCH
9 Saulėtekio ave, block 1, LT-01222 Vilnius
Tel. 236 6111, 236 6112, 236 6116
E-mail:
Head – Prof. Dr Aušra Navickienė
STAFF
Professors: Dr Habil. D. Kaunas (emeritus), Dr R. Misiūnas, Dr A. Navickienė, Dr A. Pacevičius, Dr A. E. Walter (part-time).
Associate professors: Dr N. Bliūdžiuvienė Dr J. Girčienė, Dr T. Petreikis, Dr K. Tolkačevski.
Teaching assistants: Dr R. Cicėnienė (part-time), Dr F. Kepalienė.
Lecturers: A. Urbanavičiūtė-Globienė (part-time).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Media publishing and marketing
• History, theory and methodology of book and other media research
• Lithuanian studies
• Evaluation and digitization of documentary heritage
• History of museums, libraries and archives and memory communication
• Age of Enlightenment and Romanticism in Lithuania and North Germany: memory and identity
• Medieval-Modern Lithuanian written culture in the European context
• Local lore studies
• Science and scholarly communication
• Information and documentation terminology research
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Documentary Media Evolution and Today's Effects. Prof. Dr A. Navickienė. 2020–2023. The aim of the project was to analyse print culture in different historical periods and documentary heritage in today’s memory institutions, to investigate processes of traditional and digital publishing in the network society, and to develop fundamental and applied research of documental communication disciplines. The main research results in 2022 were published in one article as part of a wider collection of articles published by a foreign publisher; five articles were published in journals listed in the Web of Science and Scopus databases, and the research results were disseminated through ten reports at international scientific conferences.
Main publications:
1. Kaunas, D. (2022). Lietuviškas atvirukas kovoje prieš imperinę Rusiją. Knygotyra, 79, 71-104. doi:10.15388/Knygotyra.2022.79.121.
Macevičiūtė, E., & Kepalienė, F. (2022). Factors influencing Lithuanian researchers’ use of open access repositories as a publishing channel. Information research 27, 1-17. doi:10.47989/irisic2210.
2. Navickienė, A. (2022). How did the translation of Genovefa by Christoph von Schmidt become the 19th-century Lithuanian vestseller? Knygotyra, 78, 80-110. doi:10.15388/Knygotyra.2022.78.107.
National Research Projects
Publishing of Vilnius University Research Journal ‘Knygotyra’ (Book Science) (Nr. S-LIP-22-5), a research results’ dissemination project. Research Council of Lithuania. The State Lithuanian Studies and Dissemination Programme for 2016–2024. Prof. Dr A. Navickienė. 2022–2024. The aim of the project was to ensure the uninterrupted publishing of the open-access peer-reviewed scholarly journal ‘Knygotyra’ (Book Science) and its functioning in the space of social sciences and humanities. In 2022, volumes 78 and 79 of ‘Knygotyra’ (Book Science) were published.
Main publications:
1. Knygotyra (Book Science). Vilnius University Press. 2022, 78: 286 p.
2. Knygotyra (Book Science). Vilnius University Press. 2022, 79: 331 p.
Homo Viator: Travel Space and Experiences of Travellers in Early Modern Lithuania. (No P-MIP-21-343). Research Council of Lithuania. National Research Programme (NRP) 'Modernity in Lithuania' for 2017–2022. Prof. Dr A. Pacevičius. 2021 April – 2023 December. The most important results of the project ‘Homo Viator’ in 2022 were: 1. The theoretical-methodological basis of the monograph has been prepared with the implementation of new research approaches, spatial and media analysis, and interdisciplinary studies; 2. Articles prepared for publication reveal conceptual and fundamental research questions of travel phenomena, part of which is or will be integrated into the text of the monograph; 3. An original prototype of the Homo Viator website was created, which uses innovative ICT technologies, and allows for the integration and attractive presentation of materials prepared in the form of stories to the user, as well as visuals; 4. Project activities were promoted at scientific conferences, as well as in online media and radio programs.
Clutches of Scientific Information: The Book of Donations to Vilnius University, 1820-1832 (No P-LIP-21-88). The Research Council of Lithuania. The State Lithuanian Studies and Dissemination Programme for 2016–2024. Prof. Dr A. Pacevičius. 1 April 2021 – 1 April 2022. During the project, research was carried out and a book was published. The project examines the scholarly information needs of Vilnius Imperial University from 1803 to 1833, repressive censorship, and the dynamics of donations in the context of European scientific knowledge.
Main publication:
1. Pacevičius, A. (2022). Vilniaus imperatoriškasis universitetas mokslinės informacijos gniaužtuose. The imperial university of Vilna in the clutches of scholarly information. Vilnius: Vilnius University Press, 492 p.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
The Institute of Lithuanian Language (Lithuania)
The Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore (Lithuania)
Eutiner State Library, Research Centre for Historical Travel Culture (Germany)
Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, SHARP (Global Society)
Leiden University (Netherlands)
Nicolaus Copernicus University (Poland)
Osijek University (Croatia)
Pedagogical University of Krakow (Poland)
University of Helsinki (Finland)
University of Latvia (Latvia)
University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
University of Wroclaw (Poland)
Tallinn University (Estonia)
The Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (Lithuania)
Vilnius Academy of Arts (Lithuania)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Assoc. Prof. Dr N. Bliūdžiuvienė
• member of organizing committee of the international research conference “Francysk Skaryna and the Renaissance Book Culture. Skaryna’s Little Traveller's Book turns 500, Vilnius, 22–23 September, 2022, http://www.ibsc2022.kf.vu.lt/en/apie/konferencijos-organizatoriai-ir-partneriai/.
Teaching Assist. Dr R. Cicėnienė
• vice chairman of the organizing and programme committees of the international research conference “Francysk Skaryna and the Renaissance Book Culture. Skaryna’s Little Traveller's Book turns 500, Vilnius, 22–23 September, 2022, http://www.ibsc2022.kf.vu.lt/en/apie/konferencijos-organizatoriai-ir-partneriai/;
• editorial board member of the Lithuanian National Retrospective Bibliography;
• editorial board member of the Folia bibliothecalia, a journal published by Książnica Podlaska im. Łukasza Górnickiego, in Bialystok;
• editorial board member of the research papers Lietuvos mokslų akademijos Vrublevskių biblioteka.
Assoc. Prof. Dr Jurgita Girčienė
• member of the organizing committee secretariat of the international research conference “Francysk Skaryna and the Renaissance Book Culture. Skaryna’s Little Traveller's Book turns 500, Vilnius, 22–23 September, 2022, http://www.ibsc2022.kf.vu.lt/en/apie/konferencijos-organizatoriai-ir-partneriai/.
Prof. Dr Habil. D. Kaunas
• member of the organizing and programme committee of the international research conference “Francysk Skaryna and the Renaissance Book Culture. Skaryna’s Little Traveller's Book turns 500, Vilnius, 22–23 September, 2022, http://www.ibsc2022.kf.vu.lt/en/apie/konferencijos-organizatoriai-ir-partneriai/;
• chairman of the programme committee of the research conference "Ievos Simonaitytės kūrybos naratyvai etnologiniu ir socialiniu aspektu", Klaipėda, 17–18 November, 2022, https://priekulekc.lt/renginys/ievos-simonaitytes-kurybos-naratyvai-etnologiniu-ir-socialiniu-aspektu-moksline-konferencija/;
• chairman of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (till 1st February 2022), https://www.lma.lt/sudetis-2;
• member of the Presidium of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (till 1st February 2022) http://www.lma.lt/prezidiumas;
• board member of the book series Fontes historiae Universitatis Vilnensis, https://www.vu.lt/studijos/studentams/133-apiemus/fontes-et-studia/4207-redaktoriu-kolegija;
• deputy editor-in-chief of the scholarly journal Knygotyra (Book Science), https://www.journals.vu.lt/knygotyra/about/editorialTeam;
• editorial board member of the Latvia’s National Library serial Zinātniskie raksti, https://lnb.lv/lv/profesionalie-resursi/lnb-zinatniskie-raksti, https://lnb.lv/en/about-us/izdevumi/.
Teaching Asist. Dr F. Kepalienė
• member of the organizing committee secretariat of the international research conference “Francysk Skaryna and the Renaissance Book Culture. Skaryna’s Little Traveller's Book turns 500, Vilnius, 22–23 September, 2022, http://www.ibsc2022.kf.vu.lt/en/apie/konferencijos-organizatoriai-ir-partneriai/.
Prof. Dr R. Misiūnas
• member of organizing committee of the international research conference “Francysk Skaryna and the Renaissance Book Culture. Skaryna’s Little Traveller's Book turns 500, Vilnius, 22–23 September, 2022, http://www.ibsc2022.kf.vu.lt/en/apie/konferencijos-organizatoriai-ir-partneriai/.
Prof. Dr A. Navickienė
• chairman of the organizing and programme committees of the international research conference “Francysk Skaryna and the Renaissance Book Culture. Skaryna’s Little Traveller's Book turns 500, Vilnius, 22–23 September, 2022, http://www.ibsc2022.kf.vu.lt/en/apie/konferencijos-organizatoriai-ir-partneriai/;
• editor-in-chief of the scholarly journal Knygotyra (Book Science), https://www.journals.vu.lt/knygotyra/about/editorialTeam;
• editorial board member of an annual electronic scholarly journal Lingua Franca: The History of the Book in Translation, http://www.sharpweb.org/linguafranca/editorial-board/;
• regional liaison officer to the Baltic region of the global Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP);
• member of the global Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP), http://www.sharpweb.org/;
• member of European Publishing Research Association (EuroPub).
Prof. Dr A. Pacevičius
• member of the programme committee of the international research conference “Francysk Skaryna and the Renaissance Book Culture. Skaryna’s Little Traveller's Book turns 500, Vilnius, 22–23 September, 2022, http://www.ibsc2022.kf.vu.lt/en/apie/konferencijos-organizatoriai-ir-partneriai/;
• editorial board member of the scholarly journal Knygotyra (Book Science), https://www.journals.vu.lt/knygotyra/about/editorialTeam;
• editorial board member of the journal Roczniki Biblioteczne, https://wuwr.pl/rbibl/editorial-committee;
• editorial board member of the journal Archiwa-Kancelarie-Zbiory, http://www.home.umk.pl/~akz/redakcja.html;
• editorial board member of the journal Archeion, http://www.ejournals.eu/Archeion/menu/1054/;
• editorial board member of book series Lietuvos egodokumentinis paveldas;
• editorial board member of book serials Bibliotheca Lituana, https://www.journals.vu.lt/Bibliotheca-Lituana/about/editorialTeam;
• editorial board member of book series Fontes et studia historiae universitatis Vilnensis, https://www.vu.lt/studijos/studentams/133-apiemus/fontes-et-studia/4207-redaktoriu-kolegija.
Assoc. Prof. Dr T. Petreikis
• vice chairman of the organizing and programme committees of the international research conference “Francysk Skaryna and the Renaissance Book Culture. Skaryna’s Little Traveller's Book turns 500, Vilnius, 22–23 September, 2022, http://www.ibsc2022.kf.vu.lt/en/apie/konferencijos-organizatoriai-ir-partneriai/;
• member of the Young Academy of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, http://www.lma.lt/uploads/LMA%20Jaunoji%20akademija/Nutarimas37.pdf;
• editorial board member of the scholarly journal Knygotyra (Book Science), http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/knygotyra;
• editorial team member of book serials Bibliotheca Lituana, https://www.journals.vu.lt/Bibliotheca-Lituana/about/editorialTeam;
• executive secretary of the serial publication Žemaičių kultūros savastys;
• member of the editorial board of the Lithuanian National Retrospective Bibliography.
Assoc. Prof. Dr K. Tolkačevski
• member of the organizing committee of the international research conference “Francysk Skaryna and the Renaissance Book Culture. Skaryna’s Little Traveller's Book turns 500, Vilnius, 22–23 September, 2022, http://www.ibsc2022.kf.vu.lt/en/apie/konferencijos-organizatoriai-ir-partneriai/;
• member of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA);
• executive secretary of the editorial board of the scholarly journal Knygotyra (Book Science), https://www.journals.vu.lt/knygotyra/about/editorialTeam;
• editorial board member of the scholarly journal Communications and Communicative Technologies, https://cct.dp.ua/index.php/journal/index, https://cct.dp.ua/index.php/journal/about/editorialTeam.
Lecturer Asta Urbanavičiūtė-Globienė
• member of the organizing committee secretariat of the international research conference “Francysk Skaryna and the Renaissance Book Culture. Skaryna’s Little Traveller's Book turns 500, Vilnius, 22ؐ–23 September, 2022, http://www.ibsc2022.kf.vu.lt/en/apie/konferencijos-organizatoriai-ir-partneriai/.
Prof. Dr Habil. A. E. Walter
• member of the programme committee of the international research conference “Francysk Skaryna and the Renaissance Book Culture. Skaryna’s Little Traveller's Book turns 500, Vilnius, 22–23 September, 2022, http://www.ibsc2022.kf.vu.lt/en/apie/konferencijos-organizatoriai-ir-partneriai/;
• editorial board member of the Aus Archiven, Bibliotheken, Museen Mittel- und Osteuropas - Studien, Verzeichnisse, Editionen (Cologne, Weimar, Wien: Böhlau-Verlag);
• editorial board member of the book series Metropolis. Texte und Studien zu Zentren der Kultur in der europäischen Neuzeit (Berlin: Akademie-Verlag);
• editorial board member of the Vossische Nachrichten - Mitteilungen der Johann Heinrich Voß-Gesellschaft.
BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Kepalienė, F., Macevičiūtė, E. Factors influencing Lithuanian researchers’ use of open access repositories as a publishing channel. The Information Seeking in Context (ISIC) conference. Berlin, 26–29 September, 2022.
2. Navickienė, A. The role of Lithuanian printed word in political struggles of the 19th century. SHARP 2022 Conference „Power of the Written Word“. Amsterdam, 11–15 July, 2022.
Pacevičius, A. Ego-Documents as travel media: The Diary of grain seller August Zienowicz trip to Königsberg in 1829. International scientific conference „Preußen-Reisen. Von der Deutschordenszeit bis ins 19. Jahrhundert“. Eutin (Germany), 8–10 September, 2022.
3. Pacevičius, A. Opisy podróży do/przez Wielkie Księstwo Litewskie w XVI-XVIII wieku: problem egodokumentalności i próba klasyfikacji. International scientific conference I Toruńskie Sympozjum Naukowe „Egodokumenty – samoświadectwa – teksty autobiograficzne. Praktyka i teoria“. Toruń, 23–24 June, 2022.
4. Petreikis, Tomas. Simono Daukanto asmenybė lietuviškoje spaudoje (iki 1918 m.) Scientific-practical conference "Svirlaukis Academy" on the 229th anniversary of the birth of S. Daukantas: Jelgava and Svirlaukis. Riga, 28–29 Oktober 2022.
5. Walter, Axel Ernst. Das heruntergewirtschaftete und das sprießende Preußen: Ludwig von Baczkos und Ephraim Nankes „Reisen durch Preußen“ (1800). International scientific conference „Preußen-Reisen. Von der Deutschordenszeit bis ins 19. Jahrhundert“. Eutine, 8–10 September 2022.
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES
Assoc. Prof. Dr N. Bliūdžiuvienė
• Expert of ISO/TC 46/AHG 2 Terminology Coordination Group.
Teaching Assist. Dr R. Cicėnienė
• member of the Board of the eLABA Consortium;
• member of the National Committee for UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme, https://unesco.lt/komunikacija-ir-informacija/unesco-programa-pasaulio-atmintis/lietuvos-nacionalinis-komitetas-pasaulio-atmintis/nacionalinio-komiteto-nuostatai-ir-sudetis.
Prof. Dr Habil. D. Kaunas
• chairman of the Panel of Experts for the Evaluation of the candidates for the Members of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences in the field of Humanities and Social Sciences (till 1st February 2022);
• member of the Commission for the Election of Members of the Young Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (till 1st February 2022).
Teaching Asist. Dr F. Kepalienė
• member of the working group of the Research Council of Lithuania, which aims to evaluate the practice and progress achieved in the application of the guidelines of open access to scholarly publications and data.
Prof. Dr Arvydas Pacevičius
• member of Archive Council of Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania https://lrkm.lrv.lt/lt/struktura-ir-kontaktai/archyvu-taryba;
• member of Sectoral Professional Committee for creative, artistic and entertainment activities, libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities of the Qualifications and Vocational Education and Training Development centre https://www.kpmpc.lt/kpmpc/5-kurybines-menines-ir-pramogu-organizavimo-biblioteku-archyvu-muzieju-ir-kitos-kulturines-veiklos-sektorinis-profesinis-komitetas/ .
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
Cicėnienė, R. (2022). Introduction. In: Recording History. Lithuania’s documentary heritage in the international and national registers of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Editor Miglė Mašanauskienė. Vilnius: Secretariat of the Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO, 2022, 4–9. ISBN 978-9955-718-11-6. https://www.unesco.lt/images/UNESCO_Recording_history_catalog_EN_FINAL.pdf
Navickienė, A. (2022). Skorinistikos atradimai ir sukakčių minėjimai Lietuvos akademinėje aplinkoje. Tarp knygų, 10, 15–19.
Petreikis, T. (2022). Diskusija Pranciškaus Skorinos epochai įvertinti. Tarp knygų, 10, 30.
Pacevičius, A. (2022). Socialinis knygų gyvenimas: Ars libri - advokatų kontoros „Ellex Valiūnas” kolekcijos atvejis. In: Ars Libri, Vilnius: Ellex Valiunas, p. 15–32.
Urbanavičiūtė-Globienė, A. (2022). Knyga, ieškanti atsakymo, kodėl verta skaityti skaitmeniniais laikais. Knygotyra, 78, 267–275. doi:10.15388/Knygotyra.2022.78.117
CENTRE FOR JOURNALISM AND MEDIA RESEARCH
11 Bernardinų St, LT-01124 Vilnius
Tel. 219 3041
E-mail:
Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr Renata Šukaitytė-Coenen
STAFF
Professors: Dr A.Vaišnys.
Associate professors: Dr A. Gudauskas, Dr D. Jastramskis, Dr K. Kirtiklis, Dr J. Mažylė, Dr R. Šukaitytė-Coenen. Dr V. Denisenko, Dr M. Martišius, Dr L. Nevinskaitė.
Assistant professors: Dr R. Stonytė, Dr D. Donauskaitė.
Teaching assistants: G. Plepytė-Davidavičienė, R. Kupetytė.
Doctoral students: R. Kupetytė, M.T. Kėvišas, I. Vitkauskaitė.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Audiovisual media and mass communication
• Ethics of journalism and media
• History and theory of journalism and media
• Media audiences
• Media ecosystems
• Media politics
Political communication
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Journalism, Media, and Political Communication in Lithuania: Challenges, Content, and Audiences. Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Šukaitytė-Coenen. 2020–2023. The project aims to analyse the changes in journalism, media and political communication in Lithuania caused by political, technological, cultural, and social factors by using quantitative and qualitative research methods; to research how national journalism and media research compare to research findings in other European countries and worldwide.
Thematic clusters of the project
Media Ecosystems, Content, Politics, and Ethics. Prof. Dr A. Vaišnys, Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Gudauskas, Assoc. Prof. Dr D. Jastramskis, Assoc. Prof. Dr K. Kirtiklis, Assoc. Prof. Dr M. Martišius, Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Mažylė, Assoc. Prof. Dr L. Nevinskaitė, Teaching Assist. G. Plepytė-Davidavičienė.
Main publications:
1. Mažylė, J. (sudarytojas) (2022). Pirmyn arba mirk: atsiminimai, publicistika. Kernavė: VšĮ Atminties brasta.
2. Stonkienė, M., Mažylė, J., & Janiūnienė, E. (2022). Legal and ethical aspects of social media user provision of information to the public regulation: the view of media regulatory and self-regulatory bodies in Lithuania. Media studies and applied ethics, 3(1), 115-126. doi:10.46630/msae.1.2022.08
3. Mažylė, J. (2022). Vytauto Gedgaudo knyga apie prancūzų svetimšalių legioną arba susitikimai po aštuonių dešimtmečių. Pirmyn arba mirk: atsiminimai, publicistika, 7-20.
4. Joesaar, A., Rozukalne, A., Jastramskis, D. (2022). Trust in public service media in the Baltic states. Journal of Baltic Studies, 53(4), 587-611. https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2022.2127816
5. Gudauskas, A. (2022). The Filmmaking Camera as Life-Consciousness [Filmavimo kamera kaip gyvenimo sąmonė]. LOGOS (Lithuania), 110, 67-75. https://doi.org/10.24101/logos.2022.07
6. Näripea, E., Šukaitytė-Coenen, R., Balcus, Z. (2022). Economic and Social Precarity in Baltic Cinema. In Precarity in European film: depictions and discourses, 289-302 De Gruyter, https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85138399245&partnerID=40&md5=aadb1f8673029590ec7f9b7de650ab0d
Nevinskaitė, L. (Social) Media, Return Migration, and Social Remittances: The Case of Lithuania. In Čiubrinskas, Vytis, Ingrida Gečienė-Janulionė, Caroline Hornstein Tomić, Violetta Parutis (eds.). Returning – Remitting – Receiving. Social Remittances of Transnational (Re)Migrants to Croatia, Lithuania, and Poland. LIT Verlag, 2022.
Political Communication and Media Activism. Prof. Dr A. Vaišnys, Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Šukaitytė, Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Denisenko, Assoc. Prof. Dr M. Martišius, Assist. Prof. Dr R. Stonytė.
Main publications:
1. Martišius, M. (2022). Kova dėl percepcijos. Politikos ir komunikacijos sankirtoje: tendencijos, diskursai, efektai (straipsnių rinkinys), 157-179. Žiūrėta 2022 m. spalio 06 d. per https://vb.smk.lt/object/elaba:135411991/135411991.pdf
2. Martišius, M. (2022). Atsargiai – propaganda (monografija). Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. doi:10.15388/vup-book-0023
3. Kupetytė, R. (2022). Diskurso analizė taikant Stuarto Hallo „Kodavimo / dekodavimo“ modelį. LOGOS (Lithuania), 112, 216-222. doi:10.24101/logos.2022.64
4. Kupetytė R., (2022). Diskurso analitinis požiuris propagandos tyrime: pusiau sistemine literaturos apžvalga, Filosofija. Sociologija (Lithuania), 2022, 4, 351-360.
National Research Projects
Lithuanian Journalism in the Context of Political, Economic and Social Risks. (No. S-MIP-22-19). Research Council of Lithuania. Assoc. Prof. Dr D. Jastramskis, doctoral student R. Kupetytė, Dr Ingrida Gečienė-Janulionė, Giedrė Plepytė-Davidavičienė. 2022-2024. The aim of the project is to investigate the political, economic, and social risk factors of Lithuanian journalism and to examine the situation of Lithuanian journalism in the context of these factors. The project will analyse the political, economic, and social circumstances that have influenced the development of Lithuanian journalism. A survey of journalists working in Lithuania will be carried out, assessing the political, economic, and social influences on journalists, the editorial autonomy of journalists, and the safety and uncertainty of journalists in their professional environment.
Main publication:
1. Kõuts-Klemm, R., Rožukalne, A., & Jastramskis, D. (2022). Resilience of national media systems: Baltic media in the global network environment. Journal of Baltic studies, 53(4), 543-564. doi:10.1080/01629778.2022.2103162
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
European Communication Research and Education Association
University of Central Lancashire (UK)
Riga Stradins University (Latvia)
Warsaw University (Poland)
Tallinn University (Estonia)
Danish School of Journalism (Denmark)
OTHER RESEARCH
Assoc. Prof. Dr D. Jastramskis
• editorial board member of the journal Kwartalnik Nauk o Mediach (Media Sciences Quarterly), http://knm.uksw.edu.pl/rada-naukowa/;
• member of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
• board member at the Baltic Association of Media Research.
Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Šukaitytė
• editorial board member of the journal Studies in Eastern European Cinema (Taylor & Francis), https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=reec20;
• editorial board member of the journal Baltic Screen Media Review (Tallinn University), https://sciendo.com/journal/BSMR, https://sciendo.com/journal/BSMR?tab=-editorial-board;
• member of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA);
• member of European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS).
Prof. Dr A. Vaišnys
• chairman of the editorial board of the journal Parlamento studijos (Parliamentary Studies), http://www.parlamentostudijos.lt/Redakcija.htm;
• scientific board member of the journal Kultura-Media-Teologia, http://www.kmt.uksw.edu.pl/kultura-media-teologia-tekst;
• member of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA).
BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Jõesaar A., Rožukalne A., Jastramskis D. Trust in Public Service Media in the Baltic States. International Scientific Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) „Communication Research in the Era of Neo-Globalisation: Reorientations, Challenges and Changing Contexts“. Pekin, China, July11–15, 2022.
2. Šukaitytė, R. Refreshed and Reworked Memory of Collapse of the Soviet Union in Sergei Loznitsa's Mr. Landsbergis (2021). International Scientific Conference of the Network of European Cinema and Media Studies (NECS) „Epistemic Media: Atlas, Archive, Network“. Bucharest, Romania, June 22–26, 2022.
3. Kirtiklis, K. Remodeling communication for contemporary public debates. International Scientific Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) “Rethink Impact”. Aarhus, Denmark, October 19–22, 2022.
4. Nevinskaitė, L. Hi girls, you know everything! Emigrant Facebook groups as a transnational space of support. International Scientific Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) “Rethink Impact”. Aarhus, Denmark, October 19–22, 2022.
5. Vaišnys, A., Kėvišas, M. T. (2022). Factors influencing the trust in legacy media: the case of Lithuania / Czynniki kształtujące zaufanie do mediów tradycyjnych – na przykładzie Litwy. International Scientific Conference „The Press versus the Book: Competition to Convergence”. Krakow, 24–25 November, 2022.
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES
Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Mažylė
• member of the Judges Selection Committee, https://www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/legalAct/359173e0591a11edbc04912defe897d1;
• member of the Public Information Ethics Commission of the Republic of Lithuania, https://www.etikoskomisija.lt/komisija;
• member of the Lithuanian Media Council, https://lrkm.lrv.lt/lt/struktura-ir-kontaktai/tarybos-ir-komisijos/tarybos-prie-ministerijos/mediju-taryba ;
• editorial board member of the Print publishing activities, television and radio programme generation and transmission information services ads and market research sectoral professional Committee (Qualifications and Vocational Education and Training Development Centre https://www.kpmpc.lt/kpmpc/10-spausdinimo-leidybines-veiklos-televizijos-ir-radijo-programu-gamybos-ir-transliavimo-informaciniu-paslaugu-reklamos-ir-rinkos-tyrimu-sektorinis-profesinis-komitetas/;
• member of the Board of the Lithuanian Union of Journalists, http://www.lzs.lt/lt/kontaktai_87/lzs_valdyba_70.html.
Prof. Dr A. Vaišnys
• member of the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania, Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania May 18, 2021 Resolution No. XIV-320, https://www.vrk.lt/kontaktai.
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Martišius, M. Lietuvos politinė kultūra, kuria negalime didžiuotis. In Delfi.lt, 25 Oktober, 2022. Available at: https://www.delfi.lt/news/ringas/lit/mantas-martisius-lietuvos-politine-kultura-kuria-negalime-didziuotis.d?id=91581271.
2. Martišius, M. Ekspertas: rusiškų kanalų draudimas nėra tik nepamatuota Lietuvos užgaida, pirmieji rezultatai jau apčiuopiami. In Lrt.lt, 5 November, 2022. Available at:
https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/lietuvoje/2/1798020/ekspertas-rusisku-kanalu-draudimas-nera-tik-nepamatuota-lietuvos-uzgaida-pirmieji-rezultatai-jau-apciuopiami.
3. Martišius, M. Laba diena, Lietuva. Martišius apie Rusijos propagandą skleidžiančias knygas kai kuriuose knygynuose: cenzūruoti nereikėtų. In LRT television programme “Laba diena, Lietuva”, 27 July 2022, https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000225495/laba-diena-lietuva-martisius-apie-rusijos-propaganda-skleidziancias-knygas-kai-kuriuose-knygynuose-cenzuruoti-nereiketu.
4. Vaišnys, A. Ką rodo Lietuvos žiniasklaidos laisvės indekse pakilimas į 9 vietą? 5 May, 2022. Available at: https://www.lrytas.lt/lietuvosdiena/aktualijos/2022/05/05/news/ka-rodo-lietuvos-ziniasklaidos-laisves-indekse-pakilimas-i-9-vieta--23258138.
5. Vaišnys, A. Spaudos atgavimo, kalbos ir knygos diena: kaip keičiasi laisvas žodis? „Žinių radijo“ radio programme „Mes tikriname“. 5 May, 2022. Available at: https://www.ziniuradijas.lt/laidos/mes-tikriname/spaudos-atgavimo-kalbos-ir-knygos-diena-kaip-keiciasi-laisvas-zodis?video=1.
DEPARTMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
9 Saulėtekio ave, block 1, LT-01222 Vilnius
Tel. (8 5) 219 3168
E-mail:
Head – Prof. Dr Renata Matkevičienė
STAFF
Professors: Dr R. Matkevičienė, Dr A. Mikalauskienė (part-time), Dr A. Novelskaitė (part-time).
Associate professors: M. E. Černikovaitė (part-time), Dr E. Janiūnienė (part-time), Dr I. Michailovič (part-time), Dr D. Siudikienė, Dr M Sueldo, Dr M. Stonkienė, Dr L. Stundžė, Dr D. Šėporaitytė-Vismantė.
Teaching assistants: Dr I. Girnienė (part-time), Dr B. Grebliauskienė, Dr S. Jokūbauskienė, Dr S. Preidys (part-time), Dr D. Petrėnaitė, Dr E. Platūkytė.
Research assistants: R. Adomaitienė, J. Gribovskis (part-time).
Doctoral students: D. Borovik, V. Beniušis, L. Jakučionienė, A. Telyčėnaitė, R. Žemaitė.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Theoretical and empirical analysis of tendencies of organisation communication, focusing on the changing discourse (participants, context, narrative) of communication. Analysis of the communication of social enterprises, NGOs, and public sector institutions with research orientated towards the investigation of competencies of communication specialists working at all levels of the organisation.
• Investigation of organisational communication and information management from international and intercultural perspectives, focusing on changes in organisational communication content, forms, channels, and legislative processes. Information services in public sector institutions.
• Stakeholders’ communication and engagement in organisational communication: focus on sustainability and CSR strategies, reputation and branding communication, organisational culture, and knowledge management strategies.
• Changes in communication professions and competencies in a digital global society
• Sociology of gender: gender in different social institutions. Gender manifestation in internal corporate communication.
• Information and communication context of academic/research activities: scholarly communication, science communication, open access, ethics in HE/research institutions and academic/research activities.
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Information and Communication Organisational Infrastructures and Activities in the Context of the Network Society. Prof. Dr R. Matkevičienė. 2020–2023. The project aims to research communication and information infrastructures and activities in organisations. As planned, scholars of the department organised the international conference on information and communication practices, ‘Expressions of information and communication theory and practice 2022’, the event took place on 28-29 April 2022. (https://www.kf.vu.lt/en/research/conferences/iktpr-2022-en).
• The conference ‘Gender studies and activism 2022: (re-/de-/?-) institutionalization in changing realities’ on gender studies at Vilnius University was organised on 24 November 2022 (http://www.genderconference.kf.vu.lt).
• A series of publications to disseminate the results of these conferences was submitted for publication in the scientific journal „Information and Media“.
The year 2022 was marked by Russia’s war in Ukraine which impacted the scientific research of the department. Some projects on the communication analysis of social enterprises in Lithuania that had already been started were postponed, while some collaborative projects with foreign universities and NGOs began in order to investigate the changing situation in the media environment because of the war.
Researchers from the department joined the research led by Tel Aviv University on community and societal resilience (as part of the Faculty’s financed grant for small initiatives), and the joint publication of participants of this project from Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Georgia, Lithuania, and Estonia was submitted for publishing. Scholars from the department joined a number of research projects and other kinds of activities in spreading knowledge on disinformation, misinformation, and propaganda.
During the year 2022, the longitudinal research on Lithuanian identity was carried out by scholars of the department with funding from the small grants of the Faculty. The results of this research were presented at the scientific conference at the University of Iceland, and a publication based on the presentation was prepared and submitted for publishing.
Main publication:
1. Stonkienė, M., Mažylė, J., Janiūnienė, E. (2022). Legal and ethical aspects of social media user provision of information to the public regulation: the view of media regulatory and self-regulatory bodies in Lithuania. Media studies and applied ethics, 3(1), p. 115-126. doi:10.46630/msae.1.2022.08
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
Lithuanian Communication Association
Lithuanian Social Enterprise Association
Sustainable Business Association of Lithuania
Tartu University (Estonia)
Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (Latvia)
Tel Aviv university (Israel)
Sodertorn University (Sweden)
Jyvaskyla University (Sweden)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Adomaitienė
• member of the scientific and organising committee of the international conference “Gender Studies and Activism 2022: (Re-/De-/-?) Institutionalization in Changing Realities”, 24 November 2022, Vilnius University, http://www.genderconference.kf.vu.lt/lt/organisation/,
• member of the organising committee of the international conference “International Scientific Conference Expressions of Information and Communication Theory and Practice 2022”, 28–29 April 2022, Vilnius University, https://www.kf.vu.lt/dokumentai/Conference_programme_April_28_-_29_2022_new.pdf.
Assoc. Prof. Dr E. Janiūnienė
• member of the scientific committee of the international conference “International Scientific Conference Expressions of Information and Communication Theory and Practice 2022”, 28–29 April 2022, Vilnius University, https://www.kf.vu.lt/dokumentai/Conference_programme_April_28_-_29_2022_new.pdf.
• member of the scientific committee of the international conference ,,Communication and Media in the 21st Century: Educational and Professional Challenges”, 27th – 28th October, 2022, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, International Scientific Conference “Communication and Media in the 21st century: Educational and Professional Challenges” 27th and 28th of October 2022 | Faculty of journalism and mass communication (uni-sofia.bg)
Asist. Dr S. Jokūbauskienė
• member of the organising committee of the international conference “International Scientific Conference Expressions of Information and Communication Theory and Practice 2022”, 28–29 April 2022, Vilnius University, https://www.kf.vu.lt/dokumentai/Conference_programme_April_28_-_29_2022_new.pdf
Prof. Dr R. Matkevičienė
• board member of the Nordic network for intercultural communication, http://sskkii.gu.se/nic/about.html;
• member of the organising committee of the international conference “International Scientific Conference Expressions of Information and Communication Theory and Practice 2022”, 28–29 April 2022, Vilnius University, https://www.kf.vu.lt/dokumentai/Conference_programme_April_28_-_29_2022_new.pdf;
• member of editorial board of Scientific journal of the Latvian Academy of Sciences “Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences”.
Assoc. Prof. Dr I. Michailovič
• member of the scientific and organising committee of the international conference “Gender Studies and Activism 2022: (Re-/De-/-?) Institutionalization in Changing Realities”, 24 November 2022, Vilnius University, http://www.genderconference.kf.vu.lt/lt/organisation/.
Prof. Dr A. Mikalauskienė
• member of the scientific committee of the international conference “International Scientific Conference Expressions of Information and Communication Theory and Practice 2022”, 28–29 April 2022, Vilnius University, https://www.kf.vu.lt/dokumentai/Conference_programme_April_28_-_29_2022_new.pdf.
Prof. Dr A. Novelskaitė
• editorial board member of the journal Information & Media https://www.journals.vu.lt/IM/about/editorialTeam;
• member of the scientific and organising committee of the international conference “Gender Studies and Activism 2022: (Re-/De-/-?) Institutionalization in Changing Realities”, 24 November 2022, Vilnius University, http://www.genderconference.kf.vu.lt/lt/organisation/.
Assoc. Prof. Dr E. Platukytė
• member of the scientific and organising committee of the international conference “Gender Studies and Activism 2022: (Re-/De-/-?) Institutionalization in Changing Realities”, 24 November 2022, Vilnius University, http://www.genderconference.kf.vu.lt/lt/organisation/.
Asist. Dr S. Preidys
• member of the organising committee of the international conference “International Scientific Conference Expressions of Information and Communication Theory and Practice 2022”, 28–29 April 2022, Vilnius University, https://www.kf.vu.lt/dokumentai/Conference_programme_April_28_-_29_2022_new.pdf.
Assoc. Prof. Dr D. Siudikienė
• editorial board member of the journal Information & Media https://www.journals.vu.lt/informacijos-mokslai/about/editorialTeam,
• chair of the organising committee of the international conference “International Scientific Conference Expressions of Information and Communication Theory and Practice 2022”, 28-29 April 2022, Vilnius University, https://www.kf.vu.lt/dokumentai/Conference_programme_April_28_-_29_2022_new.pdf.
Assoc. Prof. Dr M. Stonkienė
• member of the organising committee of the international conference “International Scientific Conference Expressions of Information and Communication Theory and Practice 2022”, 28–29 April 2022, Vilnius University, https://www.kf.vu.lt/dokumentai/Conference_programme_April_28_-_29_2022_new.pdf.
• member of the scientific committee of the international conference ,,Communication and Media in the 21st Century: Educational and Professional Challenges”, 27th – 28th October, 2022, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, International Scientific Conference “Communication and Media in the 21st century: Educational and Professional Challenges” 27th and 28th of October 2022 | Faculty of journalism and mass communication (uni-sofia.bg)
Assoc. Prof. Dr L. Stundžė
• member of the scientific and organising committee of the international conference “Gender Studies and Activism 2022: (Re-/De-/-?) Institutionalization in Changing Realities”, 24 November 2022, Vilnius University, http://www.genderconference.kf.vu.lt/lt/organisation/,
• member of the organising committee of the international conference “International Scientific Conference Expressions of Information and Communication Theory and Practice 2022”, 28-29 April 2022, Vilnius University, https://www.kf.vu.lt/dokumentai/Conference_programme_April_28_-_29_2022_new.pdf.
Assoc. Prof. Dr D. Šėporaitytė-Vismantė
• member of the scientific and organising committee of the international conference “Gender Studies and Activism 2022: (Re-/De-/-?) Institutionalization in Changing Realities”, 24 November 2022, Vilnius University, http://www.genderconference.kf.vu.lt/lt/organisation/.
BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Matkevičienė, R. Populist actors and their communication strategies: case study of misinformation campaign on anti-Covid regulations. The ECREA’s Science and Environment Communication Section’s pre-conference on Misinformation, science populism and the role of citizens (online), 17 Oktober, 2022.
2. Matkevičienė, R. The community identity as the baseline for the identity of the small country: how identity of Nordic countries supports search for an identity in Lithuania. International scientific conference. Nordic Intercultural Communication Conference 2022. Vigdis, Icelanding, 24–26 November, 2022.
3. Jakučionienė, L. The competencies of communication professionals as a determining factor in proving the value for business. 9th European Communication Conference „Rethink Impact. Aarhus (Denmark), 19–22 Oktober, 2022.
4. Jokūbauskienė, S. Digital Tranformation Challenges of Transversal Competences of Information Society: The Case of Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania. Communication and Media in the 21 Century: Educational and Professional Challenges. Sofia, Bulgaria (on line), 27 Oktober, 2022.
5. Novelskaitė, A. Pleneray preesentation “Entrenchment of gender equality in R&I sector in Lithuania. Case of Vilnius University in national, institutional and individual contexts”. International conference “Gender Equality. Global Challenges and Perspectives”. Dimitire Cantemir Christian University, Bucharest, Romania 12-14 May 2022.
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES
Prof. Dr A. Mikalauskienė
• member of the International Energy Economic Association, http://aee.lt/users/16/86/mikalauskienea/;
• technical committee member of Lithuanian Department of Statistics, http://www.lsd.lt/standards/tb.php.
Assoc. Prof. Dr M. Stonkienė
• member of the Lithuanian Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Commission under the Ministry of Culture, https://www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/legalAct/de2bf06098a811e9ae2e9d61b1f977b3
• expert of Lithuanian Council for Culture, Ekspertai - Lietuvos kultūros taryba (ltkt.lt)
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Matkevičienė, R. „PR Impact Awards“ komisijos nariai atsako, kas atneša sėkmę komunikacijos konkursuose. In Delfi.lt, 28 April, 2022. Available at: https://www.delfi.lt/m360/naujausi-straipsniai/pr-impact-awards-komisijos-nariai-atsako-kas-atnesa-sekme-komunikacijos-konkursuose.d?id=90089011
2. Novelskaitė, A. Lygios galimybės moksle – kaip spręsti giluminius iššūkius, su kuriais moterys susiduria Lietuvoje. In Delfi.lt, 17 February, 2022. Available at: https://www.delfi.lt/uzsakomasis-turinys/moterys/lygios-galimybes-moksle-kaip-spresti-giluminius-issukius-su-kuriais-moterys-susiduria-lietuvoje.d?id=89486979
3. Novelskaitė, A. Remote conference „Lyderė kalba: Moterų įgalinimas moksle. Ko reikia šiandien?“. In Delfi.lt, 15 Ferbruary, 2022. Available at: https://www.delfi.lt/video/laidos/partnerio-turinys/lydere-kalba-moteru-igalinimas-moksle-ko-reikia-siandien.d?id=89462133
DEPARTMENT OF DIGITAL CULTURES AND COMMUNICATION
9 Saulėtekio ave, block 1, LT-01222 Vilnius
Tel. 236 6111, 236 6112, 236 6116
E-mail: ;
Head – Prof. Dr Elena Macevičiūtė
STAFF
Professors: Dr R. Laužikas, Dr E. Macevičiūtė.
Associate professors: Dr J. Blažiūnas (part-time), Dr V. Grigas, Dr A. Gudinavičius (part-time), Dr M. Petrikas, Dr R. Repšienė, Dr A. Šuminas.
Teaching assistant: Dr J. Rudžionienė.
Assistant professors: Dr I. Kelpšienė.
Doctoral students: D. Armakauskaitė, N. Charapan, J. Januškevičiūtė, I. Jovaišaitė-Blaževičienė, N. Latvytė, J. Paltanavičiūtė, A. Šileris.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Digital and social inequalities in the production, distribution, and usage of cultural and entertainment services
• Movement, expression, and usage of cultural activities and industries in digital environments
• Relation between digital cultures and digital inequality
• Role of digital cultural entertainment in diminishing the digital divide.
Aspects of cultural services and their consumption in reducing the digital and social divide
• Reading and navigating texts on screens
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Manifestation of Digital Inequalities in Entertainment Cultures. Prof. Dr E. Macevičiūtė. 2020–2023. The project aims to analyse the differences in consumption of digital entertainment cultural services caused by digital and other social inequalities, and to study their manifestations, as well as the potential to increase social and digital inclusion.
Main publications:
1. Nonthacumjane, P., Maceviciute, E., Wilson, T. D. (2022). Organizational aspects of collaboration on local information management by Thai provincial university libraries. Journal of Library Administration 62(6), 771–792. doi:10.1080/01930826.2022.2102380.
2. Wilson, T. D., Maceviciute, E. (2022). Information misbehaviour: Modelling the motivations for the creation, acceptance and dissemination of misinformation. Journal of Documentation. doi:10.1108/JD-05-2022-0116. [Article in Press]
3. Macevičiūtė, E., & Kepalienė, F. (2022). Factors influencing Lithuanian researchers’ use of open access repositories as a publishing channel. Information research 27, 1–17. doi:10.47989/irisic2210
The Impact of Text Navigation on Text Perception and Recall When Reading on a Screen. Assoc. Prof. Arūnas Gudinavičius. 2022-2023. The research aims to determine and contribute to the knowledge of whether the way of navigating the text while reading on the screen affects the perception and recall of the text.
National Research Projects
Publishing Lithuanian Scientific Periodicals From a Science Communication Perspective. (P-MIP-22-20). Funded by the Lithuanian Research Council. Project leader: Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Gudinavičius. Team: Prof. Dr A. Šuminas, Assoc. Prof. Dr T. Petreikis. 2022–2024. The aim of the project is to systematise and analyse the publication of Lithuanian scientific periodicals from 1907 to 2020 as a means of formal documentary communication in the context of science communication as a whole. The project will quantitatively summarise the chronological and geographical characteristics of scientific periodical publishing, identify the regularities of the publishing dynamics, systematise information on the Lithuanian scientific periodical publishing strategies and publishers, on the formats of publishing, methods of dissemination, and the structure of the metadata.
Connective Digital Memory in Borderlands: A Mixed-Methods Study of Cultural Identity, Heritage Communication and Digital Curation on Social Networks. (Nr. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-17-0027). The European Social Fund. Project leader – Assoc. Prof. Dr C. Dallas. Team: Prof. Dr R. Laužikas, Assoc. Prof. Dr K. Kirtiklis, Assist. Dr I. Kelpšienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr L. Murinienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Denisenko, Assist. Dr T. Božerocki, Assist. Dr J. Gribovskis, doctoral student D. Armakauskaitė, Assist. Dr R. Stonytė, Assist. Dr O. Sushkevych. 2020–2023. The aim of the project is to reveal how memory practices on Lithuanian Social Network sites that are mediated by contested heritage shape cultural identities at the transnational, national, and intersectional levels, advancing digital curation knowledge to save Lithuanian social digital memory from future obsolescence.
Main publications:
1. Kelpšienė, I., Armakauskaitė, D., Denisenko, V., Kirtiklis, K., Laužikas, R., Stonytė, R., Murinienė, L., & Dallas, K. (2022). Difficult heritage on social network sites: An integrative review. New media & society, 00, 1-28. doi:10.1177/14614448221122186.
2. Laužikas, Rimvydas; Armakauskaitė, Donata. (2022). „Išmemorialinti“, uždaryti ar palikti: Venclovų namų-muziejaus veikimas interneto erdvėje. Tiltai. Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla. ISSN 1392-3137. eISSN 2351-6569. 2022, Nr. 2(89), p. 140-158.
Automated Heritage Monitoring of Urbanised Areas Implementing 3D Technologies. (No. 01.2.2-LMT-K-718-01-0043). European Regional Development Fund. Head of the project: Prof. Dr Habil. Vladislav V. Fomin (since July 2020). Project participants: Prof. Dr R. Laužikas, Dr T. Žižiūnas, R. Šmigelskas. 2018–2022. The aim of the project is to develop knowledge-based computer software and a methodology for automatic monitoring of urban heritage by implementing three-dimensional (3D) technologies and artificial intelligence platforms (AI).
Main publications:
1. Fomin, V., Laužikas, R., & Žižiūnas, T. (2022). Digital urban heritage preservation practices: framing a new European standart. In EURAS proceedings 2022: standardisation and open source, 8 - 10 June 2022, Glasgow University (pp. 125-142). Glasgow: Glasgow University.
2. Fomin, V., Putrimas, M., Žižiūnas, T., & Laužikas, R. (2022). Reference architecture for AI-based urban heritage preservation risks monitoring tool. Baltic journal of modern computing, 10(2), 142-158. doi:10.22364/bjmc.2022.10.2.04.
3. Laužikas, R., Žižiūnas, T., & Fomin, V. (2022). Novel technologies as potential catalyst for democratizing urban heritage preservation practices: the case of 3D scanning and AI. Information & media, 93, 93-115. doi:10.15388/Im.2022.93.64.
International Research Projects
Transforming data rE-use in ARCHaeology (TEtrARCH). CHANSE European Humanities and Social Sciences Collaboration project, funded by the Lithuanian Science Council. Prof. Dr R. Laužikas, Dr Ingrida Kelpšienė, doctoral student Indrė Jovaišaitė-Blaževičienė. 2022-2025. The project embraces three scales of data collection in archaeology – landscape, site, and artefact – exploring them via four increasingly ubiquitous technologies for data capture: airborne LiDAR, 3D scanning, digital field drawing, and photography. Alongside novel workflows for field, post-excavation, and archival practice, TEtrARCHs will produce the world’s first controlled vocabulary for cultural heritage storytelling, the first assessments of data reuse effectiveness following ISO Standard 25022: Measurement of Quality in Use, and the first best practice recommendations for trusted digital repositories to optimise archaeological data for re-use.
Identity on the Line (I-ON). (No. EACEA 34/2018). Project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union and Research Council of Lithuania. Project manager: doctoral student N. Latvytė. Project administrator: doctoral student D. Armakauskaitė. Experts: Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Blažiūnas, Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Repšienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr L. Murinienė, Dr T. Božerocki. 2019–2023. (I-ON) is a large-scale cooperation project between six cultural history museums and one university, working together to explore the long-term consequences of different migration processes, forced or voluntary, which have taken place in Europe over the last 100 years. In March 2022, a travelling exhibition in Lithuanian and English, ‘Healing the Wounds of the Soul,’ opens at the Vilnius University Library Scientific Communication and Information Center (MKIC). The exhibition was subsequently exhibited at the Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History, the Vilna Sholom Aleichem Orthodox Gymnasium, the Telšiai Alka Museum, the Museum of Wooden City Architecture, and the Faculty of Communication of Vilnius University. In November, the exhibition will be on display at the National M. Mažvydas Library and the Tuskulėnai Rimties Park Memorial Complex. It is also very important to note that Identity on the Line has been nominated for an EMA award this year. A travelling exhibition prepared by all project partners will also be on display in Vilnius at the end of November.
Reclaimed Avant-garde. (No. 11H 17 0144 85). Project funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland. Assoc. Prof. Dr M. Petrikas. 2018–2023. International research and this artistic project were initiated by the Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute on the occasion of the Avant-garde Year 2017. It refers directly to theatre projects of the first half of the 20th century in Central and Eastern Europe as a source of inspiration for contemporary artists, redefining at the same time a phenomenon of the historical avant-garde from the present perspective developed by the historians and practitioners of culture from this region. The core of the project is an international team of experts from Central and Eastern Europe. The main goal of the team is to create a permanent international and transnational platform of cooperation between institutions and organisations interested in theatre, including defining the common features of theatre culture in this part of the continent. The task of the team is to prepare an anthology and a lexicon presenting a panorama of the theatrical avant-garde of Central and Eastern Europe, which takes into account its diversity in the international context as well as the interdisciplinary dimension of this phenomenon.
Main publication:
1. Petrikas, M. (2022). Mapping theatre (I): Polish theatre in Vilnius. In A history of Polish theatre (pp. 147-160). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108619028.006
Saving European Archaeology from the Digital Dark Age. CA COST Action CA18128. Funded by the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020. Prof. Julian Richards (University of York Archaeology Data Service, UK). Prof. Dr R. Laužikas, Asist. Dr I. Kelpšienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Gudinavičius. 2019–2023. The main aims and objectives of the Action are to mitigate the loss of primary archaeological data by developing common understandings around the stewardship of digital archaeological data, building new best-practice networks to support the preservation and open dissemination of archaeological data, as well as the creation of more inclusive research partnerships. Making archaeological data open and freely accessible is a priority across Europe; however, the domain lacks appropriate, persistent repositories. Due to the fragility of digital data and the non-repeatable nature of most archaeological research, the domain is poised to lose a generation of research to the Digital Dark Age. The aim of the network is to bring archaeologists and data management specialists together to share expertise and create resources that allow them to address problems in the most appropriate way.
Main publication:
1. Laužikas, R., Enquist, J., Luengo, P., Šošić-Klindžić, R., & Toumpouri, M. (2022). Discussing archaeology and the nation in six European countries: a discourse analysis. Journal of community archaeology & heritage, 9(3), 161-174. doi:10.1080/20518196.2021.1988210.
Interactive Narrative Design for Complexity Representations. COST Action CA18230. The coordination activities are supported by the EU Horizon 2020 programme. COST member of the Management Committee (MC) – Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Šuminas, MC substitute – doctoral student J. Januškevičiūtė. 2019–2023. The aim of this COST action is to build a network for the interdisciplinary study of the potential interactive digital narrative as a means of addressing complexity as a societal challenge by representing, experiencing, and comprehending complex phenomena and thus also addressing the issue of ‘fake news’. The challenge, therefore, is to change the current status of interactive digital narratives (IDNs) from the ‘singular achievement’ of a small group of ‘initiated’ practitioners to the ‘general practice’ of many media companies. The INDCOR project (Interactive Narrative Design for Complexity Representations) addresses this challenge by means of a coordinated effort in analysing and generalising the design and production methods of stand-out IDN works with a particular focus on the representation of complex issues.
Main publication:
1. Šuminas, A., Pričins, M., Toode, Ü., Januškevičiūtė, J. (2022). Similar Aims, Different Approaches: An Analysis of Campaign Video Ads in the Baltic States. In: The 2019 European Electoral Campaign: in the Time of Populism and Social Media, p. 219–239. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98993-4_12.
Multidisciplinary Innovation for Social Change. COST Action CA18236. The coordination activities are supported by the EU Horizon 2020 programme. COST member of the Management Committee (MC): Prof. Dr E. Macevičiūtė. 2019–2023. The aim of this Action is to demonstrate, through the adoption of Multi-Disciplinary Innovation (MDI) methods, how we can respond to social problems with a design-led approach which has a problem-oriented ethos, supporting positive social change and the development of international public policy discourse. It will be achieved through the establishment of a Pan-European Public Sector Innovation (ePSI) lab. It will prepare students for roles in employment by integrating education programmes into the lab's operations. It will also support agencies that have a role in responding to and developing public policy.
Investigation of Comics and Graphic Novels in the Iberian Cultural Area. COST Action CA19119. The coordination activities are supported by the EU Horizon 2020 programme. COST member of the Management Committee (MC): Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Gudinavičius, MC substitute: Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Šuminas. 2020–2024. The iCOn-MICS Action aims to carry out an Investigation on Comics and Graphic Novels from the Iberian Cultural Area (Spain, Portugal, and Latin America). Today, Iberian comics are struggling to position themselves on the global scene, particularly because of past political and economic crises and a strong lack of recognition. Moreover, research works are very scattered, leading to redundant initiatives and sources that are not easily accessible. iCOn-MICS will address this issue by structuring an international federated network of researchers, professionals, and end-users on Iberian comics to gather research and improve access to it and to the sources; to strengthen its dissemination and preservation; and improve practices for using comics as an educational tool to highlight and improve the image of this medium. The network has integrated 11 European countries, including seven ITCs and three countries of Latin America (IPCs) to achieve those objectives.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
Uppsala University, Uppsala (Sweden)
Toronto University, Toronto (Canada)
University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
University of Stavanger (Norway)
University of York (UK)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Grigas
• editorial team member of non-serial scientific journal Bibliotheca Lituana, https://www.journals.vu.lt/Bibliotheca-Lituana/about/editorialTeam;
• editorial board member of the journal Information & Media, https://www.journals.vu.lt/IM/about/editorialTeam;
• president of the Association of Lithuanian Serials, https://serials.lt/about-als/.
Assoc. Prof. Arūnas Gudinavičius
• editorial board member of the journal Information & Media, https://www.journals.vu.lt/IM/about/editorialTeam.
Prof. Dr R. Laužikas
• editor-in-chief of Acta Museologica Lithuanica, http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/acta-museologica-lithuanica;
• editorial board member of the Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, https://journal.caa-international.org/about/editorialteam/;
• editorial board member of the Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, https://dl.acm.org/journal/jocch/editorial-board;
• editorial board member of Historical and Cultural Studies, https://science.lpnu.ua/hcs/editorial-board.
Prof. Dr E. Macevičiūtė
• deputy editor-in-chief, regional editor, reviews editor of Information Research (UK), http://www.informationr.net/ir/editors.html#em;
• deputy editor-in-chief of the journal Knygotyra (Book Science), https://www.journals.vu.lt/knygotyra/editorial-board;
• editorial board member of the Serials Librarian (USA), https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=wser20;
• editorial board member of the journal Information & Media https://www.journals.vu.lt/informacijos-mokslai/about/editorialTeam.
Assoc. Prof. Dr M. Petrikas
• editorial board member of the journal Bulletin of Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, http://artonscene.knukim.edu.ua/about/editorialTeam.
Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Repšienė
• editor-in-chief of Lietuvos kultūros tyrimai (Lithuania Culture Studies), http://www.lkti.lt/LKT/;
• editorial board member of the journal Culture Crossroads, https://www.culturecrossroads.lv/index.php/cc/about/editorialTeam.
Dr J. Rudžionienė
• editorial board member of the journal Knižnica, https://knjiznica.zbds-zveza.si/knjiznica/about/editorialTeam.
Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Šuminas
• editorial board member of the journal Parlamento studijos (Studies of Parliament), http://www.parlamentostudijos.lt/Redakcija.htm;
• editorial board member of the journal Journal of Comparative Politics, http://www.jofcp.org/jcp-editorial-board/.
BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Gudinavičius, A., Grigas, V. Two decades of ebook publishing in a small language market: publishers vs pirates. International conference of the European Publishing Studies Association “By the Book 7. Publishing in the 21th Century”. Paris, 20–21 June, 2022.
2. Kepalienė, F., Macevičiūtė, E. Factors influencing Lithuanian researchers’ use of open access repositories as a publishing channel. The Information Seeking in Context (ISIC) conference. Berlin, 26–29 September, 2022.
3. Oles, K., Laužikas, R. Together for Ukrainian Heritage! Remote digital heritage documentation and preservation based on a crowdsourcing platform. ICAMT Annual Conference 2022. Praha, 20–28 August, 2022.
4. Fomin, V., Laužikas, R. Digital Urban Heritage Preservation Practices: Framing A New European Standard. EURAS 2022 Conference. Glasgow, 8–10 June, 2022.
5. Šuminas, A. The Parliamentary Election in COVID-19 Pandemic Times: Campaigning Strategies of Lithuanian Parties and Politicians. International conference “AABS Conference “Baltic Studies at a Crossroads”. Seattle (USA) 27–29 May, 2022.
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES
Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Grigas
• member of the Lithuanian Library Council under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, https://lrkm.lrv.lt/lt/struktura-ir-kontaktai/tarybos-komisijos-ir-darbo-grupes/lietuvos-biblioteku-taryba.
Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Gudinavičius
• chairman of the Sectoral Professional Committee for Printing, Publishing, Television and Radio Production, Broadcasting, Information Services, Advertising and Market Research in Qualifications and Vocational Education and Training Development Centre, https://www.kpmpc.lt/kpmpc/10-spausdinimo-leidybines-veiklos-televizijos-ir-radijo-programu-gamybos-ir-transliavimo-informaciniu-paslaugu-reklamos-ir-rinkos-tyrimu-sektorinis-profesinis-komitetas/.
• the board member of Lithuanian Publishers‘s Association, https://lla.lt/en/about-lla/board-members
• the board member of Association of European University Presses, https://www.aeup.eu/about/board/
Prof. Dr R. Laužikas
• member of Lithuanian Council for Culture, https://www.ltkt.lt/naujienos/522-atnaujinta-ekspertu-komanda-.html;
• chairman of the Lituanian committee of UNESCO Memory of the World programme, https://unesco.lt/apie/lietuvos-nacionaline-unesco-komisija/komitetai.
Assoc. Prof. Dr M. Petrikas
• member of Professional Performing Arts Jury, https://www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/legalAct/e93d7e30022c11ebb74de75171d26d52.
Prof. Dr A. Šuminas
• member of the Media Council under the Ministry of Culture of Lithuania, https://lrkm.lrv.lt/lt/struktura-ir-kontaktai/tarybos-kolegijos-komisijos-ir-darbo-grupes/tarybos-prie-ministerijos/mediju-taryba.
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Grigas, V. Kultūrinės žiniasklaidos kokybė, Audriaus Plioplio neuromenas ir oficialiai ukrainietiški barščiai. LRT radio show “Kultūros savaitė“, Lrt. lt, 2 July, 2022, Available at: https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000222407/kulturos-savaite-kulturines-ziniasklaidos-kokybe-audriaus-plioplio-neuromenas-ir-oficialiai-ukrainietiski-barsciai
2. Latvytė, N. Keliaujančioje ekspozicijoje – Holokaustą išgyvenusių moterų ir mergaičių patirtys, In Lrt.lt, 7 March, 2022. https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/kultura/12/1637388/keliaujancioje-ekspozicijoje-holokausta-isgyvenusiu-moteru-ir-mergaiciu-patirtys
3. Laužikas, R. Discussion "Lithuania and UNESCO: how do we make the most of membership opportunities?" Participant. Lithuanian National Martynas Mažvydas Library, 19 September, 2022.
4. Petrikas, M. Perkraunant civilizaciją. Ar žmonės pasiruošę evakuotis, jei prireiktų? LRT radio show “Perkraunat civilizaciją“, 21 Oktober, 2022. Available at: https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000238349/perkraunant-civilizacija-ar-zmones-pasiruose-evakuotis-jei-prireiktu
5. Šuminas, A. Socialiniai tinklai – jaunimo kelrodis ar klystkelis? In Delfi plius, 6 September, 2022. https://www.delfi.lt/m360/naujausi-straipsniai/socialiniai-tinklai-jaunimo-kelrodis-ar-klystkelis.d?id=91164477