Author: Nicoleta Corbu

Raluca Buturoiu is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Communication and Public Relations, SNSPA, Bucharest (Romania). She holds a Ph D in Communication Sciences and her current research interests include media studies and effects, political communication, and theories on mass communication. Nicoleta Corbu is a Professor at the Faculty of Communication and Public Relations, SNSPA, Bucharest (Romania). She currently coordinates the Center for Research in Communication and the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School of SNSPA. She holds a Ph D in sociology and is the recipient of a Fulbright grant in the United States (University of Georgia, 2008-2009). Previously, she was a visiting professor at Florida Gulf Coast University (USA). Nicoleta Corbu coordinated and participated in strategic and research grants, covering political communication, education policies, and media effects. She published more than 80 articles and book chapters. She isa member of the Network of European Political Communication Scholars (NEPOCS) since 2018. Mădălina Boțan is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Communication and Public Relations, SNSPA, Bucharest (Romania). Holding Ph Ds in both sociology and communication, she has revised the academic curriculum for several academic topics over the past nine years and has organized and contributed as a speaker to numerous international academic conferences and workshops on media effects, political psychology, crisis communication, and governmental affairs.