Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. PhDr. Anna Sámelová, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Sámelová
I.2 - Name
Anna
I.3 - Degrees
hab. Dr., PhDr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1968
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Journalism, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Gondova 2, 811 02 Bratislava, Slovakia
I.7 - Position
Associate Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
anna.samelova@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/24826
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Media and Communication Studies (code 7205)
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0206-8602

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
II.b - Year
1991 (Mgr. - Master´s degree) / 2015 (PhDr. - Doctoral degree)
II.c - Study field and programme
Philosophy - History (Mgr. - Master´s degree) / Philosophy (PhDr. - Doctoral degree)
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
II.b - Year
2017
II.c - Study field and programme
Systematic Philosophy
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
II.b - Year
2021
II.c - Study field and programme
Theory and History of Journalism
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Associate Professor Department of Journalism, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia 2021 - present
Director of the Section of News and Currend Affairs Radio and Television of Slovakia 2023-2024
Assistant Professor Department of Journalism, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia 2017 - 2020
Full PhD-student Department of Philosophy and of History of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia 2013 - 2017
Director of the News Centres of the Radio and Television of Slovakia (RTVS - public broadcaster) Radio and Television of Slovakia (RTVS - public broadcaster) 2011 - 2012
Director of the News Centre of the Slovak Radio (SRo - public broadcaster) Slovak Radio (SRo - public broadcaster) 2006 - 2010
Member of the Working Committee for Communication for the Introduction of the Euro in the Slovak Republic appointed by the Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia 2006 - 2009
Editor-in-Chief Radio Twist (private broadcaster) 2000 - 2004
Reporter, host, anchorperson Radio Twist (private broadcaster) 1995 - 2000
Reporter, host, anchorperson, editor Slovak Radio (SRo - public broadcaster) 1992 - 1995

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Activate your English for Teaching Erasmus+ Teaching Activity, Edinburgh, Spojené kráľovstvo 2022
Dansk sprog, kultur og samfund (Summer school of Danish language, culture and society / scholarship holder) Ministry of Higher Education and Science of the Kingdom of Denmark (Tietgen KompetenceCenter, Odense, Denmark) 2014, 2015
Manager Excellence Strategic Management I - III (Manex I: Spiral growth of wealth principles and patterns; Manex II: Change management; Manex III: Internal Change Strategy) Silma Group, Rychvald, The Czech Republic 2007 - 2009
Lecturer and trainer of verbal and nonverbal communication Various clients e.g. Center for Independent Journalism, Ministry of Justice of the SR, The Post Bank, Private/commercial broadcasters, individual persons, etc. 1995 - 2005

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Theory of Social and Media Communication Media and Communication Studies III. Media and Communication Studies
Production of Media and Information Products and Systems III.
Ethical Aspects of Journalistic Communication Media and Communication Studies III. Media and Communication Studies
Media Management Journalism II. Media and Communication Studies
Journalistic Ethics Journalism II. Media and Communication Studies
History of the Slovak Journalism 1 Journalism I. Media and Communication Studies
Journalistic Genres 2 Journalism I. Media and Communication Studies
Post-Factual Society and Truth in the Media Media and Communication Studies III. Media and Communication Studies
Media as Part of the Distribution of Power and Online Surveillance Media and Communication Studies III. Media and Communication Studies
History of the Slovak Journalism 2 Journalism I. Media and Communication Studies
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Journalism I. Media and Communication Studies
Journalism II. Media and Communication Studies
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.3.a - Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b - Study field to which it is assigned
Media and Communication Studies Media and Communication Studies
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
3
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
5
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
26
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
35
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Philosophy for Journalists Journalism I. Media and Communication Studies
Media Studio 4, 5, 6 Journalism I. Media and Communication Studies
Media Anchoring 2 Journalism I. Media and Communication Studies
Media Programming Journalism I. Media and Communication Studies
Philosophy of Slovak Media in the Era of Meciarism Journalism I. Media and Communication Studies
Bachelor Thesis Seminar 1, 2 Journalism I. Media and Communication Studies
Power, Lobbying, and Ethics within Mass Media (taught in Slovak) Journalism II. Media and Communication Studies
Journalism and De-Journalism in the Online Era (taught in Slovak) Journalism II. Media and Communication Studies
Power, Lobbying, and Ethics within Mass Media (taught in English) Journalism (for Erasmus+ students) I. + II. Media and Communication Studies
Journalism and De-Journalism in the Online Era (taught in English) Journalism (for Erasmus+ students) II. Media and Communication Studies
Codes of Ethics in the Media Journalism I. Media and Communication Studies
Diploma Seminar 1, 2 Journalism II. Media and Communication Studies

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
123
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
102
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
8
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
5
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
215
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
108
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
53
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
34
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
14
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
14
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Sámelová, Anna: Moc a pravda v podmienkach Rozhlasu a televízie Slovenska. – 1. vyd. – Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2018. – 258 s. [14,08 AH]. ISBN 978-80-223-4504-0.

2

Sámelová, Anna: Normatívna regulácia verejnoprávnych médií : Mravy, cenzúra a editovanie v Rozhlase a televízii Slovenska. – 1. vyd. – Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2016. – 150 s. [8,46 AH]. ISBN 978-80-223-4227-8.

3

Sámelová, Anna: The Paradigmatic Change in the Media-Mediated Communication after the Onset of Online Media Technologies. In: Communication Today. Roč. 12, č. 2 (2021), s. 20-30. ISSN 1338-130X.

4

Sámelová, Anna: Online self-conspiracy as a challenge of online-mediated communication for social change. In: Communication Today. Roč. 10, č. 2 (2019), s. 4-15. ISSN 1338-130X.

5

Sámelová, Anna: Post-panoptic panopticism in docile mass media. In: Human affairs: postdisciplinary humanities & social sciences quarterly. Roč. 24, č. 4 (2014), s. 470-480. ISSN 1210-3055. – ISSN (online) 1337-401X.

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Sámelová, Anna: The Paradigmatic Change in the Media-Mediated Communication after the Onset of Online Media Technologies. In: Communication Today. Roč. 12, č. 2 (2021), s. 20-30. ISSN 1338-130X.

2

Sámelová, Anna: Online self-conspiracy as a challenge of online-mediated communication for social change. In: Communication Today. Roč. 10, č. 2 (2019), s. 4-15. ISSN 1338-130X.

3

Sámelová, Anna: Dejiny verejnoprávnosti. Zrod Rozhlasu a televízie Slovenska. – 1. vyd. – Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2019. – 354 s. [20,65 AH]. ISBN 978-80-223-4816-4.

4

Sámelová, Anna: Mediálna služba verejnosti v službách dezinformácií In: Fenomén 2021: Pandémia covidu-19 a médiá. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2021, s. 277-299. ISBN 978-80-223-5250-5.

5

Sámelová, Anna: Vplyv dežurnalizácie na profesionálnu žurnalistiku. In: Fenomén 2019 : súčasná profesionálna žurnalistika a jej reflexie. – 1. vyd. – Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2019, s. 23-36. ISBN 978-80-223-4755-6.

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

ADN_002 / Sámelová, Anna (Autor) [UKOFIZU] (100%): Online self-conspiracy as a challenge of online-mediated communication for social change. – text, obr. – WOS CC ; ESCI ; SCO. In: Communication Today [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – Trnava (Slovensko) : Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave. Fakulta masmediálnej komunikácie. – ISSN 1338-130X. – Roč. 10, č. 2 (2019), s. 4-15 [tlačená forma] [online].

2021 [01/20] / GBR - Fakhruroji, Moch. Texting condolences on WhatsApp as a mediatized mourning practice [elektronický dokument]. DOI 10.1002/hbe2.309 In: Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies. Londýn: Wiley-Hindawi, 2021, Roč. 3, č. 5, s. 677-686 [online]. ISSN (online) 2578-1863. - SCO ; WOS CC ; ESCI, s. 685;

2

ADN_004 / Sámelová, Anna (Autor) [Interný doktorand] [UKOFIDF] (100%): Post-panoptic panopticism in docile mass media. – SCO. In: Human affairs [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : postdisciplinary humanities & social sciences quarterly. – Bratislava (Slovensko) : De Gruyter. – ISSN 1210-3055. – ISSN (online) 1337-401X. – Roč. 24, č. 4 (2014), s. 470-480 [tlačená forma] [online].

2016 [01/12] / neurčené - Brito Alvarado, L. X. - Capito Alvarez, S. P. Subjectivities on-line : between global monitoring and self-reference In: Sociologia y tecnocienciaa, 2016, Roč. 2, č. 6. - ESCI ; WOS CC, s. 29;

3

ADN_001 / Sámelová, Anna (Autor) [UKOFIZU] (100%): The Paradigmatic Change in the Media-Mediated Communication after the Onset of Online Media Technologies. – text. – [recenzované]. – SCO ; WOS CC ; ESCI. In: Communication Today [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – Trnava (Slovensko) : Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave. Fakulta masmediálnej komunikácie. – ISSN 1338-130X. – Roč. 12, č. 2 (2021), s. 20-30 [tlačená forma] [online].

2024 [01/20] / SVK - Kultayeva, Saule - Zhaxylykbayeva, Rimma - Uzbekova, Gulnar - Beldibekova, Aliya - Maikotova, Galiya. The influence of news agencies on print and online publications / newspapers. DOI 10.34135/communicationtoday.2024.Vol.15.No.1.2 In: Communication Today. Trnava: Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave. Fakulta masmediálnej komunikácie, 2024, Roč. 15, č. 1, s. 17-30 [tlačená forma] [online]. ISSN 1338-130X. - WOS CC ; SCO ; ESCI, s. 18, 29;

4

ADN_003 / Sámelová, Anna (Autor) [UKOFIZU] (50%) - Stanková, Mária (Autor) [UKOFIZU] (50%): Some ideas on facts and no facts within media language. – text. – ESCI ; WOS CC. In: European Journal of Media, Art and Photography [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – Trnava (Slovensko) : Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave. Fakulta masmediálnej komunikácie. – ISSN 1339-4940. – ISSN (online) 2989-3224. – Roč. 6, č. 2 (2018), s. 118-123 [tlačená forma] [online].

2021 [01/12] / HRV - Predojević, Željko. Humor katastrofe i internetski memi u vrijeme pandemije koronavirusa na primjeru dvaju instagramskih profila [elektronický dokument] In: Anafora: časopis za znanost o književnosti. Osijek: Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, 2021, Roč. 8, č. 1, s. 1-21 [tlačená forma] [online]. ISSN 1849-2339. ISSN (online) 2459-5160. - WOS CC ; ESCI ; SCO, s. 15;

5

ADN_001 / Sámelová, Anna (Autor) [UKOFIZU] (100%): The Paradigmatic Change in the Media-Mediated Communication after the Onset of Online Media Technologies. – text. – [recenzované]. – SCO ; WOS CC ; ESCI. In: Communication Today [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – Trnava (Slovensko) : Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave. Fakulta masmediálnej komunikácie. – ISSN 1338-130X. – Roč. 12, č. 2 (2021), s. 20-30 [tlačená forma] [online].

2023 [01/20] / SVK - Tkáčová, Hedviga - Maturkanič, Patrik - Pavlíková, Martina - Slobodová Nováková, Katarína. Online media audience during the Covid-19 pandemic as an active amplifier of disinformation: motivations of university students to share information on Facebook. DOI 10.34135/communicationtoday.2023.Vol.14.No.2.11 In: Communication Today. Trnava: Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave. Fakulta masmediálnej komunikácie, 2023, Roč. 14, č. 2, s. 154-167 [tlačená forma] [online]. ISSN 1338-130X. - SCO ; WOS CC ; ESCI, s. 167

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

Researcher: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-08 "DELIAH - Democratic Literacy and Humor" (2025-2029). Info: https://research.ugent.be/web/result/project/e76aea59-2655-4e0e-8679-54fb23006fab/details/en

2

Researcher: APVV-18-0103 "Paradigmatic Changes in the Understanding of Universe and Man from Philosophical, Theological, and Physical Perspectives". Info: https://uniba.sk/en/research/science-and-projects/apvv/apvv180103/

3

Deputy leading researcher: VEGA č. 1/0203/21 "The Influence of the Media on the Social Status of Celebrities: Changes in the Media Image of Marián Kočner in Slovak Society" (2021 – 2023). Info: https://fphil.uniba.sk/katedry-a-odborne-pracoviska/katedra-zurnalistiky/clenovia-katedry/anna-samelova/vyskum/

4

Leading researcher at the collaborating workplace: KEGA č. 008TTU-4/2019 "The Transfer of Personal Responsibility as a Modern Type of the Evasion and its Postmodern Solution". Info: https://www.portalvs.sk/sk/prehlad-projektov/kega/12190

5

Researcher: VEGA č. 1/0549/18 "Philosophical and cosmological aspects of understanding the evolution of the universe and the place of man in it". Info: https://fphil.uniba.sk/fileadmin/fif/katedry_pracoviska/kfdf/Personal/Plasienkova/Granty/Filozoficke_a_kozmologicke_aspekty_chapania_evolucie_vesmiru_a_miesta_cloveka_v_nom.pdf

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Organizer of conference 95 years with radio and 65 years with television in Slovakia Department of Journalism, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2021
Founder and organizer of scientific conferences Fenomén (Phenomenon) Department of Journalism, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025
Conference organizer: Marián Kočner's Celebrity Status in the Slovak Media Department of Journalism, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2021
Member of the Ethics Council Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava since 2021
Secretary of the Ethics Commitee Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2019-2020
Member ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Association) 2018 - present
Member Slovenské filozofické združenie pri Slovenskej akadémii vied / Slovak Philosophical Association of Slovak Academy of Sciences 2018 - present
Co-author of Codes of Ethics Code of Ethics, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava (2019); Statute of the Program Staff and Associates of the Radio and Television of Slovakia (2011); Code of Ethics for Journalists (Slovak Syndicate of Journalists) (2010); Statute of the Program Staff and Associates of the Slovak Radio (2008); 2008 - 2019

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
University of Warsaw Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, 00-927 Warszawa, Poľsko 19.5. - 23.5.2025 Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility (STA)
University of California San Diego, USA 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States of America 1.1.2024 - 30.6.2024 Visiting Scholar
Institut for Medier, Erkendelse og Kommunikation, Københavns Universitet, Det Humanistiske fakultet / Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, Denmark "Karen Blixens Plads 8, DK-2300 København S, Danmark " 1.6. – 30.9.2016 guest PhD. student (dissertation research)

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

INVITED LECTURES:

2023 Reading in the Online and Offline Spaces / Inviter: Juraj Fandly Library in Trnava (Lecture Series: "How to Read Media")

2022 Disinformation Offline and Online / Inviter: AIESEC - Association internationale des étudiants en sciences économiques et commerciales

2022 The Influence of Media on Libraries in a Globalised Society / Inviter: Centre for Scientific and Technical Information of the Slovak Republic (professional conference)

2021 University public service – part of service for the public / Inviter: Comenius University (The protest by Comenius University regarding the Higher Education Act)

2021 Why is Academic Freedom That Important? / Inviter: Comenius Children's University (lecture)

2020 New Media and Changes in the Cognitive Habits and Skills of their Audiences / Inviter: Pan-European University, Institute of Clinical Psychology (lecture for students of the Faculty of Psychology)

2020 Excuses Without Narratives: Forms of Personal Responsibility in the Era of Online Media / Inviter: Faculty of Arts, Trnava University in Trnava (Event: scientific conference Current Models of Excuses from Personal Responsibility: Slovakia and Europe)

2019 Media in Slovakia after 1989. From Censorship to Editing - Slovak Media in the Struggle for Democratisation / Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (international conference November 89: 30 Years After)

2019 Media Manipulation and Manipulation via the Media / Pan-European University (scientific conference Truth, Lie and Freedom: 30 Years After the Fall of Totalitarianism)

2018 Media Dadaism of Online Man - a Creative Aspect of Evolution of Noosphere? (co-author: Zlatica Plašienková) / Saint Petersburg State Economic University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation (international scientific conference)

2018 How to Understand Contemporary Mass Media / Society for Sciences and Arts in Bratislava (lecture)

Date of last update
2025-03-13