Anton Dinerstein 302 Communications 1435 Circle Park Drive Knoxville, TN 37996-0332; +1 (865) 360-1038 antondinerstein@gmail.com Education Master of Science in Communication and Information, expected graduation summer 2014 The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Master of Arts in Political Sociology and Political Research with merit, December 2011 The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences. Department of Sociology and Political Science (Political Sociology and Political Research), British Master's Program of The University of Manchester. Thesis: Projects of Nation-building in Belarus and the Western View Chair: Dr. Timofey Dmitriev Bachelor of Science in Information and Communication, June 2009 Belarusian State University (Minsk), College of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Department of Social Communication. Research Interests Political sociology, cultural sociology International and cross-cultural communication National identity, nation-building, and collective memory Linguistics, semiotics, and language Theory and epistemology of social research Mass media, media effects, and public opinion Mass communication, media, and public sphere Language skills Russian (native proficiency) Belarusian (native proficiency) English (full professional proficiency) Spanish (professional working proficiency) Hebrew (limited working proficiency) German (limited working proficiency) 1
Publications Manayeva, N., Aniskevich, A., Dinerstein, A. (2011). Mass media under the eye of Big Brother: Governmental control over mass media in Belarus. Otazky Zurnalistiky (Questions of Journalism), vol. 54(3-4). Conference Proceedings Dinerstein, A., & Yuran, D. (2014, Accepted). Representation of Belarus in Western online media. In Reifová I., & Pavlíčková T. (Eds.), Media, Power and Empowerment - Central and Eastern European Communication and Media Conference CEECOM Prague 2012. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholar Publishing. Peer Reviewed Conference Papers Dinerstein, A. (2013). Evolution of definitions. Freedom, freedom of speech, and freedom of press as an example. Paper presented at the VI International Conference on Media in Central & Eastern Europe Liquidity, Fragmentation, and Individualization in the Mediascape, Kaunas, Lithuania, April 26-27, 2013. Dinerstein, A, & Yuran, D. (2012, April). Representation of Belarus in Western online media. Paper presented at the Central & East European Communication & Media Conference Media, Power, Empowerment, Prague, Czech Republic. Dinerstein, A., Yuran, D. (2011). Anti-Americanism in modern Russia: The role of intellectuals and mass media. Paper presented at the IV Central European Communication Forum Convergence: Media in Future and Future in Media, Krakow, Poland, May 5-7, 2011. Awards/Grants The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences Study Grant and Monthly Stipend, sponsored by Soros Foundation, September 2010 - June 2011. 2
Supplementary Education ACADEMIC TRAINING PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS ULPAN ETZION AND HADASSAH COLLEGE Jerusalem, Israel Student July 2009-May2010 Took courses of conversational and everyday Hebrew (earned a certificate of the third level Hebrew) and Hebrew for academic studies, studied history of Jerusalem and Israel, Israeli traditions and culture. Professional Experience WINGLE GROUP ELECTRONICS Research Partner U.S. e-liquid sellers and manufacturers research. Hong Kong, China September 2013-Prsent COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE Knoxville, TN Graduate Assistant August 2012-Present College of Communication and Information, School of Journalism and Electronic Media equipment room manager. FREELANCE Copywriter/Content Writer Text and content writing, including analytics and consulting. March 2013-Present AGENTE Copywriter/PR/Marketing March-July 2012 Copywriting (English and Russian), content management, SEO-reach articles, news writing. ANTALIKA Copywriter/PR December 2011-July 2012 Copywriting (English and Russian), content management, SEO-reach articles, blogging, SMM, analytics, news writing, technical writing. BELARUSIAN ALUMNI CONNECTION (Project for alumni of US educational programs) Project manager assistant May-October 2011 Updating alumni contact data base. 3
BRAVO ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, LLC Chicago IL, USA (Project in Belarus) PR-manager June-August 2010 Organization of a PR-campaign for Belarusian National team for the World Championships of Performing Arts in Hollywood: arrangement of press conferences, contacts with mass media, writing press releases and articles. PROFMEDIABY, LLC Project manager September 2008 - June 2009 Project management, business negotiations, event management, promotion of clients, development of strategies and advertising text writing. Cabinet research (audiovisual components in competitors' promotion strategies analysis and competitors' marketing behavior analysis). INTERNATIONAL LEGAL AGENCY REGISTER Marketing Research Analyst June-October 2008 Research of audiences of professional journals (competitive analysis, target groups research, recommendations for further marketing behavior). Research planning and implementation, data interpretation and analysis. Informational database s "USIAS" (database for jurists)costumers research. CLASS-CLUB ADVERTISING, LLC Marketing and event management assistant December 2006-February 2008 Assistance in developing creative concepts for advertising campaigns. Audiovisual analysis of advertising components. Assistance in scriptwriting for special and promotion events. Below-the-line and event management assistance. Marketing research for clients (marketing analysis, target groups research, market segmentation, competitive analysis, further marketing behavior and promotion strategy development, marketing communications plan development). Internships BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION Intern Instructor February-April 2009 Preparation, delivery, and administration of lectures and seminars in an undergraduate Sociolinguistics course. 4
THE MAIN INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER OF BELARUSIAN BROADCASTING COMPANY Intern March-April 2008 Projection and execution of a market research employing focus group methodology. Preparation of an analytical report for a customer preferences research for children s TV shows. THE "BIGZZ" MALL Intern at the marketing research department October 2006-May 2007 Interviewing mall customers, data entry and data analysis. Organizational& Management Experience Participated in planning and organizing of the following conferences and workshops: Students Public Relation Readings 2007, (April, 2007) Students Public Relation Readings was the first conference in Public Relations for Belarusian students. It was sponsored by Institute of Public Relations (Belarus) and Belarusian Academy of Postgraduate Education. Information and Communication Port 2006", (November, 2006) Belarusian State University Student conference, Information & Communication Port 2006. Participants discussed the problems and perspectives of information and communication studies both in educational and professional aspects, exchanged new ideas and plans. References Dr. Oleg Manaev, Founder of the Independent Institute of Socio-Economic and Political Studies (IISEPS), a founder of and a former professor at the Department of Social Communication in the College of Philosophy and Social Sciences at the Belarusian State University,. Professor at the Department of Media and Communication of the European Humanities University in Vilnius, Lithuania. Email: Manaev.oleg@gmail.com Dr. Vasily Zharkov, Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Political Science Department and Political Sociology program at the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, Moscow, Russia. Phone: +7 906 799-1717. Email: vslpbox@gmail.com Dr. Timofey Dmitriev, Professor of Political Science at the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, Docent at Higher School of Economics in Moscow (a National Research University), Russia. Phone: +7 916 960-7189. Email: t-dmitriev@yandex.ru 5