International conference "Captured media"

The international conference "Captured Media: Researching Media Systems in and after Transitions" will take place from 5 to 6 December. Organized by the Research Centre for Communication and Culture, Faculty of Human Sciences, UCP, in cooperation with the project entitled "The Media System and Journalism Culture in Bulgaria (A Study in the Light of the Three Models of Media - Politics Relations by Hallin and Mancini)", developed under the supervision of Veliko Tarnovo University St. Cyril and St. Medhodius and financed by the Bulgarian National Science Fund - BNSF.

The concept "captured media" has been used to refer to media in countries that transitioned from authoritarian to democratic regimes at the end of the 20th century.  The conference will discuss the evolution of these "captured media" since the establishment of democracy and reflect on how journalistic and media institutions are co-managed by political and economic structures in countries without a robust tradition of freedom of press and fundamental rights of citizens. 

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