Dr. Anca Romantan (1975-2008)

Cultures of protest: radical media and new forms of political participation; Globalization and transnational social movements (far right, environmental, antiglobalization, labor); The social amplification of risk; The effects of the news media on public perception and the governance of political, environmental, and health risks; Research methodology.

Education

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2004
M.A., Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai, 2001
B.A., Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai, 1998

Background

Current research projects examine the formation of transnational cultures of protest: alternative media systems, collective identity and mobilization in the environmental and in the far right social movements; the cross-national diffusion of far right frames and cyber-protest practices in Europe; expanding social citizenship: media coverage of protests against precarious labor in Europe and of labor protests of illegal immigrants in the U.S.; and global risks (avian flu, SARS), attributions of blame in the news media and the neoliberal governance of risk.

Select Publications

"Between the Goose Step and the “Information Highway”: The Far Right and the Mainstream Media in Romania"; "Ambiguities of Europeanization: EU Enlargement as Discursive, Institutional and Legal Resource in the Rosia Montana Environmental Social Movement"; "Confidence in Institutions Before, During and After Indecision 2000"; "The Social Amplification of Commercial Aviation Risks: A Longitudinal Analysis."

Curriculum Vita