Elena Vartanova is author of Digital Citizens & Media Literacy for Global Democracy

Elena Vartanova is Full Professor, Dean and Chair in Media Theory and Media Economics at the Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University. Her PhD was on Finnish Newspaper System (1982), her Doctoral dissertation on Information Society Concepts and Their Impact on Media Practice in EU and Nordic Countries (1999).Her research interests include media systems in Nordic countries, information society, post-Soviet transformation of Russian media, media economics.

Vartanova is an author of 5 books and an editor of 8 books (in Russian) on Nordic media systems, Information society, media economics. She has published more than 100 research articles in Russian academic magazines. She is the Co-editor and the author of the chapters in book Perspectives to the Media in Russia: Western Interests and Russian Development. She is also the author of the book Mass Media Theory. Her articles have been published by European Journal of Communication, Gazette. She is editor-in-chief of the Faculty research journal Mediaalmanac, bulletin MediaTrends and editor-in-chief of on-line research magazine Mediascope. She is an expert of Russian Federation in the Council of Europe for the group on media diversity; a member of the IAMCR International Council; Chair of the Digital Divide Working Group, IAMCR; and a member of Euromedia Research Group.

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