Alexander Victorovich Fedorov (Russian: Александр Викторович Фёдоров; born November 4, 1954) is a Russian scientist, teacher, media education specialist, film critic.
He was the president of the Russian Association for Film and Media Education (2003–2014) [1] and deputy director of the Anton Chekhov Taganrog Institute (Russia)[2] (2005–2018) and main editor of journal "Media Education" (‘Mediaobrazovanie’).
Since 1997 he has received scientific research grants on media culture and media education from the President of the Russian Federation,[6][7] Russian Foundation for Humanities, Russian Ministry of Education, Kennan Institute (US), IREX (US), MacArthure Foundation (US), DAAD (Germany), and others.
He was a guest professor and research fellow in Norway Association for Media Education, Oslo (1995), Central European University (Budapest, 1998, 2006), Kassel University (2000), Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris (2002, 2009), Kennan Institute, Washington D.C. (2003), Humboldt University, Berlin (2005), University of Mainz (2010), Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main (2014).
This award is presented annually, with the participation of UNESCO, for outstanding achievements and leadership in the field of information and media, media culture - to researchers, educators, artists, activists, associations and other groups that innovative integrate media and information literacy into their work and related activities.