Auksė Balčytienė#
| Membership Number: | 5717 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | FILM, MEDIA & VISUAL STUDIES |
| Affiliated section(s): | SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL THOUGHT |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | LITHUANIA |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.vdu.lt/cris/cris/rp/rp00176/information.html |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-3358-7912 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 - present UNESCO Chair on Media and Information Literacy for Knowledge Inclusive Societies. Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
- 2009 - present Professor of Journalism and Communication. Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
- 2006 - 2015 Vice-Rector for Public Communication. Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
- 1999 - 2000 Erich Brost Professor for International Journalism in Europe. University of Dortmund, Germany
- 1990 - 1996 Doctoral degree. Philosophy of Education, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
Fields of Scholarship
- Digital media and multiliteracies
- Media activism and citizenship
- East European Studies
- Media and journalism cultures
- Digital resilience and forms of governance against information disruptions (disinformation, fake narratives, instigations to conflict)
- Media policy and governance
- Media transformations and social change
- European Public Sphere
- Comparative studies
