Alexander Victorovich Fedorov (; born November 4, 1954) is a Russian scientist, teacher, media education specialist, film critic. He completed his Ph.D. dissertation about

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education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

(1993) at the

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Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

Biography

He was the

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of the Russian Association for Film and Media Education (2003–2014) and deputy director of the Anton Chekhov Taganrog Institute (Russia) (2005–2018) and main

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"Media Education" (‘Mediaobrazovanie’). He is also a member of the Russian Academy of Film Arts and Science, Russian Union of Filmmakers, CIFEJ and

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. Alexander Fedorov is the

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of 20 books on media education and

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and more than 400 articles (in

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

, English, Canadian, French, German, and Norwegian

media studies Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media. Media studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but it mos ...

and media literacy journals). Since 1997 he has received scientific research grants on

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and media education from the President of the

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Russian Foundation for Humanities Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

, Russian Ministry of Education,

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( US), IREX (US), MacArthure Foundation (US), DAAD (Germany), and others. He was a guest professor and

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in Norway Association for Media Education,

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(1995),

Central European University Central European University (CEU; , ) is a private research university in Vienna. The university offers graduate and undergraduate programs in the social sciences and humanities, which are accredited in Austria and the United States. The univ ...

(

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, 1998, 2006),

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(2000),

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(2002, 2009),

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(2003),

Humboldt University The Humboldt University of Berlin (, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public university, public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The university was established by Frederick William III of Prussia, Frederick W ...

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(2005),

University of Mainz The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz () is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany. It has been named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. it had approximately 32,000 students enrolled in around 100 a ...

(2010),

Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name '' Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

(2014). On September 24, 2019, Alexander Fedorov was awarded the Global Media and Information Literacy Award 2019. This award is presented annually, with the participation of UNESCO, for outstanding achievements and leadership in the field of information and media, media culture - to researchers, educators, artists, activists, associations and other groups that innovative integrate media and information literacy into their work and related activities.

Books

* Fedorov, Alexander (2009). Media Education: Yesterday and Today. Moscow: ICOS UNESCO ‘Information for All’, 232 p. * Fedorov, Alexander (2008)
On Media Education
Moscow. * Fedorov, Alexander (2007).
Development of the Media Competence and Critical Thinking of Pedagogical University’s Students
Moscow, 616 p. * Fedorov, Alexander (2007). Media Education: Sociology Surveys. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 228 p. * Fedorov, Alexander and all. (2007). Aesthetical Conception in Russian Media Education and Scientific Heritage of Y.Usov. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 183 p. * Fedorov, Alexander and all. (2007). Media Education in the US, Canada and UK. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 256 p. * Fedorov, Alexander and all. (2007). Problems of Media Education. Taganrog: Taganrog State Pedagogical Institute, 212 p. * Fedorov, Alexander (2005). Media Education of Future Teachers. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 314 p. * Fedorov Alexander, and all. (2005). Media Education. Media Pedagogic. Media Journalism. Moscow: UNESCO Program ‘Information for All’. CD. 1400 p. * Fedorov, Alexander and Novikova, Anastasia (2005). Media Education in the Leading Western Countries. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 270 p. * Fedorov, Alexander and all. (2004). Media Literacy for Future Teachers and Modernization of Educational Process in Russia. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 188 p. * Fedorov, Alexander (2004). Children's Rights and the Problem of Violence on the Russian Screen. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 414 p. * Fedorov, Alexander (2004). Media Education and Media Literacy. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 340 p. * Fedorov, Alexander (2003). Media Education in Pedagogical Universities. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 124 p. * Fedorov, Alexander (2003). Media Education in the Western World. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 238 p. * Fedorov, Alexander and Chelysheva Irina (2002). Media Education in Russia: Short History of Development. Taganrog: Poznanie, 265 p. * Fedorov, Alexander (2001). Media Education: History, Theory and Methods. Rostov: CVVR. 708 p.
Fedorov, Alexander. Media Education: Sociology Surveys.
Taganrog, 2007.
Fedorov, Alexander. Violence on the Russian and American Media Screen and Youth Audience.
Taganrog, 2003.
Fedorov, Alexander. On Media Education.
Moscow, 2008.
Fedorov, Alexander. Film studies in the university students’ audience: from entertainment genres to art house.
Moscow, 2014.
Fedorov, Alexander. Media literacy education.
Moscow, 2015.
Fedorov, Alexander. Russia in the Mirror of the Western Screen. Moscow: ICO “Information for All”, 2015. 117 p.

Fedorov, Alexander. Western World in the Soviet and Russian Screen: From Epoch of Ideological Confrontation (1946-1991) to Modern Time (1992-2016). Moscow, 2016Fedorov, A. Record holders of the banned Soviet cinema (1951-1991) in the mirror of film criticism and viewers' opinions. Moscow: “Information for all”. 2021. 102 p.

References

External links

Russian Open Web Library "Media Education", Russian Association for Film and Media Education

Anton Chekhov Taganrog Institute, Russia

Alexander Fedorov books on the web Google Print

Alexander Fedorov media literacy works on the web Google Scholar

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