Department of Public Communications

Prof. Auksė BALČYTIENĖ

Professor at the Department of Public Communications, Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy, Vice-rector for Public Relations

Phone: +370 37 228696
E-mail: a.balcytiene@pmdf.vdu.lt

 Academic CV  

Research interests: comparative aspects in studying political communication and journalism cultures, media system change, the development of European public sphere, information and communication policies as well as multicultural and multilingual journalism online. 

Courses taught: "Creative Online Writing", "Communication Cultures", "EU Information Policy", "Mediatization of Politics", "Strategies of Integrated Communications", "Introduction to Public Communication Studies" and others.
 
Membership: a member of several academic and professional associations (ECREA: European Communication Research Association, ICA: International Communication Association, IAMCR: International Association for Media and Communication Research, BAMR: Baltic Association for Media Research, Lietuvos ryšių su visuomene specialistų sąjunga); also an editorial board member of scientific periodicals ("European Journal of Communication", "Central European Journal of Communication", "Information Science", "Regional Studies", "Maltese Journal for Education Research").  

Other professional activities: She is a core founding person of the school of journalism and communications in Kaunas and in the period of eight years from 1998 until 2006 she worked as a chair of the Department of Journalism at VMU (currently it is the Department of Public Communications). She has extensive experience in project management, administration and coordination and has been involved in a number of international projects, i.e. the EC 6th Framework Program projects (“AIM: Adequate Information Management in Europe” and “CINEFOGO: Civil Society and New Forms of Governance in Europe”), projects within the NordPlus Neighbor program supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers; She was a national representative of Lithuania in the COST A20 (“The impact of the Internet on mass media in Europe”) and A30 (“Setting New East European Media Research Agenda”) projects and currently is actively involved in academic, PhD students’ and professional media networks organized within European, Nordic and Baltic funding schemes, such as the Euromedia Research Group, Nordic Research Network in Journalism Studies and many others. She is also a member of the Lithuanian Broadcasting Council and the Lithuanian Science Council. In 2010 she was elected as vice-chair of ECREA Central and East-European Network (CEE) and became ECREA’s Executive Board member.

Publications (1993-2011):

• Balčytienė, A., Raeymaeckers, K., Vartanova, E. (2011).  Changing Practices of Journalism. In Trappel, J., Meier, W., D’Haenens, L., Steemers, J. and Thomass, B. (eds.). Media in Europe Today. Intellect, pp. 219-235.

• Sarrica, M., Fortunati, L. O’Sullivan, J., Balcytiene, A., Macgregor, P., Nuust, V., Roussou, N., Meso, K., Pereira, X., de Luca, F. (2010).  The early stages of the integration of the internet in EU newsrooms. European Journal of Communication, 25(4) 413–422.

• Balčytienė, A., Vinciūnienė, A. (2010).  Assessing Conditions for the Homogenisation of the European Public Sphere: How Journalists Report, and Could Report, on Europe. In: Bee, Cr., Bozzini, E. (eds.) Mapping the European Public Sphere: Institutions, Media and Civil Society, Ashgate, pp. 141-158.

• Balčytienė, A. (2010).  Baltic Media Structures and the Influence of Media. In: Golubeva, M., Gould, R. Shrinking Citizenship: Discursive practices that limit democratic participation in Latvian politics, Rodopi, pp. 53-65. 

• Balčytienė, A., Harro-Loit, H. (2009).  Between reality and illusion: Re-examining the diversity of media and online professional journalism in the Baltic States. Journal of Baltic Studies.

• Balčytienė, A., Lauk, E. (2009).  Some reflections on journalism education and journalism culture, Žurnalistikos tyrimai (Journalism Research), No 2, pp. 5-12.

• Balčytienė, A., Juraitė, K. (2009).  Impact of Economic and Cultural Factors on Television Production in Small Nations. Medijska istraživanja, Vol. 15, No 2, pp. 33-47.

• Balčytienė, A. (2009). Baltic Media and Journalism in Context: Sketching the Regional Picture. In Donskis, L. (ed.). A Litmus Test: Case of Modernity. Peter Lang Publishing Group, pp. 147-169.

• Balčytienė, A., Harro-Loit, H. (2009).  Preserving Journalism. In: Dobek-Ostrowska, B., Głowacki M., Jakubowicz, K., Sukosd, M. (eds.). Comparing Media Systems: European and Global Perspectives. Budapest: Central European University Press, pp. 129-138. 

• Balčytienė, A., Auškalnienė, L., Birbilaitė, I., Vinciūnienė, A. (2009).  Localizing Global Political Matters through New Media: Some Reflections on Communication Culture. Baltic Journal of Law & Politics, 2 (2), pp. 165-180. 

• Balčytienė, A., Nugaraitė, A., Juraitė, K. (2009).  The Lithuanian journalism education landscape. In: Terzis, G. (ed.). European Journalism Education, Intellect Books, pp. 447-462.

• Fortunati, L., Sarrica, M., O’Sullivan, J., Balčytienė, A., Harro-Loit, H., Macgregor, Ph., Roussou, N., Salaverria, R., de Luca, F. (2009).  The Influence of the Internet on European Journalism. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 14, pp. 928–963.

• Balčytienė, A., Vinciūnienė, A. (2009).  Das Mediensystem Litauens.Internationales Handbuch Medien’ 2006/2007, Hans-Bredow-Institute. Baden Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, pp. 423–435 ( English version).

• Balčytienė, A. (2009).  Žiniasklaidos sistemos transformacijos procesai demokratinėje Lietuvoje (habilitacijos procedūrai teikiamų mokslo darbų apžvalga; Socialiniai mokslai: Sociologija). Kaunas: VDU leidykla.

• D’Haenens, L., Marcinkowski, F., Donk, A., Maniglio, T., Trappel, J., Fidalgo, J., Balčytienė, A., Naprytė, E. (2009). The media and democracy monitor applied to five countries: a selection of indicators and their measurement.Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research, Vol. 34, pp. 203–220.

• Balčytienė, A. (2009).  Assessing pluralism and the democratic performance of the media in a small country: setting a comparative research agenda for the Baltic States. In: Czepek, A. Helwig, M., Nowak, E. (eds.).Press Freedom and Pluralism in Europe: Concepts and conditions, Intellect, pp. 127–139.

• Balčytienė, A. (2009).  Market-led reforms as incentives for media change, development and diversification in the Baltic States. International Communication Gazette, Vol. 71 (1–2), pp. 39–49.

• Van der Wurff, R., Lauf, E., Balčytienė, A., Fortunati, L., Holmberg, S.L., Paulussen, S., Salaverría R., (2008).  Online and print newspapers in Europe in 2003: evolving towards complementarity. Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 403–430.

• Balčytienė, A. (2008).  On tripartite identity of the Baltic media and its impact on media performance. Informacijos mokslai, Vol. 47, pp. 44–59.

• Balčytienė, A., Vinciūnienė, A. (2008).  Political communication culture with a European touch: a view from Brussels. Sociologija: mintis ir veiksmas, Vol. 3. pp. 71–86.

• Balčytienė, A., Juraitė, K., Reingardė, J. (2008).  Towards a More Successful European Communication: Research Findings and Media Policy Recommendations. Sociologija: mintis ir veiksmas, Vol. 3. pp. 115–121.

• Balčytienė, A. (2008).  Permainų vėjai Lietuvos žurnalistikoje.Žurnalistikos Almachas (1990-2007). Lietuvos žurnalistų sąjunga: Vilnius, pp. 48–54.

• Balčytienė, A. (2008).  Changing journalistic discourses in the Baltic States – How to deal with cheap journalism? In: Jakubowicz, K., Sükösd, M. (eds.). Finding the Right Place on the Map. Central and Eastern European Media Change in a Global Perspective, Intellect, pp. 213–226.

• Balčytienė, A., Leppik, T., Lonnendonker, J. (2007).  Introduction. In AIM Research Consortium (eds.). Reporting and Managing European News, Projekt Verlag: Bochum, pp. 11–25.

• Mancini, P., Allern, S., Baisnee, O., Balčytienė, A., Hahn, O., Lazar, M., Raudsaar, M. (2007).  Context, news values and relationships with sources – three factors determining professional practices of media reporting on European matters. In AIM Research Consortium (eds.). Reporting and Managing European News, Bochum: Projekt Verlag, pp. 117–155.

• Balčytienė, A. (2007). Balancing power relations in a small news market. In Bohrmann, H., Klaus, E., and Machill, M. (eds.). Media Industry, Journalism Culture and Communication Policies in Europe, Koln: von Halem Verlag, pp. 168–187.

• Balčytienė, A., Raeymaeckers, K., De Bens, E., Vinciūnienė, A., Schroeder, R. (2007).  Understanding the complexity of EU communication: the spokespersons‘ perspective. In AIM Research Consortium (Eds.).Understanding the Logic of EU Reporting from Brussels, Bochum: Projekt Verlag, pp. 151–163.

• Balčytienė, A., Vinciūnienė, A., Janušaitė, K. (2007).  The Case of Lithuania. In AIM Research Consortium (Eds.) Understanding the Logic of EU Reporting from Brussels: Analysis of the Interviews with EU Correspondents and Spokespersons. Adequate Information Management in Europe – Working Papers, Vol. 2. Bochum: Projekt Verlag, p. 103-110.

• Balčytienė, A. (2007).  How to meet journalistic aims in European Communication? Redefining the potential of online EU news offers. In. Carpentier, N., Pruulman-Vegerfeldt, P., Nordenstreng, K., Hartmann, M., Vihalemm, P., Cammaerts, B., Nieminen, H. (Eds.). Media Technologies and Democracy in an Enlarged Europe, Tartu: Tartu University Press, pp. 75–87.

• Balčytienė, A. (2006). Mass Media in Lithuania: Changes, Development, and Journalism Culture, Berlin: Vistas.

• Balčytienė, A., Harro-Loit, H. (2006). New media environment and journalism cultures online: comparing situations in Lithuania and Estonia. In Leandros, N. (ed.). The Impact of Internet on Mass Media in Europe, London: Abramis, pp. 321–337.

• Balčytienė, A., Vinciūnienė, A.  (2006).  The Case of Lithuania. In AIM Research Consortium (eds.) Understanding the Logic of EU Reporting in Mass Media: Analysis of EU Media Coverage and Interviews in Editorial Offices in Europe. Adequate Information Management in Europe – Working Papers, Vol. 1, Bochum: Projekt Verlag, p. 97-111. 

• Balčytienė, A., Vinciūnienė, A. (2006).  Žiniasklaida kaip aktyvus politinių procesų veikėjas informuojant visuomenę apie ES: lyginamasis požiūris(Understanding Media Role in EU News Provision: A Comparative Approach).Informacijos mokslai, Vol. 37, pp. 91–110.

• Vinciūnienė, A., Balčytienė, A. (2006).  Europinės naujienos Europos žiniasklaidoje (European News in European Media). Informacijos mokslai, Vol. 36, pp. 68–83.

• Vinciūnienė, A., Balčytienė, A. (2006).  Europos viešosios erdvės formavimosi teorinės ir empirinės prielaidos: nauji iššūkiai žiniasklaidai.Regioninės studijos. Baltijos ir Rytų Azijos regionų studijos: naujieji transnacionaliniai iššūkiai ir rytų patirtis.- T. 1, Kaunas: Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto leidykla, pp. 110-129.

• Balčytienė, A., Lauk, E. (2005). Media transformations: the post–transition lessons in Lithuania and Estonia. Informacijos mokslai, Vol. 33, pp. 96–109.

• Balčytienė, A., Marcinkevičienė, R. (2005). Print is dead … Long live print. In: van der Wurff, R., Lauf, E. & O'Sullivan J. (eds.). Print and Online Newspapers in Europe: A Comparative Content Analysis in 18 Countries in Western and Eastern Europe, Amsterdam: Het Spinhuis, pp. 188-200.

• Balčytienė, A. (2005).  Types of state intervention in media in the Baltic States and Norway. In: Baerug, R. (ed.). The Baltic Media World, Riga: Flera, pp. 40–58.

• Balčytienė, A. (2005).  Media modernisation and journalism cultures in the Baltic States and Norway. In: Baerug, R. (ed.). The Baltic Media World, Riga: Flera, pp. 167–183.

• Harro-Loit, H., Balčytienė, A. (2005).  Media accountability systems: ecological viewpoint. In: Baerug, R. (ed.). The Baltic Media World, Riga: Flera, pp. 25–40.

• Balčytienė, A. (2005).  About comparisons within the media. In: Baerug, R. (ed.). The Baltic Media World, Riga: Flera, pp. 8–14.

• Balčytienė, A. (2005). Medien in Litauen. In: Hans-Bredow-Institut (Eds.),Internationales Handbuch Medien, Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 531-548.

• Balčytienė, A. (2005).  Journalism in the Age of Information: News Management as a Key Function. In: Annual Proceedings of Vidzeme University College – ICTE in Regional Development, Valmiera: Vidzeme University College, pp. 22-26.

• Balčytienė A. (2004).  Žiniasklaidos kultūra. Lyginamieji svarstymai: Europa ir Lietuva (Media Culture: Comparative Views: Europe and Lithuania). Darbai ir dienos, Vol. 38, pp. 75–110.

• Balčytienė, A. (2004). Media organizations and their attitudes towards the Internet-based journalistic applications. In Salaverria, R., Sadaba, Ch. (eds.).Towards New Media Paradigms: Content, Producers, Organizations and Audiences, Pamplona: Ediciones Eunate, pp. 175–183.

• Balčytienė A. (2004). Journalists and the Internet – Who controls who? Exploring societal role of Web-based journalism in post-communist Lithuania.Journal of Adult and Continuing Education (Japan), Vol. 6, pp. 117–132.

• Balčytienė A. (2004). Das Mediensystem Litauens. In: Hans-Bredow-Institute (Eds.) Internationales Handbuch Medien’ 2004/2005, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, pp. 412-429.  

• Balčytienė A (2002). Lithuanian media – A question of change. In Vihalemm, P. (ed.). Baltic Media in Transition. Tartu: Tartu University Press, pp. 103–130.

• Balčytienė A. (2002). Changing role of media in postcommunist Lithuania. Bochum: Projekt Verlag.

• Balčytienė A. (2002).  Technikos perversmai ir žurnalistika. Darbai ir dienos, Vol. 31, pp. 155–178.

• Balčytienė, A. (2002). Medien in Litauen. In: Hans-Bredow-Institut (Hrsg.),Internationales Handbuch Medien. Baden-Baden: Nomos, p. 531-548.

• Balčytienė, A. (2000). Apie naujosios žiniasklaidos kuriamas iliuzijas.Sociologija: mintis ir veiksmas, Vol. 3 (4), pp. 72–78.

• Balčytienė, A. (2000).  Žiniasklaidos tekstai. Darbai ir dienos, Vol. 24, pp. 109–119.

• Balčytienė, A. (1999).  Cultural Representations in the New Media.Lituanus, Vol. 45:4, pp. 10-20.

• Balčytienė, A. (2000). Daugialypės terpės kūriniai kaip iššūkis tradicijai.Istorija. Vol. XLV, pp. 85-96. 

• Balčytienė, A. (1999). Exploring Individual Processes of Knowledge Construction with Hypertext, Instructional Science, Vol. 27, 3/4, pp. 303-328. 

• Balčytienė, A. (1998). Skaitmeniniai kultūros paveldo atspindžiai. Istorija, Vol. 37, pp. 75-86.

• Balčytienė, A. (1998). Būdas mokyti kitaip. Baltos lankos: Vilnius.

• Balčytienė, A. (1997). Theoretical Assumptions for Designing Hypertext as a Constructivist Learning Environment, Informatica, Vol. 8, No. 4.

• Balčytienė, A. (1997). Hipertekstinio istorijos mokymo prielaidos. Istorija, Vol. 36. 

• Balčytienė, A. (1996). Using Hypertext to Read and Reason. Ph.D. Theses. University of Joensuu, Finland.

• Balčytienė, A. & Lehtinen, E. (1994). Hypertext and Learning: An Overview.Informatica, Vol. 5, No. 1-2, pp. 3-30. 

• Balčytienė, A. & Kolehmainen, P. (1994). Evaluation and Hypertext: A Shift from Technology to Learning. Complex Learning in Computer Environments: Technology in School, University, Work and Lifelong Education(interdisciplinary workshop proceedings). University of Joensuu, Finland. 

• Balčytienė, A. & Lehtinen, E. (1993). Problems in Navigation in Designing Hypertext for Learning. In Linna, M. & Ruotsala, P. (eds.) Hypermedia in Vaasa '93 (international conference proceedings, pp. 55-62). Vaasa: Vaasa Institute of Technology.