{"id":2296,"date":"2025-12-04T16:05:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T13:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.medijufondas.lt\/?p=2296"},"modified":"2025-12-16T11:10:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:10:29","slug":"lithuanian-academy-of-sciences-seminar-on-the-media-in-the-face-of-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medijufondas.lt\/en\/uncategorized\/lithuanian-academy-of-sciences-seminar-on-the-media-in-the-face-of-controversy","title":{"rendered":"Lithuanian Academy of Sciences seminar \u2013 on the media in the face of controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 3 December, the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences hosted a seminar entitled “Media\u00a0behaviour\u00a0and ‘information deserts’: the integrity of news in the face of contradictions”.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At this open seminar, scientists and representatives of institutions\u00a0analysed\u00a0media resilience in the context of contemporary politics, focusing on news production, dissemination, and choices at the intersection of public communication theory and practice.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ruslanas\u00a0Ir\u017eikevi\u010dius, Director of the Media Support Fund, who\u00a0participated\u00a0in the event,\u00a0emphasised\u00a0in his presentation the importance of state support for the media amid threats to democracy.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“State support for professional media is not a charitable act, but a strategic imperative. It addresses critical market imperfections, supports democratic\u00a0infrastructure\u00a0and strengthens national security in an era of information conflicts,” said the MRF director.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He also\u00a0emphasised\u00a0that by\u00a0prioritising\u00a0transparency, investing in the quality of journalism and actively helping media\u00a0organisations\u00a0adapt through innovation \u2013 giving them “fishing rods” \u2013 we are turning the potential “risks” of state funding into a solid foundation for a resilient and informed society. “The best\u00a0defence\u00a0of a democratic society is a strong, professional, diverse and accessible media,” said R.\u00a0Ir\u017eikevi\u010dius.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At the seminar\u00a0organised\u00a0by academic Andrius\u00a0Vai\u0161nys, presentations were also given by Deividas\u00a0Velkas, Head of the Public Information and Copyright Policy Group at the Ministry of Culture, and researchers\u00a0Auks\u0117\u00a0Bal\u010dytien\u0117,\u00a0R\u016bta\u00a0Kupetyt\u0117, Darius Remeika, Renata\u00a0Stonyt\u0117,\u00a0Rimgail\u0117\u00a0Kasparait\u0117, and Yoanna Koleva. The topics of the presentations can be found at.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On 3 December, the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences hosted a seminar entitled “Media\u00a0behaviour\u00a0and ‘information deserts’: the integrity of news in the face of contradictions”.\u00a0\u00a0 At this open seminar, scientists and representatives of institutions\u00a0analysed\u00a0media resilience in the context of contemporary politics, focusing on news production, dissemination, and choices at the intersection of public communication theory and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medijufondas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medijufondas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medijufondas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medijufondas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medijufondas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.medijufondas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2297,"href":"https:\/\/www.medijufondas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296\/revisions\/2297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medijufondas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medijufondas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medijufondas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medijufondas.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}