Welcome to MOKK Centre for Media Research and Education at the Department of Sociology and Communication, Budapest University of Technology and Economics.

MOKK is an acadmically embedded new media think tank jointly founded by the Budapest University of Technology and Economics and Hungarian Telekom in 2002. Situated within an engineering sciences institutional context, the centre explores the social uses, economic, legal and cultural consequences of emerging digital media technologies and applications. Our main objectives remain unchanged since: building a theoretical knowledge base and forging an inter-disciplinary network of experts through innovative research, developing and providing academic and corporate training programmes, and offering practical insights and consultancy on current trends and particular problem areas to corporate partners and policy makers.

Research

• Language technology
• peer-to-peer networks and production
• digital archives

Education

• MA program in Cultural Industries

Conferences