Autor: Simona Ştefănescu

CURRICULUM VITAE

Address: Blvd. Camil Ressu nr. 1, Bl. 14B, Sc. B, Et. 10, Ap. 70, Sector 3,     

   Bucharest, Romania

               Telephone: +40 746 083280 or +40 21-346 65 80

   E-mail: simona.stefanescu@shd-net.com

Date and Place of Birth: 9 of January 1971, Stoenesti, Arges, Romania

Education:

• 2002 – Ph.D., University of Bucharest, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Department of Sociology. Major field: Sociology of Mass Communication. Thesis: ‘Political Crises and Media Communication. The Media Coverage of Interethnic Conflict in former Yugoslavia (1991-1995)’. Chair: Prof. Dr. Ioan Dragan.
• 1995 – M.A., University of Bucharest, Faculty of Sociology, Psychology and Pedagogy, Department of Sociology.Major field:Communities and Organisations. Thesis: ‘A Sociological Approach to the Yugoslav Conflict’. Chair: Prof. Dr. Ilie Badescu.
• 1994 – B.A., University of Bucharest, Faculty of Sociology, Psychology and Pedagogy, Department of Sociology.Thesis: ‘The Social-Cultural Impact of the New Communication Technologies’. Chair: Prof. Dr. Ioan Dragan.

Additional Courses and Qualifications:

• May 2002 – Doctoral research and data gathering at Loughborough University, UK.
• August – September 2000– Course ‘The Role of Mass Media in Prevention of Conflicts’, Summer School of Black Sea University and Institute for Open Society, Mamaia, Romania.
• December 1996 – Course ‘Initiation in The Internet’,  Centre for Advanced Research in Automatic Learning, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania.
• August – September 1996 – Course ‘Education, Family and State’, The XIXth L'Universite d'Ete de la Nouvelle Economie (obtained the ‘Diplome en Economie de l'Education’), Aix-en-Provence, France.
• July 1996 – Course ‘Media and Political Crisis’, Central European University – HESP Summer University, Budapest, Hungary.
• 1993-1994– Course ‘Nations and Nationalism in the Balkans’, Foreign Language Social Science Centre, Bucharest, Romania.

Current Activity and Functions:

• Reader, Faculty of Social Work, Theological Adventist Institute, Cernica, Ilfov, Romania.
• Dean, Faculty of Social Work, Theological Adventist Institute, Cernica, Ilfov, Romania (since October 2008).
• External Senior Researcher Grade II, Institute of Sociology of the Romanian Academy, Department of ‘Sociology of Communication and Public Sphere’, Bucharest, Romania.
• External Reader, Faculty of Communication Sciences, Ecological University, Bucharest.

Professional Experience:

1. Teaching
2. October 2006 – present: Reader,Faculty of Social Work, Theological Adventist Institute, Cernica, Ilfov, Romania. Courses: Theories and Methods in Social Work; Sociology of Communication; Diagnosis and Solutions of Social Problems.
3. October 2004 – present: External Reader, Faculty of Communication Sciences, Ecological University, Bucharest. Courses: Sociology; Methods and Techniques of Sociological Research; Management of Communication; Social Communication and Public Relations.
4. February 2003 – January 2009: External Senior Lecturer and Reader (2004-2009), National Academy of Intelligence, Bucharest. Courses: Public Opinion and Propaganda, Public Opinion and Mass Media; Political Communication; The Analysis of Opinion Polls.
5. October 2002 – February 2003: External Senior Lecturer, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Letters, Department of Communication and Public Relations. Course: Introduction to Sociology.
6. February – September 2002: External Lecturer, University of Bucharest, Faculty ofJournalism and Communication Sciences,M.A. level. Course: Modern Theories of Communication.
7. October 1999 – September 2001: Lecturer, University “Spiru Haret”, Bucharest, Department of Pedagogical Preparation and Faculty of Physical Education and Sports. Courses: Sociology of Education; Psychology of Education; Psychology of Physical Education and Sportive Activities.

1. Research
2. March 2007 – present: External Senior Researcher Grade II, Institute of Sociology of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania.
3. May 2005 – March 2007: Senior Researcher Grade II, Institute of Sociology of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania.
4. December 1999 – May 2005: Senior Researcher Grade III, Institute of Sociology of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest.
5. September 1997 – November 1999: Senior Researcher, Institute of Sociology of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest.
6. September 1995 – August 1997: Researcher, Institute of Sociology of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest.
7. September 1994 – August 1995: Research Assistant, Institute of Sociology of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest.

Additional Professional Activities:

• March – December 2004: Contributor as Media Expert to the research project ‘Monitoring the Reflections of Domestic Violence in the Romanian Print Press’, maintained by Centre for Partnership and Equality, Bucharest, Romania.
• January – April 2005: Contributor as Media Expert to the research project ‘Domestic Violence from Approach to Presentation’, maintained by Centre for Partnership and Equality, Bucharest.
• January 2003: Contributor to the workshop ‘Street Children’, organized by UNICEF (23 of January), Bucharest; performing the English report of the workshop.
• February 2001: Teaching the course ‘Communication and Social Action’, within the Specialisation ‘Management of Human Resources’, Centre of Preparation and Improvement “New Systems”, Bucharest.  
• July – August 1998: Contributor to ‘The Romanian Culture Assessment Program’, asked by the Council of Europe and maintained by the Romanian Ministry of Culture; performing the ‘Report on Mass Media (Radio & TV) in Romania over the 1995-1998 Period’.
• January – April 1997: Contributor to the research ‘Situation of the Roma and Sinti in Central and Eastern Europe’, asked and financed by the European Commission and maintained by the NGO Romani CRISS, Bucharest; performing the theoretical background regarding the interethnic relationships and conflicts and the chapter ‘Demographic Situation of the Roma and Sinti in Central and Eastern Europe’, in the final report.
• August – November 1996: Contributor to the research ‘Monitoring of the Romanian Print Press during the 1996 Electoral Campaign’, asked and financed by University of Bucharest; performing the monitoring of newspapers Adevarul and Vocea Romaniei.
• November 1995 – October 1996: Contributor to the research ‘Monitoring of Three Romanian Television Channels during the Electoral Year’, financed by European Union and Phare Program for Democracy and maintained by the Independent Centre for Social Studies and Polls, Bucharest; performing the monitoring of the TV channel TELE 7 abc.
• October 1993 – August 1994: Contributor to various scientific researches maintained by the Institute of Sociology of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest.
• March – November 1993: Documentation Editor at the Press Agency Mediafax, Bucharest.
• October 1991 – July 1992: Field Operator at monthly opinion polls maintained by the Independent Centre for Social Studies and Polls, Bucharest.
• April 1991 and April 1990: Field Operator at two national researches maintained in Romania  by the French Institute for Opinion Polls “Sofres”.

Participated in Research Projects financed by the following sources (results of competitions):

• Project Director : Grant type ET (Research Projects of Excellence for Young Researcher) – CEEX 2006-2008, Project’s Code 172, Contract nr. 5859/18.09.2006, for the research project Social and Cultural Impact of the Internet on Romanian Adolescents and Teenagers.
• Project Director : Grant type AT - CNCSIS 2004-2005 no. 164/ 2004, Contract nr. 33358/ 06.29.2004, for the research project National Identity and European Identity in the Media and Electoral Discourse in Romania.
• Member of the research team of the Grant MEC (Romanian Ministry of Education and Research) 2004-2006, Program AMTRANS, Subprogram A, Project type D, contract nr. 7A02/ 2004, research project: Attracting Resources Obtained from International Migration of Workforce in the Rural Development Process in Romania maintained by Institute of Sociology of the Romanian Academy in partnership with The National Institute of Research – Development for Urbanism and Territory Arrangement  – “Urbanproject”.
• Member of research team of the Grant type A - CNCSIS 2004-2005 no. 1177/ 2004, contract nr. 33379/ 2004, research project: Mass Media in Romania and European Integration – a Journalistic Perspective.
• Member of the research team of the Institute of Sociology for the Project ‘Communication of Risk and Risk of Communication’, project included in The Fundamental Program of Romanian Academy Phenomena and Processes at Major Risk on a National Level (2003-2006).
• Member of the research team of Romanian Academy Grant 2003-2004, Contract nr. 159/ 2003, research project Socio-Mediatic Construction of European Integration. Forming a Deliberative Public Opinion.
• Member of the research team of Research Program financed by World Bank, Grant 195 / BM, Sociological, Technological and Semiotic Paradigms of Communication (2001-2002).
• Member of the research team of Romanian Academy Grant 2000-2001, Contract nr. 46/ 2000, research project Strategies, Interests and Justifications of the Public Actions.
• Member of the research team of the Grant CNCSU no. 103 / 1998, research project Electoral Communication by Media. The Case of Local Elections.
• Coordinator member of the research team of the Grant MTCS no. 6415130337/ 1996, research project: The Effects of Communication on the Electoral Behaviour. Panel Survey in Three «Waves».
• Coordinator member of the research team of the Grant CNCSU no. 1427/ 1996, research project: The Effects of Communication on the Electoral Behaviour. Panel Survey in Three «Waves».

Participated in Research Projects maintained by the Institute of Sociology:

Starting with 1994, I have been working in the research team ‘Sociology of Mass Media and Studies of Political Communication’ (the present Laboratory of Sociology of Communication and Public Sphere), within the Institute of Sociology of Romanian Academy, Bucharest. I took part and finalised the following studies and research projects (selective):

• 2006-2008: Programme ‘Mass Media and Reconfiguration of the National Public Sphere in the Context of European Integration’, research project (coordinator): ‘Computer Mediated Communication: Reconstruction of Identities and Social, Emotional and Moral Norms and Reconfiguration of the Space of Public Debate’.
• 2004-2005: Programme ‘Communicational Mechanisms in the Construction of Public Sphere’, research projects: ‘Informational and Deliberative in Political Communication – the Case of 2004 Electoral Campaign’ and ‘Communication of Risk and Risk of Communication’. Coordinator of the sub-project: ‘National Identity and the Building of the European Identity – between Informative and Deliberative’.
• 2004: ‘Cultural Models of Television Consumption’.
• 2002-2003: Research project: ‘Communication, Knowledge and Social Action in the Process of European Integration’.
• 2001-2002: Research project: ‘The Public Debate of International Events. Approaches of the Media to the Representation of Terrorist Issues and Influence of the Public Opinion’.
• 2000: Research project: ‘Social Communication and Mass Media’.
• 1999: Research project: ‘Media and Political Crises’.
• 1998: Research project: ‘The Situation of Television Broadcasting (Public and Private) in Romania between 1990-1998’.
• 1996-1997: Research project: ‘Effects of Mass and Interpersonal Communication on the Electoral Behaviour’.
• 1995: Research project: ‘Influence of the Use of Television on the Interaction and Communication inside Romanian Families. An Ethnographic Perspective’.
• 1994-1995: Research project: ‘New Technologies of Communication and Information and their Social Consequences’.

Awards

“Dimitrie Gusti”Romanian Academy Prise from 2000, Sociology Section, for the book Symbolic Construction of the Electoral Field (in collective), European Institute Publishing House, Iasi, 1998.

Professional Affiliation:

• 2003 – present: Member of the Romanian Sociological Association.
• 1993-1995: Founder member of the Association of Students in Sociology.

Voluntary Activities:

• Member of the Program Committee and of the Team of Voluntary Evaluators of RoChi SIGCHI Romania Conferences «Man – Computer Interaction».

Contributed to Products with a High Social and Media Relevance

• Conceived and constructed a Guide of Good Practices for Journalists as a consequence of the researches in which I participated as a media expert: ‘Monitoring the Reflection of Domestic Violence in the Romanian Print Press’ (2004), respectively ‘Domestic Violence from Approach to Presentation’ (2005), maintained by the Centre for Partnership and Equality (CPE), Bucharest, Romania.
• Coordinated a set of trainings with journalists from the print and audio-visual press in order to promote ‘good practice’ among them for a more correct media coverage of domestic violence.

Language Skills:

• Romanian – native language.
• English – fluent.

Conference Presentations:

1. International Conferences

• 25-27 June 2009, Budapest, Hungary – International Conference ‘Beyond East and West. Two Decades of Media Transformation after the Fall of Communism’, organised bythe Center for Media and Communication Studies (CMCS) at Central European University (CEU), the COST A30 Action “East of West: Setting a New Central Eastern European Research Agenda” and the International Communication Association (ICA). The paper accepted to be presented:Popular Culture in Romania during the Socialist Period.
• 15-16 June 2009, Leeds, UK – International Conference ‘Porn Culture: Regulation, Political Economy, and Technology’, organised by The Centre for International Communication Research (CICR), the Media Industries Research Centre (MIRC), the Faculty of Media at the University of Athens and the Institute of Communication Studies at the University of Leeds. The paper accepted to be presented: The Pornography in Romanian Television – Offers, Audience, Regulations.
• 19-20 February 2009, Bucharest, Romania – International Conference ‘Media Programming and Media Consumption in the Rural World’, organised by the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences at the University of Bucharest. Presented paper: Media Coverage of the Rural World in the Romanian Print Press.
• 20-21 November 2008, Bucharest, Romania – The 14^th International Session of Scientific Papers ‘The Dynamics of Security Environment and the Modern Intelligence’, organised by the National Academy of Intelligence, Bucharest. Presented paper: The Impact of Opinion Polls in Society – New Approaches.
• 23-25 October2008, Galati, Romania – International Conference ‘Culture and Press in the European Space’, organised by the Faculty of Letters at the University “Lower Danube”, Galati. Presented paper: Romanian Mass Media in the Communist Period – A ‘Subjective’ Perspective through the Biographic Method.
• 12-14 December 2007, Targoviste, Romania – International Conference ‘Europe as Viewed from the Margins. From World War I to Present’, organised by the Centre for Studies in History of International Relations “Grigore Gafencu” and the University Valahia Targoviste. Presented paper:Europe as Social Representations.
• 31 May 2007, Constanta, Romania – International Symposium ‘European Citizenship and National Citizenship’, organised by the Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences at the University “Ovidius”, Constanta. Presented paper: Social Representations of European Citizenship and of «Europeanism» in Romania.
• 30May 2007, Constanta, Romania – International Symposium ‘Religion and Law and their Impact on Human Society’, organised by the Centre of Religious and Juridical-Canonical Studies and Researches of the Three Monotheistic Religions (Mosaic, Christian and Islamic) and the Faculty of Theology at the University “Ovidius”, Constanta. Presented paper: Sociological Approaches to Religion – Functions and the Role of Religion in Society and in Social Change.
• 14-17 May 2007, Athens, Greece – 1st International Conference on Sociology organised by the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER). Presented paper: National vs. European Identity and Social Representations of “Europe” in the Present Romanian Society.
• 15-16 March 2007, Bucharest, Romania – The 13^th International Session of Scientific Papers ‘The Dynamics of Intelligence. Challenges, Opportunities and Priorities’, organised by the National Academy of Intelligence, Bucharest. Presented paper: Challenges of The Internet in Communication Research.
• 26-27 October 2006, Oradea, Romania – International Conference ‘Culture, Development, Identity – Present Perspectives’, organised by the Faculty of Socio-Human Sciences at the University of Oradea. Presented paper: The Dynamics of National Romanian Identity and Social Representations of “Europeanism”.
• 7^th June 2006, Constanta, Romania – International Symposium ‘Liberty of Expression and Religious Liberty’, organised by the Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences at the University “Ovidius”, Constanta. Presented paper: Journalistic Practice – between Objectivity, Moral Neutrality and Social Responsibility.
• 16-18 March 2006, Bucharest, Romania – The 12^th International Session of Scientific Papers ‘Romania in the Context of European Security Politics’, organised by the National Academy of Intelligence, Bucharest. Presented paper: Political Communication and the Modernization of Practices of Electoral Communication.
• 27-30 October 2005, Suceava, Romania – International Colloquium ‘The Third Millennium. The Dialog of Humanisms?’, organised by the University “Stefan cel Mare”, Suceava. Presented paper: Domestic Violence in the Romanian Print Press – Journalistic Genres and their Visibility in Newspapers’ Economy.
• 17-23 April 2005, Bucharest, Romania – The United Europe Scientific Forum 2005 ‘National vs. European Values’, organised by ASER (Association of Romanian Students in Economics) and National Authority for Youngsters, Bucharest. Presented paper (with Anca Velicu): National Identity versus European Identity in the Process of ‹‹Europeanization››. A Sociological Approach.
• 12-17 July 2004, Konjic, Bosnia-Herzegovina – Seventh International Seminar ‘Democracy and Human Rights in Multiethnic Societies’, organised bytheInstitute for Strengthening Democracy in Bosnia,theUniversity of Bergen and Institusjonen Fritt Ord, Oslo (Norway), the British Academy, London and the Social Science Research Council, New York/ Washington. Presented paper (part of the Workshop ‘Some Disputes on Ethnic and (or) National Identity’): Future of National Identity in the Context of ‘Europeanization’ Process. The Romanian Case.
• 4-5 June 2004, Varna, Bulgaria – International Conference ‘The World between Security and Terrorism’, organised bytheVarna Free University “Tchernorizets Hrabur”, Department “Humanities”, Program “International Relations and Political Science”. Presented paper: The Issues of Security and Terrorism in the Romanian PrintedPress.
• 12^th May 2004, Bucharest, Romania – International Session of Scientific Papers ‘Ecological Education – Present and Future’, organised by the Ecological University. Presented paper (part of the Section ‘Social Politics and Public Relations’; with Anca Velicu): Actual Risk vs. the Perception of Risk. A Sociological Approach.
• 28 June – 2 July 2003, Bucharest, Romania – First International Francophone Conference ‘Supports, Dispositifs et Discours Mediatiques a L'Heure de L'Internationalisation’, organised bytheUniversity of Bucharest,theRomanian Ministry of Public Information,theEmbassy of France in Romania, the French Institute in Bucharest andtheUniversity Agency of Francophone. Presented paper (with Anca Velicu): L'action symbolique d'un «media event»: etude de cas (The Symbolic Action of a «Media Event»: Case Study).
• 6-7 June 2003, Varna, Bulgaria – International Conference ‘Challenges of the 21st Century. Challenges of the Contemporary Civilisation Dialogue’, organised by the Varna Free University “Tchernorizets Hrabur”, Department “Humanities”, Program “International Relations and Political Science”. Presented paper: The Relationship between Global Crises and Local Outbreaks. A Case Study.
• 28 June – 2 July 2001, Dubrovnik, Croatia – Junior Scholars’ Workshop 2 ‘New Doctoral Research on the History of South-eastern Europe’, organised bytheCenter for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe of Thessaloniki, Greece. Presented paper: The Yugoslav Conflict (1991-1995): Introduction to an Analytic Framework and a Mass Media Coverage Analysis.
• 11-15 May 2001, Belgrade, Yugoslavia – International Conference ‘Better Late Than Never. Democratization and Transition of Yugoslavia’, organised by AEGEE (Association des Etats Generaux des Etudiants de l’Europe) Beograd. Presented paper: Patterns of Transition in Romania.
• 6-9 July 2000, Bucharest, Romania – The 7^th Romanian-French Colloquium ‘Les mises en scene mediatiques et la construction de l’ espace public’, organised by the University of Bucharest. Presented paper (with Valentina Marinescu):La communication electorale reflete dans les medias – le cas des elections locales (Electoral Communication Reflected in Media – the Case of Local Elections).
• 2-5 July 1997, Bucharest, Romania – The 4^th Romanian-French Colloquium ‘Les enjeux de la communication politique’, organised by the Institute of Sociology of the Romanian Academy and the University of Bucharest. Presented paper:La mobilite des options politiques pendant la campagne electorale 1996 en Roumanie (The Mobility of Political Options during the 1996 Electoral Campaign in Romania).
• 18-21 September 1996, Sinaia, Romania – International Seminar ‘Europe and Liberty’, organised by the Institute of Human Studies – Europe of Paris. Presented paper: Liberty of Expression as an Essential Dimension of Human Liberty.
• 11-15 September 1996, Piran, Slovenia – The 10^th Euricom Colloquium on Communication and Culture ‘The Future of Journalism’. Presented paper: The Role of Journalists and the Effects of Mass Communication on the Romanian Electorate Behaviour.
• 17-20 June 1996, Bucharest, Romania – The 3^rd Romanian-French Colloquium ‘Post-Modernite, Mediatisation et Nouvelles Technologies de la Communication’, organised bytheInstitute of Sociology of the Romanian Academy andtheUniversity of Bucharest. Presented paper: Quelques considerations concernant l'analyse longitudinale des effets des medias sur le vote (Some Considerations about the Longitudinal Analysis of Media Effects on Voting).
• 2-4 May 1996, Pecs, Hungary – Seminar ‘British Studies – Media Studies. Framing the Issues’, organised by British Council and Janus Pannonius University. Presented paper: Media Studies in Romania between 1990-1996.
• 30 August – 2 September 1995, Budapest, Hungary – The Second Conference of the European Sociological Association ‘European Societies: Fusion or Fission’. Presented paper (part of the Working Group‘Mass Media and Cultural Industries’): Television's Usage and Influence in the Context of Interaction and Communication in Romanian Families.
• 29 June – 3 July 1995, Bucharest, Romania – The Second Romanian-French Colloquium ‘Societe et Mediatisation’, organised by the Institute of Sociology of the Romanian Academy and the University of Bucharest. Presented paper: La diffusion des nouvelles technologies de communication en Roumanie (Diffusion of the New Communication Technologies in Romania).

1. National Conferences, Seminars, and Scientific Sessions

• 28^th April 2009, Cernica, Ilfov, Romania – The Annual Session of Scientific Papers organised by the Theological Adventist Institute. Presented paper: Practices and Artefacts of Popular Culture in the Communist Romania.
• 5^th June 2008, Bucharest, Romania – The Seminar ‘Youngsters and the New Technologies of Communication and Information. Theories, Issues and Researches in Romanian Sphere’, organised by the Institute of Sociology of the Romanian Academy, Laboratory of Sociology of Communication and Public Sphere. Presented paper: Access, Significances and Using Patterns of the Internet by the Youngsters.
• 23^rd May 2008, Bucharest, Romania – The Annual Session of Scientific Papers ‘Mass Media, Communication, and Community’, organised by the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences at the University of Bucharest. Presented paper: The Internet in the Life of Adolescentsin Bucharest: Access, and Using Patterns and Competences.
• 15^th April 2008, Cernica, Ilfov, Romania – The Annual Session of Scientific Papers organised by the Theological Adventist Institute. Presented paper: Evolutions in the «Generative Process of Technology» - Appropriations of the Internet by the Romanian Adolescents.
• 12^th March 2008, Bucharest, Romania – Symposium ‘Education – Identity in the Process of European Integration of Romania’, organised by the Romanian Academy, the Ministry of Education, Research and Youth and the University “Spiru Haret”. Presented paper: Significances and Influences of the Internet on Romanian Adolescents.
• 1-2 June 2007, Iasi, Romania – The 15^th Annual Session of Scientific Papers ‘Psycho-Social Development and Community Reconfiguration. The Romanian Background of the European Synchronization’, organised by the Faculty of Psychology, Social Work and Sociology at the University “Petre Andrei”, Iasi. Presented paper: Social Representations of Identity in the Context of the Europeanization Process.
• 11^th May 2007, Bucharest, Romania – Annual Session of Scientific Papers organised by the Faculty of Communication Sciences at the Ecological University, Bucharest. Presented paper: Computer-Mediated Communication – Theoretical and Methodological Evolutions. 
•  8^th June 2006, Bucharest, Romania – Session of Scientific Papers ‘European Values, Ideals and Norms in Communication’, organised by the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciencesat the University of Bucharest. Presented paper: The «European Spirit» in the Discourse of Romanian Presidential Candidates in 2004.
• 26-27 May 2006, Bucharest, Romania – First National Symposium ‘Media, Violence and Education’, organised by the University of Bucharest, the Ministry of Education and Research, UNICEF and CNA (National Council of Audiovisuals). Presented paper: Media Coverage of Domestic Violence in the Romanian Print Press.
• 19-20 May 2006, Bucharest, Romania – National Colloquium ‘Identity, Intercultural Communication, Globalism: Contemporary Tendencies in Public Relations, Publicity and Mass Media’, organised by the Faculty of Letters at the University of Bucharest. Presented paper: The Usage of National and European Identity Issues in the Electoral Discourses in 2004 – between Justification, Prospection and Mere Rhetoric.
• 12^th May 2006, Bucharest, Romania – Session of Scientific Papers ‘Communication and Public Relations in the Process of European Integration’, organised by the Faculty of Communication Sciences at the Ecological University, Bucharest. Presented paper: The Construction of the Political Reality: New Practices and Techniques of Communication.
• 19 May 2005, Bucharest, Romania – Colloquium ‘Communication and Media in the Process of European Integration’, organised by the Faculty of Communication Sciences at the Ecological University, Bucharest. Presented paper: Media Coverage of Domestic Violence in the Romanian Printed Press.
• 14 May 2005, Bucharest, Romania – Colloquium ‘Communicational Culture and Public Relations: Theoretical Configurations and Applications’, organised by the Faculty of Letters at the University of Bucharest. Presented paper (with Anca Velicu): Social Representations of Identity. National vs. European in the Collective Mentality.
• 13 May 2005, Bucharest, Romania – Colloquium ‘Communicational Culture and Public Relations: Theoretical Configurations and Applications’, organised by the Faculty of Letters at the University of Bucharest. Presented paper (with Anca Velicu): Social Representations of Risks in the Present Romanian Society.
• 8^th April 2005, Bucharest, Romania – The 11^th Session of Scientific Papers ‘The Consolidation of Romania’s Role within the European Security’, Section ‘Mass Media and Social Communication’, organised by the National Academy of Intelligence, Bucharest. Presented paper: Typologies and Tendencies in Mediatisation of the Domestic Violence Phenomenon in the Romanian Press.
• 24 March 2005, Bucharest, Romania – Colloquium ‘Mass Media in Electoral Periods’, organised by the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciencesat the University of Bucharest. Presented paper (with Anca Velicu): Media Coverage of Identity Issue in the Electoral Context.
• 23-24 September 2004, Bucharest, Romania – National Conference of Human-Computer Interaction, organised by the Polytechnic University of Bucharest. Presented paper: The Internet – A Technological and Social Challenge. 
• 7-8 May 2004, Cluj-Napoca, Romania – Annual Conference of the Romanian Sociological Associationand the Romanian Association for Social Work Promotion ‘Social Romania. The Way of Change and European Integration’. Presented paper (part of the Section ‘Politics and Social Communication’; with Anca Velicu): The Construction of the European Identity – between Deliberative and Informative.
• 24 March 2004, Bucharest, Romania – The 10^th Session of Scientific Papers ‘Security and Society – Challenges of the Third Millennium’, Section ‘Social Communication’, organised by the National Academy of Intelligence, Bucharest. Presented paper: Between European Desiderate and Romanian Realities: Issues of Media Coverage of the National Referendum regarding the Modification of the Constitution.
• 11-13 September 2003, Oradea, Romania – The Second National Congress of the Romanian Sociological Association, organised by the Romanian Sociological Associationand theUniversity of Oradea. Presented paper (with Anca Velicu): The Role of Television on the Forming of Family Identity.
• 28 March 2003, Bucharest, Romania – The 9^th Session of Scientific Papers ‘International Environment of Security. Romania – from the Invitation of Adhesion to NATO Membership’, Section ‘Social Communication’, organised by the National Academy of Intelligence, Bucharest. Presented paper (with Anca Velicu): The Media Coverage of the Visit in Romania of the American President, George W. Bush. Relationship with Russia and Security Issues in the Context of Integration of Romania in NATO.
• 25 April 2002, Bucharest, Romania – The 8^th Session of Scientific Papers ‘National Security in a World of Globalization’, Section ‘Social Communication’, organised by the National Academy of Intelligence, Bucharest. Presented paper: «Kosovo. The Curse of War». Aspects of Media Coverage of a Conflict in a BBC TV Documentary.
• 27-28 April 2001, Bucharest, Romania – Symposium ‘Integration through Communication’, Second Edition, organised by the Department of Communication and Public Relations, Faculty of Letters at the University of Bucharest. Presented paper (part of the Section ‘Usage of the Access to Information’): Mass Communication and Access to Information in Periods of Crises.
• 23 March 2001, Bucharest, Romania – The 7^th Session of Scientific Papers ‘Romania – Contemporary Social Processes and National Security’, Section ‘Social Communication’, organised by the National Academy of Intelligence, Bucharest. Presented paper: Contemporary Political Crises and Media Communication. The Case of Media Coverage of the Conflict in Former Yugoslavia (1991-1995).
• 24 March 2000, Bucharest, Romania – The 6^th Session of Scientific Papers ‘Romania – Institutions and Values for the Third Millennium’, Section ‘Social Communication’, organised by the National Academy of Intelligence, Bucharest. Presented paper: Freedom of Press and Social Responsibilities of Journalists.
• 25 February 2000, Bucharest, Romania – Seminar ‘Security of Romania in XXI Century. European and Transatlantic Dimensions’, organised by ISIS (Institute of International and Strategic Studies). Presented paper: A Sociological Approach to the Political Crises and Conflicts.
• 16 January 1997, Bucharest, Romania – Seminar ‘Access of Normative Documents in the Citizens-Law Relationship’, organised by NGOs Centras and Politea. Presented paper: Citizens’ Access to Information by Mass Media.