Scientific seminar: Language, Media and Society in the Digital Era”

Caucasus International University is please to invite you to attend a scientific seminar: Language, Media and Society in the Digital Era”. 

 

Seminar Date: June 5, 2026 

 

Seminar Time: 12:00

 

Address: Room 303 (Auditorium Named after Zhiuli Shartava), Caucasus International University, 73 Chargali St., Tbilisi.

 

The aims of the scientific seminar are:

 

1. Studying digital transformation: to analyze how language and communication are changing in the digital environment (social networks, messengers, AI-voices, memes, etc.);

 

1. Understanding the role of the media: to discuss the impact of new media on public opinion, political discourse and social relations;

 

1. Researching linguistic changes: to study linguistic phenomena of the digital era (Internet slang, digital variations of the Georgian language, English-Georgian code-switching, the impact of AI on language);

 

1. Promoting interdisciplinary dialogue: to create a space for collaboration between linguists, media researchers, sociologists, journalists and IT specialists;

 

1. Identifying challenges: to discuss contemporary issues: fake news, hate speech, echo chambers, digital inequality, language rights in the digital space;

 

1. Presenting research results: researchers to present their recent research and empirical data in Georgian and international context;

 

1. Developing practical recommendations: to develop proposals for media education, state policy and platform regulation.

 

June 5, Opening;

 

12:00 - Ekaterine Chalaganidze, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, CIU;

 

12:05 - Sesili Gogiberidze, Head of the Scientific Department, CIU;

 

12:10 - Tatiana Kananowicz, Doctor of Philology, Head of the Division of Russian Language and Translation Studies, University of Gdańsk;

 

12:20 - Speeches by seminar participants

 

Seminar Participants Representing the University of Gdańsk:

 

1. Żanna Sładkiewicz- The Architecture of “Stickiness”: Narrative, Convergence, and Sensuality in New Media Aesthetics;

 

1. Hadrian Lankiewicz- Should Teacher Education of EFL Be Free of Native Standards? – The Quality of English as a Means of Mass Communication;

 

1. Aleksandra Klimkiewicz- Affective Functions of Hashtags in Three Infospheres;

 

1. Marcin Trendowicz- Russian-Language Internet Memes as (Micro) Narrative Instruments of Digital Warfare;

 

1. Tatiana Kananowicz- Streaming Platforms: A New Semiotics of Entertainment;

 

1. Bianca Sadowska- Constructing Empire: Media in Nineteenth-Century Russia and Britain;

 

1. Marta Noińska- Values in the New Year’s Addresses of Polish, Russian, and German Leaders, 2023–2025;

 

1. Administrative Representative: Ilona Yakubovich 

 

Seminar Participants Representing Caucasus International University:

 

1. Nino Chalaganidze, Lia Zambakhidze – The Role of TV Documentaries in Modern Broadcast Media. (Experience of the Georgian Public Broadcaster); 

 

1. Zaza Tsotniashvili - The Algorithm as Editor: AI’s Role in Shaping News Agendas;

 

1. Nino Mindiashvili, Ekaterina Chalaganidze - Representation of War and Pandemic in the Post-Soviet Georgian Printed Media;

 

1. Nana Amiranashvili, Tsitsino Bukia - A Strategy for Diverse Content in Mass Communication in Digital Media: On the Example of the Georgian Public Broadcaster;

 

1. Eka Tkhilava, Khatuna Kacharava- Cultural Heritage in the Modern Digital Reality - Past, Present and Future;

 

1. Dato Tabatadze, Eka Beraia- The Role of Digital Media in the Accessibility of Cultural Knowledge and Its Usage for Intercultural Dialogue;

 

1. Alika Guchua, Vakhtang Maisaia -Information Warfare Doctrine in the Digital Era and Contemporary Challenges in Conjunction with Information-Psychological Warfare: Georgia’s Case.

 

1. Rusudan Kvaratskhelia - Infographics: Visual Coding of Information in Journalism (scientific discourse).