The Russian Media Lab is well-represented at the 18th Annual Aleksanteri Conference “Liberation – Freedom – Democracy? 1918–1968–2018”. The project is hosting one round table, six panels and one plenary session! Further details on Russian Media Lab’s stream can be found below. Please consult the Conference website for the latest version of the programme. We look forward to seeing you there!
Russian Media Lab I: Roundtable “Researching Russian Media – Challenges and Future Perspectives”
Venue: Hall 10, University of Helsinki Main Building, 3rd floor, Fabianinkatu 33
24 October 15:30-17:00
Participants: project members Mariëlle Wijermars, Katja Lehtisaari, Olga Dovbysh, Saara Ratilainen, Jussi Lassila
There will be opportunity for informal talk with project members during and after the roundtable. We are open to new ideas, projects and cooperation!
Russian Media Lab II: Screening of a Documentary Film “Disco and Atomic War” (2009)
Venue: Small Hall, University of Helsinki Main Building, 4th floor, Fabianinkatu 33
24 October 17:15-19:00
Chair: Sigrid Kaasik-Krogerus (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
Interview with Jaak Kilmi, Director of the Film. This session will run till 7 pm.
The documentary “Disco and Atomic War“ stems from the childhood experiences of the authors who lived in the Soviet Estonia in 1980s. The film focuses on the crucial role of the Finnish television in making visible the manifold absurdity of the Soviet life. After screening, Dr Sigrid Kaasik-Krogerus will interview Jaak Kilmi about the topics this documentary aims to address.
Russian Media Lab III: Media, Market and the Digital Economy
Venue: Hall 10, University of Helsinki Main Building, 3rd floor, Fabianinkatu 33
25 October 9:00-10:30
Chair: Katja Lehtisaari (Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland)
Alexandra Barmina (Central European University, Hungary): Labor of Independent Journalists in Russia: Doubly Precarious Employment?
Joseph Lenkart (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA): Unfinished Revolution: the Muslim Press in Russia
Nina Trubnikova (RUDN University, Russia): Russian Advertising Market: Digital Transformations and Management Issues
Irina Soboleva (Institute of Economics Russian Academy of Sciences) and Marina Baskakova (Institute of Economics Russian Academy of Sciences): Are Russian People Ready for the Challenge of Digital Economy?
Russian Media Lab IV: Internet Regulation, Online Censorship and Resistance
Venue: Hall 10, University of Helsinki Main Building, 3rd floor, Fabianinkatu 33
25 October 14:00-15:30
Chair and discussant: Dmitry Yagodin (Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland)
Marina Galkina (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia) and Liudmila Sivetc (University of Turku, Finland): The Role of Roskomnadzor and Yandex in Shaping the Online Media Landscape
Liudmila Sivetc (University of Turku, Finland): Comments to Articles: a New Area for Innovative Production and Freedom of Expression or for Collateral Censorship?
Markku Lonkila (University of Jyväskylä, Finland), Larisa Shpakovskaya (Higher School of Economics, Russia) and Philip Torchinsky: Digital Activism in Russia
Russian Media Lab V: Media Framing
Venue: Hall 10, University of Helsinki Main Building, 3rd floor, Fabianinkatu 33
25 October 15:45-17:30
Chair: Sigrid Kaasik-Krogerus (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
Discussant: Stephen Hutchings (University of Manchester, UK)
Mariëlle Wijermars (Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland): Mass Media and the Legitimation of Internet Control in Russia
Irina Khaldarova (University of Helsinki, Finland): Brother or Other? Transformation of Visual Representation of Ukrainians in the Russian Television News during the Ukrainian Crisis
Dmitry Yagodin (Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland): Climate Change Coverage in the Russian National and Local Media
Russian Media Lab VI: Media, Control and Society
Venue: Hall 10, University of Helsinki Main Building, 3rd floor, Fabianinkatu 33
26 October 9:30-11:00
Chair and discussant: Olga Dovbysh (Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland)
Maxim Alyukov (University of Tyumen, Russia / Centre for Independent Social Research, Russia): Changing Cues – Changing Opinions: Russian TV Viewers’ Reception of Media Coverage of the Ukrainian Political Crisis of 2013-2014
Jukka Pietiläinen (University of Helsinki, Finland): What Media Use Tells about Distinctions in Russia?
Arseniy Svynarenko (Finnish Youth Research Society) and Anastasia Sablina (Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, Russia): Young Players of a Pokémon Go Game: Security(zation) and Control in Public Places in Saint Petersburg and Helsinki
Russian Media Lab VII: Mediated Discourses on Gender and Sexuality in Russia
Venue: Hall 10, University of Helsinki Main Building, 3rd floor, Fabianinkatu 33
26 October 11:30-13:00
Chair and discussant: Marianna Muravyeva (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Olga Andreevskikh (University of Leeds, UK): Russian Media in the Context of ‘Traditional Values’ Discourse and anti-LGBTQ ‘traditional sexualities’ Legislation: Resistance, Conformity or Compromise?
Liliia Pankratova (St. Petersburg State University, Russia): Doing Family, Gender and Sexuality Online in Contemporary Russia
Elena Onegina (Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg / Moscow, Russia): Constructing non-Conventional Gender and Sexuality in the Practices of Urban LGBT-scene
Plenary Session
Venue: Small Hall, University of Helsinki Main Building, 4th floor, Fabianinkatu 33
26 October 14:30-16:00
Chair: Dr. Mariëlle Wijermars (Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland)
Dr Maria Mälksoo, Brussels School of International Studies/University of Kent: The Return of ‘Eastern Europe’ as a Normative Threat
Professor Stephen Hutchings, University of Manchester: Reframing Russia for the Global Mediasphere: From Cold War to ‘Information War’?