XVIII April International Academic Conference (April 19-22th, 2016): Section of Media Communications

Abstract

The XVIII April International academic conference on economic and social development was held at the National Research University Higher School of Economics on 11-14 of April 2017. There were over 2000 visitors at the conference. The faculty of communications, media and design was conducting the section dedicated to the topics of communication research, media trends and creative industries. There were several research panels, such as “Global corporations and local media content producers on newly emerging markets: technological and creative aspects”, “Media of the future, new markets and regulation”, “The symbolic world and modern media content”. Several discussions were dedicated to media effects, media audience and the connection of media with the professions of the future. Among the key speakers of the conference was the member of the editorial board of “Communications. Media. Design” Professor Philippe Bouquillion with the speech “Construction of the symbolic dimension of handicrafts in India”.
The section included presentations of the research results of the HSE academic society, as well as the experts on the topics from other institutions. The last day of the conference was dedicated to the questions of creative industries, which were discussed during two round tables.
The journal entitled “Communications.Media. Design” provides the links of the interviews with two Key Speakers of the conference: Professor Philippe Bouquillion (Paris XIII) and Daya Thussu (University of Westminster, UK)