About the Journal

Nowadays, the formation of a highly qualified specialist in the sphere of political analysis is impossible without an objective and well-argued scientific journal. A few years ago, in Chernivtsi was created such a journal and today it continues its intellectual life. This is our "Mediaforum", initiated by the staff of the Chair.

In the conditions of reforming the educational sphere and acquiring competence traits by all domestic humanitarian sciences, we set several basic goals that will help to form a specialist in the sphere of information issues of the XXI century:

• To acquaint the reader with current foreign political and communicative practices that promote the integration of Ukrainian society into the modern European community.
• To develop an adequate understanding of the condition and available resources of Ukraine, which is trying to get rid of stereotypes and approaches of the past and help to understand and adapt the fundamental liberal values.
• To continue the formation of the basis of critical thinking, which are peculiar to a free responsible individual who should become a member of civil society and the law state.
• To promote the formation of a modern information society, where the openness of the Network is combined with modern management practices capable of communicating more adequately, and the ethics and responsibility of the blooming blogosphere as much as possible.

And although Pierre Bourdieu once said that public opinion doesn’t exist; we will still try to influence the opinion of interested readers not aggressively. Ultimately, we hope that the scientific achievements of the authors of the Mediaforum will help to reveal the political potential of, so to speak, regional (and not only) expert opinion. We think that materials devoted to political processes in the neighboring countries of Central and Eastern Europe, especially in the sphere of political and media communications will take a significant place on the pages of the journal. At the same time, we will try to avoid intellectual fuss, which is usually accompanied by inadequacy of conclusions and forecasts. We invite all interested authors who have something to say in the field of political forecasting and communication.

ISSN 2522-4050

The Mediaforum publishes peer-reviewed original researches, scientific surveys, reviews, as well as materials of round tables on topical issues. The journal covers a wide range of issues related to the analysis of domestic and foreign policy of the world's leading countries, as well as Central and Eastern Europe. Particular attention is be paid to the issues of Ukraine's foreign policy, its analytical support at various levels of state governance. Research in which the authors will discover important aspects of information and analytical activities on foreign policy issues will be welcomed.

The second important area, directly related to international issues, is the development of modern information policy of states at the global and regional levels. It includes Ukraine's effective media policy in the face of external challenges and threats. Important aspects of modern information policy of the EU, as well as the United States, Canada, China are also in the focus of the scientific publication.

The Mediaforum focuses on the qualitative research of this issues and the development of innovative knowledge that can be verified and stimulate further research, attracting the attention of interested representatives of the wider international scientific community.

The journal publishes articles in the following main areas: theory of international relations, political system of society, political anthropology, ethnopolitics and transregional processes, modern information policy, foreign policy and information security, international branding, communication science, linguistic and cultural studies.

Publisher: Yuri Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University.

Published since 2011

Frequency: once or twice a year

Languages: Ukrainian, English

Journal Abbreviation: Mediaforum

Editor-in-Chief: Vira Burdiak

Deputy Editors-in-Chief: Ivan Monolatii, Volodymyr Fisanov

Executive Secretary: Ivan Osadtsa

"Media Forum" journal follows to the policy of Open Access. All articles are posted indefinitely and free of charge immediately after the next issue. Full-text real-time access to scientific articles of the journal is presented on the official website of the journal in the Archives section. This corresponds to the BOAI's definition of an open access.

This approach allows you to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, quote or refer to the full text of the article in the journal "Mediaforum".