Viorela Dan

@vioreladan.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Communication at U of Innsbruck. LMU Munich, Free U of Berlin & UT Austin alumn. Research: misinformation, fact checking, deepfakes. Engagement Editor for JMCQ. Dilettante yet overly confident mushroom picker.

The 2026 AEJMC election is underway. I am running for a position on the ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ and would value your support. My bio and vision statement are available here: www.aejmc.org/aejmc-events.... Cast your vote by March 30. ๐Ÿ“… @aejmc.bsky.social #commsky

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Viorela Dan @vioreladan.bsky.social ยท 7mo ago

Running for AEJMC Standing Committee on Publications. Focus: safeguarding peer review in the age of AI, clear AI policies for authors, and maintaining quality and accountability in evolving editorial workflows. www.aejmc.org/aejmc-events... @aejmc.bsky.social @jmcquarterly.bsky.social #commsky

Thank you to all ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, and members of the ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ for your contributions to JMCQ. Enjoy these gemsโ€”and ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ! ๐Ÿฅณ

JMCQ@jmcquarterly.bsky.social ยท 8mo ago

๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธโ€”๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฑ.๐ŸŽ‰ #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social

What a pleasure to be part of this invited forum! My contribution connects ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† with current debates on ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ปโ€“๐—”๐—œ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. Screenshots below. Check out the full forum here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social

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Excited & honoured to deliver the ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ at @uofgsocsci.bsky.social! Iโ€™ll focus on how generative #AI is reshaping #PolComm and #democracy, via #chatbots, #deepfakes, #microtargeting & #AISlop. Thank you, @patyrossini.bsky.social, for the kind invite! ๐Ÿ’ #commsky

University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences@uofgsocsci.bsky.social ยท 12mo ago

Join us for our first Stevenson Trust lecture this academic year on October 16th. The event will have a speaker @vioreladan.bsky.social, discussing how generative AI is reshaping political communication. Register here: tinyurl.com/53ed53wz

Thank you so much, ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป, for the opportunity to share some thoughts on how different actors can work ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐—œ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†. I had a great time! @commscholar.bsky.social #commsky #BostonUniversity

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Thanks for the ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฎ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ for our ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ special issue, "๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐˜€: ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—น๐—ฑ, ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—น๐—ฑ?" With space for ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด, we face ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ahead. Grateful for the interestโ€”more news soon! ๐Ÿ˜€ #commsky @fgkommpol.bsky.social

Hey #commsky, join us in welcoming Dr. Celeste Gonzรกlez de Bustamante to our team @ ๐—๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ & ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜†! We couldn't be more excited!

JMCQ@jmcquarterly.bsky.social ยท 2y ago

Here, at ๐—๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ & ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜†, we are big fans of the concept of starting off the year with good news. So, we take the opportunity to extend a warm welcome to Celeste Gonzรกlez de Bustamante -- our new Associate Editor! โ™ฅ๏ธ #commsky

If you study #AI and #misinformation, this paper in @jmcquarterly.bsky.social is for you! @profdimitrova.bsky.social @acadianjprof.bsky.social #commsky #academicsky

JMCQ@jmcquarterly.bsky.social ยท 2y ago

Have you seen Thales Leloโ€™s piece in the #SummerIssue of @jmcquarterly.bsky.social? Then do check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Itโ€™s titled, โ€œFostering Artificial Intelligence to Face Misinformation: Discourses and Practices of Automated Fact-Checking in Brazil.โ€

@profdimitrova.bsky.social #commsky #academicsky The new @jmcquarterly.bsky.social issue includes selected pieces on information credibility and fact-checking; news media and political polarization; and women in journalism: journals.sagepub.com/toc/jmqc/101/2

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JMCQ@jmcquarterly.bsky.social ยท 2y ago

Our #SummerIssue is out! It includes ten top-notch articles across three areas: 1-Information credibility and fact-checking, 2-News media and political polarization, and 3-Women in journalism. Check it out: journals.sagepub.com/toc/jmqc/101/2. Or stay tuned as we feature each article here. ๐Ÿ’™

Interested in media in other countries, #commsky? Here, at @jmcquarterly.bsky.social (EIC: @profdimitrova.bsky.social), we'd like to spark your interest in #Namibia:

JMCQ@jmcquarterly.bsky.social ยท 2y ago

Itai Zviyita & Admire Mare identified the #ethical issues confronting #Namibian hybrid #media organizations: platformization, new technology, the immediacy of internet, media sustainability concerns, and the changing nature of public interest. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Does #sexism impact the career prospects of female journalists? This Czech study in @jmcquarterly.bsky.social indicated this may well be the case. But other #gender barriers were also identified. Read all about it below. commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social

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Marรญna Urbรกnikovรก & Tereza ฤŒaladi identified the main #gender barriers in #journalism: overall inequality; family & household resp.; lower self-esteem and ambition; sexism and sexual harassment; masculine newsroom culture and โ€œold boysโ€™ clubs.โ€ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

This might be of interest to the commsky scholars among you. Big names dealing with a big topic: mass comm #technology and media #channels. And over a large period of time on top of that. Here, at @jmcquarterly.bsky.social, we hope you'll enjoy reading it. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Mapping Media Developments and Issues: Topics, Clusters, and Content of JMCQ Articles on Communication Technology/Media Channels, 1935โ€“2017 - Ronald E. Rice, Erik P. Bucy, 2023

This study analyzed JMCQ articles in the specific topic area of mass communication technology and media channels, overall and across four 20-year periods. Prima...

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JMCQ@jmcquarterly.bsky.social ยท 3y ago

#๐—๐— ๐—–๐—ค_๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ For our ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฒ, Ronald E. Rice and Erik Bucy analyzed JMCQ articles in the specific topic area of mass communication #technology and media #channels, overall and across four 20-year periods. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

commsky academicsky This piece in @jmcquarterly.bsky.social documents the struggle faced by marginalized groups in their quest to be treated equally in media content and careers.

JMCQ@jmcquarterly.bsky.social ยท 3y ago

#๐—๐— ๐—–๐—ค_๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ Mia Moody-Ramirez, Carolyn Byerly, Suman Mishra and Silvio R. Waisbord conducted an analysis documenting the struggle faced by members of marginalized groups in their quest to be treated equally in media content and careers. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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JMCQ@jmcquarterly.bsky.social ยท 3y ago

#๐—๐— ๐—–๐—ค_๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ Read what @sebavalenz.bsky.social, Ingrid Bachmann, Regina Lawrence & Homero Gil de Zรบรฑiga had to say about empirical articles revolving around politics and media published by JMCQ in its 100 years. This article is part of our ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฒ! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....