LINIS at the Aleksanteri Conference
On October 23-25 the Laboratory for Internet Studies took part in Aleksanteri Conference in Helsinki.
Conference “Digital Media Research Methods” at Nazarbayev University
On October 15, the head of the Internet Studies Lab Olessia Koltsova participated in the conference “Digital Media Research Methods: Theoretical and Practical Aspects”, which was held in the young and rapidly developing Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan).
Challenges of the big data era
HSE Perm campus on November 8—9 has held a seminar ‘Challenges of the big data era: a dialogue of university with business organised with the help of LINIS’ Oleg Nagornyy.
In Liberty
A story about the participation of our colleague Oleg Nagorny in the InLiberty Summer School.
Emotions vs rationality: SPbU International conference on comparative media studies
LINIS team took part in VI International Conference on Comparative Media Studies in Today’s World, which held on 17-19 April at High School of Journalism and Media Communication SPbU.
Destructive networks and "groups of death"
Increasing attention is paid to so-called “groups of death”, which have spread in Internet, especially in Social Network Sites. What caused the interest of adolescents to these online-communities? How to protect children from this threat? These and other issues were discussed in a live-program "Project-2015" on the channel Saint-Petersburg, where Yuri Rykov acted as invited expert.
Reports of LINIS Fellows Included in the Working Paper Series of XV April Conference HSE
The working paper series of XV April International Conference about the problems in the economy and societyhas been published. The conference is been organized by the National Research University - Higher School of Economicsjointly with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund for 15 years. This year it was held from 1 to 4 April 2014 in Moscow.
Preliminary program for the Conference Social Media and Social Movements in LINIS has been prepared
Internet Research Laboratory (LINIS) has published a program of the conference Social Media and Social Movements, which will take place at HSE (St. Petersburg) on September, 18-19.
Public lecture of Prof. Daya Thussu “De-Americanizing the Internet?”
The public lecture of prof. Daya Thussu organized by Laboratory for Internet Studies was held on April, 24. The talk was aimed to evaluate how the present and proposed changes in Internet-based media in large countries – such as BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) members - will impact on global communication.