Auksė Balčytienė
Biographic Data
| ID | 331883 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Auksė Balčytienė |
| GIVEN NAMES | Auksė |
| FAMILY NAME | Balčytienė |
| SIGNATURE | BALČYTIENĖ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vytautas Magnus University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3358-7912 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Dialogic Loops or Dialogic Engagement? Addressing Human Rights and Inclusion in Welfare Professions
Aim. This article explores how social work professionals and pedagogues negotiate tensions arising from paradigm shifts in their fields. The following objectives have been set: (a) to apply the dialogic communication theory to analyse professional practices in child welfare, inclusive education, and prison social work; (b) to explore how social care professionals apply dialogic principles of mutuality, propinquity, empathy, risk, and commitment; …
Strengthening Responsible Journalism Through Self-Efficacious Learning-Oriented Media Literacy Interventions
This article investigates the challenges journalism professionals face in a rapidly changing digital media environment, proposing that a “processual” and human-centered perspective might offer valuable insights into developing resilient professionalism. The article builds its argument on theories of transmediality and hybridization in digital media ecosystems and the socio-psychological development toward accountable communication and responsible…
What a Human-Centred Approach Reveals About Disinformation Policies
The Baltic countries’ responses to disinformation are widely recognized for their effectiveness in balancing “hard” and “soft” approaches while upholding democratic values (Bleyer-Simon et al., 2024). This article argues for additional efforts and more focused approaches to sustain societal resilience amid increasing geopolitical uncertainties and national political and economic risks, resulting in challenges of a more “epistemic character,” such…
Public Opinion Negotiations in a Digital Media Ecosystem
Digital media constitute a key space for the negotiation of public opinion. Despite long-standing research on public opinion climates on digital media, little theory exists that considers their emergence and discursive dynamics. In this article, we conceptualize public opinion negotiations in a digital media ecosystem as a discursive process aimed at delimiting the latitude of normatively acceptable opinions. Building upon theoretical work on pre…
A human-centric approach to countering disinformation
Throughout all European countries, disinformation, the prevalence of false narratives and the rise of online radicalism are recognized as profound instances of “dysfunctional communication” driving contemporary societies toward populist polarization and conflict. As traditional guardians of knowledge authority and epistemic commons, the news media takes a bold stance in combatting disinformation, even though the profession is facing significant c…
Baltic democracies beyond the EU accession
Two decades after the 2004 enlargement of the European Union, the three small nations of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have emerged as a steadfast and resilient Baltic political, cultural, and geographic region. Influenced by the political and economic liberalization of the early 1990s, the small nations have undergone significant systemic re-structuring and transformations, accompanied by socio-cultural volatility and contemporary vulnerabiliti…
Towards Responsible Media
This paper explores the idea of a "responsible media environment" through the lens of media organisations' ownership characteristics. It highlights the significance of "transparency in media ownership" and connects it to the concept of "media market accountability". As a case example, it looks at the three Baltic countries by assessing how the normative ideal of transparency of media ownership is exercised at the level of media organisations in E…
Baltic democracies
Though journalism remains relevant in many European democracies, it is not the dominant source of news for many groups of people. Newly arising dynamic mediated communication ecosystems run on user engagement and information choices, which require informed agency. Training of such a capability is assumed on the side of professional journalism. In the small Baltic nations, however, market-driven problems act as a permanent risk factor against both…
Crisis of Agency in Central and Eastern Europe
This essay advocates applying a culturally and attitudinally sensitive approach to the analysis of the present-day media and digital communications-inspired societal transformations. In recent years, trends towards the “backslide" in democratic performance and social cohesion have been registered throughout Europe: the rise of populist politics and extreme polarisation has grown in Western Europe, whereas in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) t…
Politinės komunikacijos kultūra su europietišku potepiu
This article looks into research findings of the “Adequate Information Management (AIM)” project in the new light. A principal issue investigated here concerns the political communication culture, or to put it more precisely, the interface between the Brussels correspondents and their political news sources. While focusing on differences that can be detected in the processes of the EU news gathering in Brussels, the article highlights commonaliti…
Sėkmingos Europos komunikacijos link
In the context of media developments world-wide including convergence of media system, journalism homogenization, diversification of political communication, it is important to understand how these processes will affect (trans)formation of the European public sphere. There has been no European news agenda across media in Europe so far, except for rare cases when European Union becomes an issue of top importance across Europe. Most often these are…
Pratarmė
Preface to a special issue of 'Sociologija. Mintis ir veiksmas' that contains a number of original papers presented at the international conference 'European Public Spheres, Civil Society and Civic Mass Media', organized by Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas in April 2007
Culture as a Guide in Theoretical Explorations of Baltic Media
Introduction Limited scholarship, particularly in other than national languages, has contributed to a situation in which the three Baltic countries are still “terra incognita” for many scholars outside the geographic and cultural region of northeastern Europe. Because of their peripheral location and cultural marginality, it is not surprising that even today in international contexts these countries are often represented in a rather mystified, my…
The early stages of the integration of the internet in EU newsrooms
The current study explores the perceived integration of the internet inside European newsrooms. The authors carried out a survey with 239 journalists working for 40 of the most-read outlets in 11 European countries. The study shows that journalists consider the internet a useful tool mainly for practical functions, rather than to enhance the core values and functions of their profession. However, news production continues to be based on direct in…
The Influence of the Internet on European Journalism
This study investigates how European journalists evaluate the changes that have occurred in their profession since the Internet has been integrated in newsrooms. How do journalists perceive the features and innovations associated with the Internet? What are the principal changes in the profession? Do practitioners believe that the quality of journalism has been raised or lowered? To answer to these research questions, we carried out a survey acro…
Between Reality and Illusion
This article addresses the relationship between the size of media markets and content diversity online. In the Baltic countries, the Internet offers new channels with a greater diversity of information; at the same time, the increasing presence of hybrid discourses (PR-based news, promotional writing) on online media channels is creating an illusory impression of news diversity: the same sources and the same story frames are dominating online. Th…
Market-Led Reforms as Incentives for Media Change, Development and Diversification in the Baltic States
The arguments in this article are structured around the normative ideal that the function of the news media is to support democratization, to ensure that different opinions are heard and to guarantee freedom of speech. First, the article assesses the relationship between the size of the media market and the official media policies in the three Baltic states. Second, it describes how liberal regulation, ongoing structural changes in the news marke…
Apie naujosios žiniasklaidos kuriamas iliuzijas
The aim of the article is discuss the duality of the new media. The author critically assesses the view of the new media as empowering and liberating. The author suggests that such a view is grounded on a notion of reflexivity that is abstracted from capabilities of cognition and builds her argument on the studies of human action to understand the difficulties of interpreting the interactive information
The Influence of the Internet on European Journalism
This study investigates how European journalists evaluate the changes that have occurred in their profession since the Internet has been integrated in newsrooms. How do journalists perceive the features and innovations associated with the Internet? What are the principal changes in the profession? Do practitioners believe that the quality of journalism has been raised or lowered? To answer to these research questions, we carried out a survey acro…
The early stages of the integration of the internet in EU newsrooms
The current study explores the perceived integration of the internet inside European newsrooms. The authors carried out a survey with 239 journalists working for 40 of the most-read outlets in 11 European countries. The study shows that journalists consider the internet a useful tool mainly for practical functions, rather than to enhance the core values and functions of their profession. However, news production continues to be based on direct in…
Baltic democracies beyond the EU accession
Two decades after the 2004 enlargement of the European Union, the three small nations of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have emerged as a steadfast and resilient Baltic political, cultural, and geographic region. Influenced by the political and economic liberalization of the early 1990s, the small nations have undergone significant systemic re-structuring and transformations, accompanied by socio-cultural volatility and contemporary vulnerabiliti…
Market-Led Reforms as Incentives for Media Change, Development and Diversification in the Baltic States
The arguments in this article are structured around the normative ideal that the function of the news media is to support democratization, to ensure that different opinions are heard and to guarantee freedom of speech. First, the article assesses the relationship between the size of the media market and the official media policies in the three Baltic states. Second, it describes how liberal regulation, ongoing structural changes in the news marke…
Between Reality and Illusion
This article addresses the relationship between the size of media markets and content diversity online. In the Baltic countries, the Internet offers new channels with a greater diversity of information; at the same time, the increasing presence of hybrid discourses (PR-based news, promotional writing) on online media channels is creating an illusory impression of news diversity: the same sources and the same story frames are dominating online. Th…
Public Opinion Negotiations in a Digital Media Ecosystem
Digital media constitute a key space for the negotiation of public opinion. Despite long-standing research on public opinion climates on digital media, little theory exists that considers their emergence and discursive dynamics. In this article, we conceptualize public opinion negotiations in a digital media ecosystem as a discursive process aimed at delimiting the latitude of normatively acceptable opinions. Building upon theoretical work on pre…
Apie naujosios žiniasklaidos kuriamas iliuzijas
The aim of the article is discuss the duality of the new media. The author critically assesses the view of the new media as empowering and liberating. The author suggests that such a view is grounded on a notion of reflexivity that is abstracted from capabilities of cognition and builds her argument on the studies of human action to understand the difficulties of interpreting the interactive information
Market-Led Reforms as Incentives for Media Change, Development and Diversification in the Baltic States
The arguments in this article are structured around the normative ideal that the function of the news media is to support democratization, to ensure that different opinions are heard and to guarantee freedom of speech. First, the article assesses the relationship between the size of the media market and the official media policies in the three Baltic states. Second, it describes how liberal regulation, ongoing structural changes in the news marke…
The Influence of the Internet on European Journalism
This study investigates how European journalists evaluate the changes that have occurred in their profession since the Internet has been integrated in newsrooms. How do journalists perceive the features and innovations associated with the Internet? What are the principal changes in the profession? Do practitioners believe that the quality of journalism has been raised or lowered? To answer to these research questions, we carried out a survey acro…
Between Reality and Illusion
This article addresses the relationship between the size of media markets and content diversity online. In the Baltic countries, the Internet offers new channels with a greater diversity of information; at the same time, the increasing presence of hybrid discourses (PR-based news, promotional writing) on online media channels is creating an illusory impression of news diversity: the same sources and the same story frames are dominating online. Th…
The early stages of the integration of the internet in EU newsrooms
The current study explores the perceived integration of the internet inside European newsrooms. The authors carried out a survey with 239 journalists working for 40 of the most-read outlets in 11 European countries. The study shows that journalists consider the internet a useful tool mainly for practical functions, rather than to enhance the core values and functions of their profession. However, news production continues to be based on direct in…
Culture as a Guide in Theoretical Explorations of Baltic Media
Introduction Limited scholarship, particularly in other than national languages, has contributed to a situation in which the three Baltic countries are still “terra incognita” for many scholars outside the geographic and cultural region of northeastern Europe. Because of their peripheral location and cultural marginality, it is not surprising that even today in international contexts these countries are often represented in a rather mystified, my…
Politinės komunikacijos kultūra su europietišku potepiu
This article looks into research findings of the “Adequate Information Management (AIM)” project in the new light. A principal issue investigated here concerns the political communication culture, or to put it more precisely, the interface between the Brussels correspondents and their political news sources. While focusing on differences that can be detected in the processes of the EU news gathering in Brussels, the article highlights commonaliti…
Sėkmingos Europos komunikacijos link
In the context of media developments world-wide including convergence of media system, journalism homogenization, diversification of political communication, it is important to understand how these processes will affect (trans)formation of the European public sphere. There has been no European news agenda across media in Europe so far, except for rare cases when European Union becomes an issue of top importance across Europe. Most often these are…
Pratarmė
Preface to a special issue of 'Sociologija. Mintis ir veiksmas' that contains a number of original papers presented at the international conference 'European Public Spheres, Civil Society and Civic Mass Media', organized by Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas in April 2007
Crisis of Agency in Central and Eastern Europe
This essay advocates applying a culturally and attitudinally sensitive approach to the analysis of the present-day media and digital communications-inspired societal transformations. In recent years, trends towards the “backslide" in democratic performance and social cohesion have been registered throughout Europe: the rise of populist politics and extreme polarisation has grown in Western Europe, whereas in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) t…
Baltic democracies
Though journalism remains relevant in many European democracies, it is not the dominant source of news for many groups of people. Newly arising dynamic mediated communication ecosystems run on user engagement and information choices, which require informed agency. Training of such a capability is assumed on the side of professional journalism. In the small Baltic nations, however, market-driven problems act as a permanent risk factor against both…
A human-centric approach to countering disinformation
Throughout all European countries, disinformation, the prevalence of false narratives and the rise of online radicalism are recognized as profound instances of “dysfunctional communication” driving contemporary societies toward populist polarization and conflict. As traditional guardians of knowledge authority and epistemic commons, the news media takes a bold stance in combatting disinformation, even though the profession is facing significant c…
Baltic democracies beyond the EU accession
Two decades after the 2004 enlargement of the European Union, the three small nations of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have emerged as a steadfast and resilient Baltic political, cultural, and geographic region. Influenced by the political and economic liberalization of the early 1990s, the small nations have undergone significant systemic re-structuring and transformations, accompanied by socio-cultural volatility and contemporary vulnerabiliti…
Towards Responsible Media
This paper explores the idea of a "responsible media environment" through the lens of media organisations' ownership characteristics. It highlights the significance of "transparency in media ownership" and connects it to the concept of "media market accountability". As a case example, it looks at the three Baltic countries by assessing how the normative ideal of transparency of media ownership is exercised at the level of media organisations in E…
Strengthening Responsible Journalism Through Self-Efficacious Learning-Oriented Media Literacy Interventions
This article investigates the challenges journalism professionals face in a rapidly changing digital media environment, proposing that a “processual” and human-centered perspective might offer valuable insights into developing resilient professionalism. The article builds its argument on theories of transmediality and hybridization in digital media ecosystems and the socio-psychological development toward accountable communication and responsible…
What a Human-Centred Approach Reveals About Disinformation Policies
The Baltic countries’ responses to disinformation are widely recognized for their effectiveness in balancing “hard” and “soft” approaches while upholding democratic values (Bleyer-Simon et al., 2024). This article argues for additional efforts and more focused approaches to sustain societal resilience amid increasing geopolitical uncertainties and national political and economic risks, resulting in challenges of a more “epistemic character,” such…
Public Opinion Negotiations in a Digital Media Ecosystem
Digital media constitute a key space for the negotiation of public opinion. Despite long-standing research on public opinion climates on digital media, little theory exists that considers their emergence and discursive dynamics. In this article, we conceptualize public opinion negotiations in a digital media ecosystem as a discursive process aimed at delimiting the latitude of normatively acceptable opinions. Building upon theoretical work on pre…
Dialogic Loops or Dialogic Engagement? Addressing Human Rights and Inclusion in Welfare Professions
Aim. This article explores how social work professionals and pedagogues negotiate tensions arising from paradigm shifts in their fields. The following objectives have been set: (a) to apply the dialogic communication theory to analyse professional practices in child welfare, inclusive education, and prison social work; (b) to explore how social care professionals apply dialogic principles of mutuality, propinquity, empathy, risk, and commitment; …
Political science (15 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Law (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Media Studies and Communication (8 works) · Social Media and Politics (8 works) · Media studies (7 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Journalism (6 works)