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Prof. Borys Potyatynyk,

49, Chuprynky St.
Lviv 79000 Ukraine

Office: +38032 2394484

Cell: +38050 6780216; +380988216148; T-mobile +48664521638
E-mail: borys.potyatynyk@gmail.com 

Twitter: @boryslav

Prof. Borys Potyatynyk                     CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Data

Current Position and obligations

Chair of New Media Department

Journalism Faculty, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv

Head of Editorial Board on-line Media Criticism Journal www.mediakrytyka.info

Member of Editorial Board of  EME – Exploration in Media Ecology, The Journal of Media Ecology Association (International Scholarly Journal).

Office Address:     

Ukraine, 79000, Lviv,   vul. Chuprynky 49,  Journalism Department, room # 109  

For mail:  P.O. Box 1200, Lviv-7, 290007, Ukraine.

Residence:  Lviv.

Place and date of birth: November, 10.1959.  Kolomyja, Ivanivtsi,  Ukraine

Educatios, Degrees:

Doctor of Philological Sciences, 1997, Kyiv State University

Kandydat Nauk (Ph.D.)  — 1991 Kyiev State University

Specialist (M.A.).  –  1982, Lviv  State  University, Department  of  Journalism

Professional appointments

2006-2008 - Resource faculty for  “Establishing Media Literacy  in Post-Communist Universities” -  project with support of Open Society Institute, HESP

1996-1997-  Dean of the  Journalism Department (Lviv Franko State University)

1993-1994 - Deputy Dean of the Journalism Department.

1988-1993 - Assistant-professor.

1982-1988 - reporting in regional Ukrainian newspapers

Courses taught:

Media Criticism

Introduction to Internet Journalism

Philosophy of Mass Communication;

Media Education

Advertising and PR

Professional honors, awards, fellowships:

1994, USA, Indiana  University,  September— November.  Rresearch  project (supported  by a grant from ACTR/ACCELS)

1999-2000 – University of Iowa, USA, Fulbright Scholar

Current Research:

Media Philosophy; Media Ecology and Media Education

Internet Journalism

Languages:

Ukrainian (native speaker),  English (fluent),  Russian (fluent), Polish (basic).

Main Publications

Books: 

 

Internet Journalism.  Textbook. Lviv, PAIS, 2010. 243 p.

Media: Keys to Understanding. Lviv, PAIS, 2004. 312 p.

Ecology of Noosphere.  Lviv, Swit, 1997. 150 p.

Pathogenic Text. Lviv, Misioner. 1996. 296 p.

Totalitarian Journalism. Lviv, Lviv Franko State University, 1992. 80 p.

Co-auther:

Fundamentals of Democracy. A Textbook for Students of Institutions of Higher Education. Under the general editorship of Prof. Antonina Kolodiy. Third revised and updated edition. Lviv, Astroliabia. 2009. – 832 p.

Selected articles, thesis, and essays:

Pathogenic Text    in    Posttotalitarian   Society: Publications of International Conference on Violence in  the Media.  New York,  St.John's University,  1994.  20 p.

Mass Media as a Self-Expanding Megamachine // Publications of the First  Annual Convention of  the Media Ecology Association. New York, Fordham University. 2000.  P. 181-187.

Information Vortexes of the Orange Revolution // Exploration in Media Ecology. 2005.

Quality Media and the Internet //  Europäishe Transformationen von Öffentlichkeit und Privasphäre in Ukrainisch-Deutscher Perspektive. Internationale Tagung an der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universitat Műnster, 26-29, Jan. 2010. P. 31.