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Alexander Victorovich Fedorov was born November 4, 1954. He completed his Ph.D. dissertation about media

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education

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(1993) at the Russian Academy of Education (Moscow

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).

He is the president

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of the Russian Association for Film and Media Education and pro-rector

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of the Taganrog State Pedagogical Institute (Russia) and main editor

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of Russian pedagogical journal

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"Media Education" (‘Mediaobrazovanie’). He is also a member of the Russian Academy of Film Arts & Science, Russian Union of Filmmakers, CIFEJ and FIPRECI.Alexander V. Fedorov is the author

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of 20 books on media education and media literacy

Media literacy

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and more than 400 articles (in Russian

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, English, Canadian, French, German, and Norwegian media studies

Media studies

and media literacy journal).

Since 1997 he has received scientific research grants on media culture and media education from the President of the Russian Federation, Russian Foundation for Humanities, Russian Ministry of Education, Kennan Institute (US), IREX

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(US), MacArthure Foundation (US), Open Society Institute

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(Soros Foundation

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, US), DAAD

German Academic Exchange Service

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(Germany

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), and others.
He was a guest professor and research fellow

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in Norway Association for Media Education, Oslo

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(1995), Central European University

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(Budapest

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, 1998, 2006), Kassel University (2000), Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris

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(2002, 2009), Kennan Institute, Washington D.C. (2003), Humboldt University, Berlin

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(2005), University of Mainz (2010).

Books

Fedorov, Alexander (2011). Russian Image on the Western Screen: Trends, Stereotypes, Myths, Illusions. Saarbrucken (Germany) Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011, 228 p.
Fedorov, Alexander (2011). Media Education Researches (1950-2010): Past and present. Saarbrucken (Germany) Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011, 132 p.
Fedorov, Alexander (2010). Media Education and Media Literacy: Russian Point of View. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 364 p.
Fedorov, Alexander (2010). Children and Media Violence: Comparative AnalysisLAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 164 p.
Fedorov, Alexander (2009). Media Education: Yesterday and Today. Moscow: ICOS UNESCO ‘Information for All’, 232 p.
Fedorov, A. (2008). On Media Education. Moscow: ICOS UNESCO ‘Information for All’.
Fedorov, A. (2007). Development of the Media Competence and Critical Thinking of Pedagogical University’s Students. Moscow: ICOS UNESCO ‘Information for All’, 616 p.
Fedorov, A. (2007). Media Education: Sociology Surveys. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 228 p.
Fedorov, A. and all. (2007). Aesthetical Conception in Russian Media Education and Scientific Heritage of Y.Usov. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 183 p.
Fedorov, A. and all. (2007). Media Education in the US, Canada and UK. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 256 p.
Fedorov, A. and all. (2007). Problems of Media Education. Taganrog: Taganrog State Pedagogical Institute, 212 p.
Fedorov, A. (2005). Media Education of Future Teachers. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 314 p.
Fedorov A., and all. (2005). Media Education. Media Pedagogic. Media Journalism. Moscow: UNESCO Program ‘Information for All’. CD. 1400 p.
Fedorov, A., Novikova A. (2005). Media Education in the Leading Western Countries. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 270 p.
Fedorov, A. and all. (2004). Media Literacy for Future Teachers and Modernization of Educational Process in Russia. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 188 p.
Fedorov, A. (2004). Children’s Rights and the Problem of Violence on the Russian Screen. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 414 p.
Fedorov, A. (2004). Media Education and Media Literacy. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 340 p.
Fedorov, A. (2003). Media Education in Pedagogical Universities. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 124 p.
Fedorov, A. (2003). Media Education in the Western World. Taganrog: Kuchma Publishing House, 238 p.
Fedorov, A. & Chelysheva I. (2002). Media Education in Russia: Short History of Development. Taganrog: Poznanie, 265 p.
Fedorov, A. (2001). Media Education: History, Theory and Methods. Rostov: CVVR. 708 p.

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