[Commlist] User-Generated Content in Modern Communication

The Faculty of Journalism of Chelyabinsk State University announces the 
International Research-to-Practice Conference /User-Generated Content in 
Modern Communication/. The conference is dedicated to user-generated 
content (UGC), its major platforms (YouTube, Instagram, VK and others), 
users’ comments, amateur journalism and other forms of communication 
that emerge in a non-institutional communicative environment.

In addition to the general session and sub-forums, there is a number of 
thematic official meetings with the reports presentation and workshops 
by experts provided. The subject of one of them is /Methods for 
analyzing user-generated content in economic research/. Other topics 
based on main line are encouraged. The conference takes place both 
online and offline. Absentee participation is not provided. Please send 
applications by e-mail: (konf_jourcsu /at/ mail.ru) <mailto:(konf_jourcsu /at/ mail.ru)>.

For all questions, please, contact: (konf_jourcsu /at/ mail.ru) 
<mailto:(konf_jourcsu /at/ mail.ru)>

Deadline for application is January 20, 2021.

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Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution
of Higher Professional Education
Chelyabinsk State University
Faculty of Journalism




Editorial office of the scientific journal Znak: problemnoe pole 
mediaobrazovanija
 Editorial office of the scientific journal Chelyabinskij Gumanitarij
Editorial office of the scientific journal Mediasreda


The 1st International Research-to-Practical Conference
USER-GENERATED CONTENT IN MODERN COMMUNICATION
April 22-23, 2021


MAIN TOPICS OF THE RESEACH-TO-PRACTICE CONFERENCE

Impact of UGC on professional journalism

-	the user-generated content effect on principles, techniques, 
strategies and tactics of the professional news desks;
-	amateur journalism challenge to the industry: de-professionalization 
in the field of news and analytical content creation;
-	news and UGC: establishment of the agenda, changing priorities in news 
feed, the impact of UGC style on news standards;
-	reality and simulacra in foreign and Russian media in the post-truth era;
-	fact-checking and user-generated content (authenticity and fake in 
user-generated content).

Communication in a new media reality

-	genres of network communication;
-	online intolerance:  user-generated content manifestation and role;
-	user content in Internet communications;
-	visual practices in custom content;
-	fandoms, cosplays, sports fan communities and other manifestations of 
fan culture.

Interdisciplinary research in user-generated content

-	the user generated content experience in applied economic research;
-	politics and audience;
-	user generated content and culture;
-	user content and media education;
-	psychological characteristics of the audience and the study of user 
reactions;
-	legal features of user content appliance;
-	UGC in advertising and PR.

The expansion of the topics connected with user-generated content is 
encouraged.

Specialists of journalism and mass communications, advertising and PR, 
media communications, sociology, cultural studies, philosophy, pedagogy, 
philology, psychology, anthropology, representatives of technical 
specialties, researchers of the Internet, programmers, economists and 
all those who interested in discussing the outlined issues are kindly 
welcomed to participate and cooperate.

The organizing committee is looking for attention to the conference from 
practitioners and specialists in the field of online technologies.

The organizing committee does not practice discrimination based on age, 
academic credentials, departmental affiliation and employment of 
conference participants. The only criterion for participation is a 
high-quality application that will undergo peer review and be approved 
(see Appendices). Therefore, we ask you to pay special attention to the 
theses of the report in the application.

Deadline for application is January 20, 2021.
Please send applications by e-mail: (konf_jourcsu /at/ mail.ru).

All abstracts approved during the review process will be published as a 
collection of articles (indexed by the RSCI) and included in the 
conference program. Authors of approved applications will be invited to 
send the full text of the article for posting (optionally) on the Web of 
Science platform, in the scientific journals Znak: problemnoe pole 
mediaobrazovanija (certified by State Commission for Academic Degrees 
and Titles), Mediasreda (indexed by the RSCI), Chelyabinskij Gumanitarij 
(indexed by the RSCI). The conditions and procedure for publication will 
be specified in subsequent information letters after the deadline for 
applications.

The conference takes place both online and offline. Absentee 
participation is not provided.

For all questions, please, contact: (konf_jourcsu /at/ mail.ru).
More detailed information: http://nauka-jourcsu.ru/ugc1.
 
Application form for the 1st international research-to-practice conference
USER-GENERATED CONTENT IN MODERN COMMUNICATION
April 22-23, 2021

Full name	
Academic degree
(no abbreviations)	
Academic title
(no abbreviations)	
Position and place of work or study, full name of the university or 
organization WITHOUT departmental affiliation	
Year of birth	
Research funding source
(if any)	
Business email address 	
Conference topic	
Topic of the theses and a short abstract	
Form of participation: offline / online	


Appendix 2

Theses Report (please follow the format strictly):

 Surname First name (in full) Patronymic (if any), academic degree (if 
any), academic title (if any), position, place of work or study, full 
name of the university or organization WITHOUT departmental affiliation 
(instead of FSBEI of HET Chelyabinsk State University or Federal State 
Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education 
Chelyabinsk State University, please, indicate Chelyabinsk State 
University), email address (do not put full stop after the email address)

Research funding source (if any) - format is applied as required by the 
funding fund.

SUBJECT OF THE REPORT (in capital letters, do not put a full stop after 
the title)

Keywords: 5-7 keywords or phrases, comma is the separator; a full stop 
is put at the end).

Abstract (extended abstract of the report) is not less than 500 words 
and not more than 1000 words. The abstract should clearly describe the 
content of the report. What subject and object and under what aspect 
will be considered. Please avoid general phrases in the theses that are 
not related to a specific scientific or practical issue, which will be 
discussed in the report. It is desirable to briefly indicate the methods 
and theoretical approaches and explain what the essence of the research 
is, name the most significant conclusions obtained. At the end of the 
abstract, at least one and no more than five scientific sources should 
be included. Only those that are significant for the author. Any sources 
of journalistic and other materials considered in the report indicate 
directly in the text of the abstract in parentheses. References should 
be given at the end of the article like in this example - [1. C. 3-4].

References are made in accordance with Russian Nationwide standard-2008 
(http://docs.cntd.ru/document/gost-r-7-0-5-2008 ) the following way:
1. Surname Name (only the first letter with a full stop) Patronymic (if 
any, only the first letter with a full stop). Title of the book. City: 
Publisher, year.
2. Surname Name (only the first letter with a full stop) Patronymic (if 
any, only the first letter with a full stop). Title of the article in 
the journal // Title of the journal. No. Х. P. ХХ – ХХ.
3. Surname Name (only the first letter with a full stop). Patronymic (if 
any, only the first letter with a full stop). The title of the online 
publication. URL: http… xxxxxxxxxxxxx (date of access: хх.хх.хххх).

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