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Karol Jakubowicz
- Personal website
- http://www.com.umontreal.ca/spry/spry-kj-e.htm
- Interests
- Media and Communications Policy, Governance, Democratization, Liberalization
- Role(s)
- Researcher
- Location(s) of Work
- Eastern Europe, Poland
Current Institutional Affiliation(s)
Discipline(s)
- Communications
Biography
Karol Jakubowicz is an international expert in broadcasting. He is a member of the Independent Media Commission in Kosovo and of the Intergovernmental Council of the UNESCO ‘’Information for All’’ Programme and heads Working Group 2 of the COST A30 ACTION “East of West: Setting a New Central and Eastern European Media Research Agenda” of the European Science Foundation.
He holds a Ph.D. degree in Sociology of Mass Communications, University of Warsaw, Poland. He has worked as a journalist and executive in the Polish press, radio and television for many years. He has been Vice-President, Polish Radio and Television; Chairman, Supervisory Board, Polish Television; and Head of Strategic Planning and Development at Polish Television. He was Director, Strategy and Analysis Department, the National Broadcasting Council of Poland, the broadcasting regulatory authority (2004-2006).
He has taught at the Institute of Journalism, University of Warsaw (1997-2002) and has been Visiting Professor at the Institute of Journalism, University of Dortmund, and at the Amsterdam School of Communications Research, University of Amsterdam. His scholarly and other publications have been published widely in Poland and internationally.
Publications and Resources
Books
- Karol Jakubowicz. Rude Awakening: Social and Media Change in Central and Eastern Europe. Hampton Press, 2007
Journal Articles
- Karol Jakubowicz. A Square Peg in a Round Hole: The European Union's Policy on Public Service Broadcasting. Journal of Media Practice.
Book Chapters
- Karol Jakubowicz. "Stuck in a groove: Why the 1960s approach to communication will no longer do." Ablex Publishing Corp.