About me

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Latest anual update: 5th of March 2022

I've been teaching at FSPAC since 2008 and I have been part of the Department of Journalism and Digital Media since 2012. I have a BA in Journalism and an MA in Media Communication from the same institution, and have done the coursework for an MA in Interactive Multimedia at BBU’s College of Theater and Film. I have earned my PhD in communication sciences in 2013, studying the specific characteristics of video games as a medium of communication.

What I'm focusing on now

Game studies

Visual Communication

UX Design

Research

Most recent conferences

European Journalism Training Association’s Teachers’ Conference

Journalism education Across Borders

IAMCR conference Crises

'Creative Destruction' and the Global Power and Communication Orders

New Media and the Public Sphere conference

Copenhagen University

Interdisciplinary New Media Studies

Trajectories in Researching New Media Systems, e-Business Management and e-Publishing conference

Most recent publications - articles, books etc.

2019

Romania: A system in continuous transition

in Accreditation and Assessment of Journalism Education in Europe. Quality Evaluation and Stakeholder Influence, Nomos, 2019

2019

Comunicarea politică în jocurile video

in Digitalizarea media și cultura populară, Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2019

2017

Editare foto

Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2017

2009

Publicitatea în metaversuri

in Publicitate, PR și New Media, Tritonic, 2009

Interests

visual communication, UX design, user research, game studies, game design, editorial design, magazine editing, new media, sound design, genre studies

Courses

Bachelor degree

Course

Visual Communication (1st year, Journalism in Romanian and English, and Digital Media)

Course

UX Design (2nd Year, Digital media)

Course

Editorial Design (elective, 2nd year, Journalism in Romanian and English, and Digital Media)

Course

Interactive and Transmedia Narratives (3rd year, Digital Media)

Course

Photo editing (1st year, Journalism, distance learning)

Masters degree

Course

Fundamentals of Game Studies (1st year, Digital Media and Game Studies)

Course

UX Design (elective, 1st year Digital Media and Game Studies)

Doctorate degree