Interview – Communication Today

Journalism Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Interview with Andrej Tušer

Zora Hudíková — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 20:49:32 +0000

ABSTRACT:
The interview presents Professor Andrej Tušer’s opinions on various topics related to journalistic genres and issues modern journalism has to face, with emphasis on the press. Particular attention is paid to addressing the opportunities for independent journalism and the freedom of expression in the current socio-political situation, as well as to the impact of journalism on politicians and their behaviour. His perspectives on the rapidly changing conditions within journalism, contemporary methods of media production, competences of journalists in the age of multi-platform journalism and the development of the Internet and online journalism are also included. Professor Tušer’s practical experience and theoretical expertise are reflected in a range of concepts concerning theoretical issues of journalistic production – including the meaning of genres in contemporary journalism and the position of regional and local print media. The given responses function as thorough, important and critical reflections of this patriarch of Slovak print journalism and journalism theory on the development and the current state of discursive journalism issues in connection with dynamic socio-political and technological transformations.

KEYWORDS:
journalism, journalistic genres, media independence, methods of media production, the press, regional and local periodicals

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Mediatisation of Communicative Behaviour. Interview with Friedrich Krotz

Friedrich Krotz — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 17:32:57 +0000

ABSTRACT:
The interview focuses on Friedrich Krotz’s views on the mediatisation of communication and culture and its consequences for daily life and social relations, culture and society. While discussing the topic Friedrich Krotz mostly addresses the negative aspects of mediatisation and outlines possible solutions to counter them. The given topics also refer to technological and cultural development of the society in the light of the influential notions proposed by Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer or Marshall McLuhan as well as from the viewpoint of specific traits of today’s communication via cyberspace. The interview therefore covers the issues concerning Internet security and privacy. The discussion specifically reflects on our dependence on online search engines, especially Google, and Internet social networks such as Facebook or WhatsApp.

KEY WORDS:
communication, media, media culture, mediatisation, social networks

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The Era of Global Disputes and Mass Media Distortions (Dialogue on Recognition, Justice and Democracy). Interview with Marek Hrubec

Eduardo Bittar — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 17:30:18 +0000

ABSTRACT:
The text focuses on a role which recognition, justice and democracy play in the era of global disputes and mass media distortions. It deals with problems of misrecognition, injustice and democratic deficit mainly from European and Latin American perspectives, particularly from the points of view of Central Europe and Brazil. It points out the issues of social and political justice, extraterritorial recognition, participation in economic and political democracy, especially concerning international and transnational legal frameworks.

KEY WORDS:
democracy, global conflicts, international law, justice, mass media, recognition

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On Technology Innovations, Digitalisation and Social Security in the 21st Century. Interview with Henning Meyer

Veronika Pizano — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 16:17:50 +0000

ABSTRACT:
The interview focuses on Henning Meyer’s view on technology and digitalisation in the terms of jobs and social security. It deals with insecurity of the technology age where the people are not capable of comprehending the fast development. While discussing the topic, Henning Meyer presents his view on the possible solutions to the insecurity in the meaning of job or activity guarantee. The interview also addresses issues of education in the technology era. At the same time, it focuses on the recent crises in Europe – including refugee crisis, the Brexit and ‘Eurozone’ crisis with the focus on the role of social democracy in these crises.

KEYWORDS:
basic income, digitalisation, industry 4.0, technology, European Union

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Is Media Literacy Still One of the Priorities for Policy Makers? Interview with David Buckingham and Alexander Fedorov

Norbert Vrabec — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 16:15:31 +0000

ABSTRACT:
The interviews focus on the key question whether media literacy is still in the spotlight of contemporary society. The past decades has seen rapid development of professional and academic interest in the field of media literacy. The theoretical and practical issues that have dominated the field for many years have already drawn attention to the importance of this concept for the individual and for the society. In fact, the introduction of media education in schools and other areas of public life is still being confronted with many challenges. Moreover, the wide range of related problems is becoming less in the centre stage of policy making – at the European and non-European level alike. The interviews address questions about the priorities of educational policy, which should not be focused only on the topics that can directly contribute to economic growth and job creation. Particularly today, at the times of global conflicts and societal as well as cultural transformations, it is very important to develop the critical thinking of citizens – of course, in relation to the media and their society-wide actions and agendas.

KEY WORDS:
critical thinking, digital age, media education, media education policy, media literacy

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Some Notes on the Translation as an Interpretative Art and Communication as well. Interview with Juraj Vojtek

Ján Višňovský — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 19:52:34 +0000

ABSTRACT:
This interview has been done at the occasion of The Grant Prize delivered by The Lewis Carroll Society of North America to the Slovak edition of Lewis Carroll’s books Alica v krajine zázrakov and Za zrkadlom a s čím sa tam Alica stretla, in English Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, which were published by Slovart, illustrated by Dušan Kállay, and co-translated by Viera Vojtková a Juraj Vojtek. It presents two main events organised by the Society at the 150th anniversary of publication of the book in England – the introduction of a three volume set (LINDSETH, J. A. (ed.): Alice In a World of Wonderlands. The Translations of Lewis Carroll´s Masterpiece. New Castle, Delaware : Oak Knoll Press and The Lewis Carroll Society of North America, 2015. 2656 p.), and the exhibition of Lewis Carroll’s masterpieces translated into more than 200 languages of the world. It serves to one of the awarded creators of the book, to Full Prof. Juraj Vojtek, as a starting point to give a thought on such questions as what is a translation, what are its limits and what is its place in communication, from the viewpoint of a practical translator.

KEY WORDS:

translation, translator, exoticism and domestication, intrapersonal communication of the translator

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Global Conflicts and the Macro-regional Modernities. Interview with Marek Hrubec

Marek Hrubec — Sat, 11 Apr 2015 20:09:12 +0000

ABSTRACT:
The interview focuses on Marek Hrubec’s Critical theory of global society and politics. It presents a critique and explanation of social, economic, political, media, cultural issues, and explains normative alternatives. It deals with the crisis of global capitalism and the contemporary situation in the West. It compares it with the recent developments in alternative modernities in the Islamic countries, China and Russia, India and South America, and Africa. It addresses issues of global conflicts and injustice, global poverty, intercultural dialogue, corporate power, revolution and transformation, the United Nations and the requirements of cosmopolitan arrangement, and the personal experience from Central Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa.

KEY WORDS:
global conflicts, injustice, recognition, macro-regions, modernities, critical theory, intercultural

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Interview with Zygmunt Bauman: Factors Which Made Holocaust Possible, Are Still With Us. Because We Are Still Modern

Alexander Plecner — Fri, 02 May 2014 07:33:21 +0000

Zygmunt Bauman (1925) is a Polish sociologist who left to England, where he has published his major works on modernity, Holocaust, globalization, consumerism, morality, rationality and social exclusion. In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, he has been well known since the sixties, when first translations of his books appeared. After 1989 other works were published, notably Modernity and the Holocaust, Globalization: The Human Consequences and Liquid Modernity. Zygmunt Bauman is one of the Europe’s most influential sociologists, British Guardian has labelled him “the most influential sociologist working in Europe.” Dennis Smith described Bauman as “the Prophet of Postmodernity” in a book of the same name from the series devoted to key contemporary thinkers. University of SS. Cyril and Methodius awarded him with a Degree of Doctor Honoris Causa upon Zygmunt Bauman on 5th November 2013.

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