Fertile Fields and Deserts of Research, Risks and Opportunities Related to Communication and Media Studies Development in Latvia (2000–2020): Panel Proposal

Description

The first results of the Horizon 2020 project MEDIADELCOM will be represented in several presentations on main conclusions, which have been found using the meta-analysis method, by conducting a risk and opportunity assessment of the 20 years of communication, media studies and journalism research (2000 – 2020). Analysis of 317 publications have been analyzed in the research project by structuring data in four domains: media regulation, journalism, media use and media competencies.. Presentation no 1.  What is and what is not known about journalism in Latvia? The journalism domain contains information on 164 publications that are in some way related to the categories of analysis defined in the MEDIADELCOM study.Presentation no 2. What are the main research questions on media regulation in Latvia? Bibliographic data that corresponds to the legal and ethical regulation domain of MEDIADELCOM project make up the smallest share of the journalism and media studies research in Latvia over twenty years. Presentation no 3. Actors, agents and critical junctures in the research of media audiences in Latvia Media usage and audience research has been one of the relatively popular research directions in Latvia - 149 of publications selected for analysis here were related to the domain of Media Usage Patterns. Presentation no 4. Media-related competencies research and evaluation in Latvia Media-related competencies domain comprise 26% (84) of all publications (316) selected for the MEDIADELCOM project in the case of Latvia.. The media and journalism in Latvia are studied sporadically and fragmentarily, the quality of research is low, and many important issues have not been researched due to the lack of resources.. There are a few in depth and focused research, thus, the situation of media and communication  in Latvia is mostly analysed superficially and descriptively.

Period	29 Mar 2023
Event title	RSU Research week 2023: PLACES
Event type	Conference
Conference number	3
Organiser	Rīga Stradiņš University
Location	Rīga, LatviaShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International