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.);
2. Understanding the role of the media: to discuss the impact of new media on public opinion, political discourse and social relations;
3. 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);
4. Promoting interdisciplinary dialogue: to create a space for collaboration between linguists, media researchers, sociologists, journalists and IT specialists;
5. Identifying challenges: to discuss contemporary issues: fake news, hate speech, echo chambers, digital inequality, language rights in the digital space;
6. Presenting research results: researchers to present their recent research and empirical data in Georgian and international context;
7. 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;
2. Hadrian Lankiewicz- Should Teacher Education of EFL Be Free of Native Standards? – The Quality of English as a Means of Mass Communication;
3. Aleksandra Klimkiewicz- Affective Functions of Hashtags in Three Infospheres;
4. Marcin Trendowicz- Russian-Language Internet Memes as (Micro) Narrative Instruments of Digital Warfare;
5. Tatiana Kananowicz- Streaming Platforms: A New Semiotics of Entertainment;
6. Bianca Sadowska- Constructing Empire: Media in Nineteenth-Century Russia and Britain;
7. Marta Noińska- Values in the New Year’s Addresses of Polish, Russian, and German Leaders, 2023–2025;
8. 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); 
2. Zaza Tsotniashvili - The Algorithm as Editor: AI’s Role in Shaping News Agendas;
3. Nino Mindiashvili, Ekaterina Chalaganidze - Representation of War and Pandemic in the Post-Soviet Georgian Printed Media;
4. Nana Amiranashvili, Tsitsino Bukia - A Strategy for Diverse Content in Mass Communication in Digital Media: On the Example of the Georgian Public Broadcaster;
5. Eka Tkhilava, Khatuna Kacharava- Cultural Heritage in the Modern Digital Reality - Past, Present and Future;
6. Dato Tabatadze, Eka Beraia- The Role of Digital Media in the Accessibility of Cultural Knowledge and Its Usage for Intercultural Dialogue;
7. Alika Guchua, Vakhtang Maisaia -Information Warfare Doctrine in the Digital Era and Contemporary Challenges in Conjunction with Information-Psychological Warfare: Georgia’s Case.
8. Rusudan Kvaratskhelia - Infographics: Visual Coding of Information in Journalism (scientific discourse).