On December 15, ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School 2020 organised by University of Tartu (Tartu, Estonia) had its first kick-off session. With 49 doctoral students and more than 30 senior scholars attending from various parts of the world (24 countries altogether). In many ways it will be "the first-ever" doctoral school:

1) first-ever ECREA doctoral school to take place remotely during its 28-year long history;

2) the biggest doctoral school in terms of the number of participants and

3) the longest doctoral school (with various workshops, feedback-sessions, roundtables, Q&A's and many other activities running from December 15 till mid-February).

Students will meet again on January 11-15, 2021.