Humanitarian Forum`s panel session “Social journalism and high technologies” underway
Baku, October 11 (AZERTAC). Within the Baku International Humanitarian Forum, a panel session “Social journalism and high technologies” started today at the Kempinski Hotel Badamdar.
According to the participants, application of high technologies in journalism is a new type of journalism and a social order.
The panels of session will discuss the links between the traditional information industry and the quickly developing social media, the new tendencies in information in the global age, the impact of social media on regional policy.
The panels are conducted by Azerbaijan State Telegraph Agency (AZERTAC), Russia`s ITAR-TASS Agency and the Turkish Anatolian Agency.
The panel is attended by authoritative representatives of international organizations, including politicians, public figures, men of art and culture, leading media outlets, experts, and journalists.
The first panel named "Social Journalism in the 21st Century: When Everyone Can Become a Journalist" will explore the interaction between the traditional news industry and ever developing social media.
In his opening remarks, director general of AZERTAC Aslan Aslanov wished success to the participants, noting urgency of this humanitarian topic and timely reaction of the Azerbaijani state to the humanitarian challenges the globe faces.
The general director stressed necessity of the discussions around the humanitarian topics which are also in the daily focus of mass media.
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