Personal information

Name

Anne Kaun

Title

PhD student

Discipline

Media and Communication Studies

Background

I hold a Magister degree in Media and Communication Studies of the University of Leipzig as well as a degree in European Studies of the Technical University of Kaliningrad. Since February 2008 I am PhD candidate at Södertörns Högskola (at the School for Culture and Communication as well as BEEGS – Baltic and East European Graduate School) and University of Örebro. My supervisors are Staffan Ericson (Södertörn University) and Mats Ekström (University of Örebro).

Since September 2010 I am associate research student at Goldsmiths College, University of London (supervised by Nick Couldry).

My thesis is dealing with (mediated) public (dis-)connection in the Baltic States.

Publications
Carina Guyard & Anne Kaun (2011). Den gamla kosmopolitismen i nya kläder. Ett svar till Johan Lindell. In: Nordicom Information, Vol 33, No 4, pp. 89-92.

Anne Kaun (2011). Research Overview for Riksbankens Jubileumsfond – Mediatisation versus Mediation: Contemporary Concepts under Scrutiny. In: Fornäs & Kaun (eds.) Medialisering av kultur, politik, vardag och forskning: Slutrapport från Riksbankens Jubileumsfonds forskarsymposium i Stockholm 18-19 augusti 2011, Södertörn: Medierstudier vid Södertörn (download)

Anne Kaun & Carina Guyard (2011). Divergent views – social media experts and young citizens on politics 2.0. In: IJEG – International Journal of Electronic Governance, Vol 4, No. 1/2, pp. 104-120 (peer-reviewed).

Anne Kaun (forthcoming). Review: “Digital Diversity: Youth, Equity and Information Technology” by E. Dianne Looker and Ted D. Naylor (eds.). In: Information, Communication and Society (pp.).

Anne Kaun (2011). Review: Senelick, Laurence (Hrsg.): National Theatre in Northern and Eastern Europe, 1746-1900. Thea- tre in Europe: a documentary history. In: H-SOZ-KULT (29.03.2011).

Anne Kaun & Carina Guyard (forthcoming). The Obama Effect. The Perception of Campaigning 2.0 in the Swedish National Elections 2010. In: A. Manoharan & M. Holzer (eds.). E-Governance and Civic Engagement: Factors and Determinants of E-Democracy. (pp. ). (peer reviewed)

Anne Kaun (2010). Playful Public Connectivity. In: Agnes Aljas, Raivo Kelomees, Marin Laak, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Tiina Randviir, Pille Runnel, Maarja Savan, Jaak Tomberg, Piret Viires (eds.) Published by Estonian National Museum, Estonian
Literary Museum, University of Tartu: Transforming Culture in the Digital Age.

Anne Kaun (2010). Open-ended Online Diaries. Life as it is narrated. In: International Journal of Qualitative Methods, Vol 9, No 2, pp. 133-148. (pdf-file) (peer reviewed)

Anne Kaun (2010). Die fatale Einigkeit der schwedischen Linken. In: Phase 2.35.

Anne Kaun (2010). Review: Imbi Sooman & Stefan Donecker: The “Baltic Frontier” Revisited. Power Structures and Cross-Cultural Interactions in the Baltic Sea Region. In: H-SOZ-KULT (05.04.2010).

Anne Kaun (2010): Review: Aniko Imre: Identity Games. In: Medien und Kommunikationswissenschaft, 1/10.

Anne Kaun (2008): Review: Helena Srubar: Ambivalenzen des Populären. Pan Tau und Co. zwischen Ost und West. In: Medien & Kommunikationwissenschaft 3-4/08.

Anne Kaun (2008): Review: Citizenship and Consumption. In: Politics and Culture 2008 Vol. 4.

Anne Kaun (2008): Baltic Russians. Public Spheres and mediated public connection in the Baltic States. In: Nico Carpentier, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Kaarle Nordenstreng, Maren Hartmann, Peeter Vihalemm, Bart Cammaerts, Hannu Nieminen and Tobias Olsson (ed.): Democracy, Journalism and Technology: New Developments in an Enlarged Europe. The intellectual work of the 2008 European media and communication doctoral summer school. Tartu: Tartu University Press, p. 389-390.

Anne Kaun, Markus Schubert, Annette Hoh. Bachfest Leipzig 1999 bis 2001. Eine Besucherstrukturelle Analyse.

Conference Presentations
Transforming Audiences 3, University of Westminster, 1-2 September 2011: “Civic Experience, young people and the media”.

COST-Action ‘Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies’, London, 31 August 2011: “Civic Experiences in Estonia”.

Cities, Creativity, Connectivity, IAMCR Conference 2011, Kadir Has University, Istanbul 13-17 July 2011: Poster. “The Obama Effect. The Perception of Campaigning 2.0 in Swedish National Elections”.

Mediatized Worlds Conference, University of Bremen, 14-15 April 2011: “Mediatization of Conflict: Young Estonians Engaging with Politics and Publics”

Civic Cultures Conference, Lund University, 31 March 2011: “Young People and Civic Experiences”

ECREA – European Communication Conference 2010, Hamburg, Germany, 12-15 October 2010: “Playful Public Connectivity”.

IAMCR – Conference 2010 Braga, Portugal, 18-22 July 2010: Organiser and Chair of the Panel “Notions of Connectivity across Media Platforms” including the presentation “Playful Public Connectivity”.

IAMCR – Conference 2010 Braga, Portugal, 18-22 July 2010: “Notions of Connectivity: Critical Media Connectors and Critical Media Disconnectors”.

Connect, Disconnect and Reconnect. 4th Annual PhD Conference, 29 June 2010, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK: “Playful Public Connectivity”.

Networking Democracy? New Media Innovations in Participatory Politics, 25-27 June 2010, Universitea Babes-Bolyai, Cluj, Romania: “Notions of Connectivity: Critical Media Connectors and Critical Media Disconnectors”.

Transforming Culture in the Digital Age, 12-14 April 2010, Tartu University and Estonian National Museum, Tartu, Estonia: “Playful Public Connectivity”.

Workshop: Civic Engagement and Media Use among Youth, 2009, JMK, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden: “Critical Media Connector vs. Critical Media Disconnectors”.

Transforming the Audience 2, 2009, University of Westminster, London, UK: “Mediated Public Connection and Social Conflict in Estonia”.

NordMedia 09 – 19th Nordic Conference for Media and Communication Research, University of Karlstad, Sweden: “A Prophet is without Honour in his own country – Habermas and the German Communication Studies”

ICA Regional Conference – Beyond East and West 2009, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary; Chair/ Panel Organiser “Remains of Soviet-Past in Today’s Media Landscapes”.

DGPuK – Annual Conference of the German Media and Communication Association 2009, Bremen, Germany, “In Streit geeint? Mediatisierter Konflikt als Motor einer Annäherung zwischen ethnischer Minderheit und Majorität? – Fallstudie Estland”.

European Citizenship and Cultural Identity Seminar 2009, CEMES – Centre for Modern European Studies, University of Copenhagen, “Mediated Public Connection and Civic Culture in the Baltic States”.

Annual Conference Aleksanteri Institute 2008, Helsinki, Finnland: “Mediated Social Conflict – Potential for Integration?”.

IAMCR World Congress Stockholm 2008: “Baltic Russians and Media in Post-Soviet Societies of the Baltic States” in the Working Group Post-Socialist, Post-Authorian Media and Intercultural Communication.

IAMCR World Congress Stockholm 2008: “Young Europeans: European Identity and the Role of Media Use” in the Political Communication Research Section.

Scholarships/Prices/Visiting Positions
Helge Ax:son Jonsons Stiftelsen scholarship for studying abroad

SNES (Swedish Network for European Studies) scholarship for studying abroad

STINT (The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education) PhD scholarship for studying abroad

Scholarship for short-term visit at Goldsmits College, London University (October 2009), in the framework of institutional co-operation between Örebro University and Goldsmiths College

Visiting PhD-Student Tartu University, Institute for Journalism and Communication (September 2009)

Research Scholarship from Migra-Nord (September 2009)

Visiting PhD-Student Tallinn University, Institute for Political Science and Governance (March 2009)

Willy-Brandt-Price of the Party of European Socialists for excellent graduation from the European Institute Klaus Mehnert, Kaliningrad, Russian Federation (September 2007)

Teaching
(in Swedish and English)
Supervision BA-Thesis

Media Culture and Society I (Course Convenor)

Media Culture and Society II – How to write an empirical essay (Course Convenor)

Media and Environment – Master Course (Seminar “Media Systems”)

Teacher Education – Sociology of Education (Lecture and Seminar “Quantitative Methods and Analysis with SPSS”)

Media, Law and Legislation (Lecture “Media Policy and Globalisation”)

Associations/ Networks
ICA – International Communication Associtation

ECREA – European Communication Research and Education Association

YECREA – ECREA Young Scholars Network

FSMK – Föreningen för svensk medie- och kommunikationsforskning

Migra-Nord – Nordic Research Network for Media, Migration and Society

ESN – Emerging Scholars Network of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)

Activities
Conference Manager for the 9th Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe 2011 at Sodertorn University

Coordinator for the Mentorship Program of ESN – Emerging Scholars Network of the IAMCR

2nd Alumni-Coordinator EIKM- European Institute Klaus Mehnert at the Kaliningrad State University, Kaliningrad, Russia

Country Representative Sweden for YECREA

Administrator for the Symposium “Cultures of Technology – Technologies of Culture”, at Nobel Museet and Sodertorn University, Stockholm, October 2009

Course Administrator of Summer Exchange Master Programme with the University of Richmond “Representing America” May 2009

Member of the Steering Committee of Södertörns University (since February 2010)

Member of the Committee for Work Environment at Södertörns University (since June 2009)

Secretary of Doctoral Students Council at Södertörns University June 2008 – February 2010

Contact:
Södertörns Högskola
141 89 HUDDINGE
anne.kaun@sh.se
Tel.: 0046 8 608 47 91