Research and international activity
The Chair implements research schools “Eastern European Media Studies” and “Diplomatic Communications”, focused on researching communication technologies as a foreign policy tool, characteristics of their usage in the states undergoing political, social and economic transformations, and shaping their reputation and national identity. The staff also have a research interest in the communication component of traditional diplomacy, e.g. shaping negotiation process, information aspect of international conflicts, visual analytics, and contemporary psycho technologies in international relations.
The academic staff also conduct research on the development of Eastern European mass media, the interaction between media and politics in these countries, the role of media in advancing foreign-policy interests of Eastern European states, and the influence of new media on the establishment of civil society institutions.
Methodical materials for the course "Theory of Communication".
Methodical recommendations for writing a cover letter.
STUDENTS WORKS
From the Department Experiencе
Expert round table “Information Security: Russia-Ukraine War Bills for Itself”
On the 1st of December 2022, the international round table “Information Security: Russia-Ukraine War Bills for Itself” devoted to the publication of “Green” and “White Book of Countering Disinformation” took place on the basis of the Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Mediaresearch of the Educational and Scientific Institute of International Relations. NGOs “Institute of Information Security” and “Detector Media” co-organised the event. The round table was participated, inter alia, by Emine Dzhaparova (First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine), Olena Dobrzhanska (prorector of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv), Artem Bidenko (head of the board of the “Institute of Information Security”), Dmytro Zolotukhin (founder of the “Institute of Postinformation Society”), Ruslan Stepanyshyn (lieutenant-colonel, Military Institute of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv), Walenty Baluk (professor, director of the Eastern Europe Centre of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland), Dmytro Yarovyi (PhD candidate, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania).
Analytical teams of fourth-year students of the educational programme “International Communications” also took part in the discussion under the guidance of professor Serhii Danylenko. During the round table, the students presented their critical views on the newly published “Green Book of Countering Disinformation” and professionally evaluated its relevance in today’s information security architecture.
You are invited to explore the theses of student reports.
Three components of a graduate's success
"International Communication"
Skype conference with the producer of the Washington bureau of Der Spiegel Valentina Polunina
On April 5, a remote master class was held in the format of a Skype conference with the participation of students in the 3rd year of the "international media communications" specialization and Valentina Polunina, a graduate of our speciality. She shared her work experience with Der Spiegel and told how her education at IMV had an impact on her further career growth.
We suggest you familiarize yourself with the press release.
The methodology of teaching disciplines on the theory of communications and communicative technologies
One of the types of tasks that we usually practice at the "Communication Theories" seminars is finding and learning communicative techniques on the examples of the life of well-known politicians. In particular, we recently worked out a book by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair "The Road". We offer to your attention the work of the student in the 1st year of the speciality "International communications" - Myhal Denys.
"Information chaos"
(unofficial translation of some parts of the report of the Council of Europe)
In the fall of 2017, the Council of Europe presented a Report on the state of the European and global information space.
The theme of the EC report was "Information disorder", which reveals the main challenges of modern times, threatening trends and proposes measures to combat disorder in the information space both at the state level and at the level of the capabilities of the average citizen.
As part of the online conference of students of the 2nd year of the Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko KNU, majoring in "International Communications" with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba, the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the Council of Europe, a summary of the report was prepared in Ukrainian, translated from English. A team of students, consisting of Yelyzaveta Shcherbakova, Anastasia Cherkaska, Yaroslava Vasylenko and Anna Krutova, worked on a brief overview and translation of the report, under the leadership of Serhiy Ivanovich Danylenko, head of the department of international media communications and communication technologies, speciality "International Communications".
We offer you to familiarize yourself with the unofficial translation of individual parts of the report. This article can be useful not only to experts and professionals working in information-related fields but also to any person who seeks not to get caught in information traps and learn to consume information qualitatively and without harmful consequences in the era of "information chaos".
"Youth talk on Solidarity"