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Book SynopsisThe biannual, peer-reviewed Journal of Romanian Studies, jointly developed by The Society for Romanian Studies and ibidem Press, examines critical issues in Romanian studies, linking work in that field to wider theoretical debates and issues of current relevance, and serving as a forum for junior and senior scholars. The journal also presents articles that connect Romania and Moldova comparatively with other states and their ethnic majorities and minorities, and with other groups by investigating the challenges of migration and globalization and the impact of the European Union. Issue No. 6 is a Special Issue on Communication, Raluca Radu and Ioana Coman. It contains contributions by Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Lucian-Vasile Szabo, Alla Rosca, Marius Dragomir, Dumitrița Holdiș, Cristina Lupu, Manuela Preoteasa, Marian Voicu, Antonio Momoc, Onoriu Colăcel, Tibori Szabo Zoltan, Andrei Richter, Paolo Mancini, Anca Șincan, Roland Clark, Dana Domsodi, R. Chris Davis.
Table of ContentsNote from the Editors; Digital Revolution and De-Institutionalization in Central and Eastern Europe; Post-Communist Media Freedom and a New Monopoly on Truth; Public Opinion, Mass Media, and Foreign Policy of the Republic of Moldova: Between the Two Realms; Striving and Surviving: Romanian Journalism on the Quest for Funding Models; Romanian-language Conspiracy Narratives: Safeguarding the Nation and the People; Measuring Pseudoscience in Online Media: A Case Study on Romanian Websites; Media Sources and Dissidents in the Romanian Revolution of 1989; Romanian Journalists Perception of Freedom of the Press and the Role Played by the Media in Countering Fake News; Socialism under Scrutiny: Juggling Time, Planned Economy, and Heritage; Hidden Galleries: Material Religion in the Secret Police Archives in Central and Eastern Europe; Inventing the Social in Romania, 1848-1914: Networks and Laboratories of Knowledge; Empty Signs, Historical Imaginaries. The Entangled Nationalization of Names and Naming in a Late Habsburg Borderland; Contributors.
