Nada Zgrabljić Rotar, PH.D. Associate Professor
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Resume:
Nada Zgrabljić Rotar, PH.D. Associate Professor, is the Head of the Department of Communication Sciences of the Croatian Studies University of Zagreb. She is also a member of faculty at the graduate and postgraduate studies of journalism and media at the Universities of Ljubljana and Maribor as well as at the postgraduate studies of the Department of Information and Communication Sciences at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb. She is the founder and the editor-in-chief of the journal Medijska istraživanja/Media Research (founded in 1995). She is a researcher in many national, international and European projects. She is the author, co-author or the editor of the following books: Digital Age. Mass Media and Digital Culture (2011); Croatian Media System - According to UNESCO's Indicators of Media Development (2011); Radio – Myth and Information, Dialog and Democracy (2007); Media Research and Media Discipline from 1995-2005 (2005); Media Literacy and Civil Society (2006), Life with Media (1999); Kraljski Dalmatin – 200 Years of Journalism in Zadar and Croatia in European Context (2007). She is also the author of numerous papers published in international journals. She is a member of the Council for Theatre, Film, Radio and Television of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. She was the President of the Programme Council of the Croatian National Radio and Television, vice-president of the Executive Board of the Croatian news agency HINA and the associate member of the Media Board of the Croatian Parliament. She was President of the Croatian Association of Scholars of the French Government. From 1981 – 2006 she worked at the Croatian National Radio and Television.
Fields of interest:
- Media policy
- Media effects
- New and old media
- Media literacy
Publications listed in the Croatian scientific bibliography (CROSBI)
Projects:
Head of the Projects
- 2008. "Tradition in Croatian Political Public Communication“, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia (No. 269-0000000-3600)
- 2007. "Strangers our Friends! Are Differences Bridges or Obstacles tu Join EU, Department for Tourism and Communication sciences, University of Zadar (financed by Touristic Organization of Zadar)
- 1999. 2000. “Media and Democratic Discourse: Dialogue Genre in Croatian Radio Broadcasting”
(Research Support Scheme Grant (RSS) No.948/1999).
Researcher on the Projects:
- 2005. 2009. COST A 30 „East of West: setting a New Central and Eastern European Media Research Agenda”, http://www.cost.esf.org
- 2004. 2006. COST A20 “Digital Radio Cultures in Europe”- "The Impact of the Internet on the Mass Media in Europe", http://www.drace.com/
- 2003. 2006. “Media, Civil Society and Culture”, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia (Head of the project prof.dr.sc. Zrinjka Peruško) Institute for International Relations– IMO, Zagreb.
- 1995. 1997. "Croatian Democracy and Media, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia (Head of the project prof.dr.sc. Pavao Novosel), Fakultet političkih znanosti, Sveučilište u Zagrebu.
Memberships:
- Member of the Croatian Communication Association
- Member of the Council for film, theater, radio and television of the Croatian Acadamy of Sciences and Arts
- Member of the Center for investigation of the freedom of speach of the Croatian Journalistic Association
- Member of the NGO Pretplatnik (Subscriber) for Croatian radio and television