Magdalena Wojcieszak, Ph.D.

Magdalena Wojcieszak, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Political Communication Amsterdam School of Communication Research University of Amsterdam magdalena.wojcieszak@uva.nl ---- PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS ---- Associate Professor Amsterdam School for Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam Research Fellow IE School of Communication, IE University Assistant Professor IE School of Communication, IE University Academic Director, MA in Political Communication IE School of Communication, IE University Visiting Fellow University of California, Santa Barbara Visiting Fellow University of California at Irvine Research and Teaching Fellow Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania 2013-on 2013-on 2009-2013 2011-2012 2009 2009 2004-2008 ---- EDUCATION ---- Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication M.A. University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication M.A. Warsaw University, Summa Cum Laude Sociology, Institute of Applied Social Studies Postgraduate Study, Universita Degli Studi di Urbino, Italy Institute of Sociology, European Union Fellowship Certificate For Undergraduate Studies, Warsaw University Institute of International Relations 2008 2003 2001 1999 ---- PUBLICATIONS ---- Referred Journal Articles Font, J., Wojcieszak, M. & Navarro, C. (in press). Participation, Representation or Expertise: Citizen Preferences for Political Decision-Making Processes. Political Studies

Wojcieszak, M. (2014). Preferences for Political Decision-Making Processes and Issue Publics. Public Opinion Quarterly. Wojcieszak, M. (2014). Aversive Racism in Spain: Testing and extending the theory. International Journal of Public Opinion Research. First published online: March 31, 2014 Wojcieszak, M. & Smith, B. (2013). Will Politics Be Tweeted? New Media Use by Iranian Youth in 2011. New Media & Society 16, 1 91-109. Feldman, L., Stroud, N., Bimber, B. & Wojcieszak, M. (2013). Assessing Selective Exposure in Experiments: The Implications of Different Methodological Choices. Communication Methods & Measures, 7(3), 198-220. Wojcieszak, M. (2012). On Strong Attitudes and Group Deliberation: Relationships, Structure, Changes and Effects. Political Psychology, 33, 225-242. Wojcieszak, M. & Price, V. (2012). Facts versus Perceptions: Who Reports Disagreement during Deliberation and are the Reports Accurate. Political Communication, 29, 299-318. Wojcieszak, M. & Price, V. (2012). Perceived versus Actual Disagreement: Which Influences Deliberative Experiences?. Journal of Communication, 62, 418 436. Wojcieszak, M. (2012). Transnational Connections: Challenges and Opportunities for Political Communication. International Journal of Communication 6, Feature 255 20. Wojcieszak, M. & Rojas, H. (2011). Correlates of Party, Ideology and Issue Based Extremity in an Era of Egocentric Publics. International Journal of Press / Politics. 16, 488-507. Baek, Y. M., Wojcieszak, M. & Delli Carpini, M. (2011). Online Versus Face-to-Face Deliberation: Who? Why? What? With What Effects? New Media & Society, 14(3) 363 383. Wojcieszak, M. & Rojas, H. (2011). Hostile Public Effect: Communication Diversity and the Projection of Personal Opinions onto Others. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 55, 543-562. Wojcieszak, M. (2011). Deliberation and Attitude Polarization. Journal of Communication 61, 596 617. Wojcieszak, M. (2011). When Deliberation Divides: Processes Underlying Mobilization to Collective Action. Communication Monographs 78, 324 346. Wojcieszak, M. (2011). Computer-Mediated False Consensus: Radical Online Groups, Social Networks and News Media. Mass Communication & Society, 14, 527-546. Wojcieszak, M. (2011). Pulling Towards or Pulling Away: Deliberation, Disagreement and Opinion Extremity in Political Participation. Social Science Quarterly 92, 207 --225 Wojcieszak, M. & Price, V. (2010). Bridging the Divide or Intensifying the Conflict? How Disagreement Affects Strong Predilections about Sexual Minorities. Political Psychology, 31, 315-339. Wojcieszak, M., Baek, Y. M., & Delli Carpini, M. (2010). Deliberative and Participatory Democracy? Ideological Strength and the Processes Leading from Deliberation to Political Engagement. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 22, 154-180. Wojcieszak, M. (2010). Don t Talk to Me - Effects of Ideologically Homogeneous Online Groups and Politically Dissimilar Offline Ties on Extremism. New Media & Society, 12, 637-655. Wojcieszak, M. (2010). Voice to the People: Media Users Perspective on Selective Exposure and Avoidance. Electronic Journal of Communication 20, available at http://www.cios.org/www/ejc/sandbox/020345_ejc Baek, Y. M. & Wojcieszak, M. (2009). Don t Expect Too Much! Relationship between Learning from Late-Night Comedy and Knowledge Item Difficulty. Communication Research, 36, 783-809.

Wojcieszak, M., Baek, Y. M., & Delli Carpini, M. (2009). What is Really Going on: Structure Underlying Online and Face to Face Deliberation. Information, Communication and Society, 12, 1080 1102. Wojcieszak, M. (2009). Carrying Online Participation Offline: Mobilization by Radical Online Groups and Politically Dissimilar Offline Ties. Journal of Communication, 59 (3), 564-586. Wojcieszak, M. (2009). Three Dimensionality: Taxonomy of Iconic, Linguistic and Audio Messages in Television News. Television & New Media, 10(6), 459-481. Wojcieszak, M. & Mutz, D. (2009). Online Groups and Political Discourse: Do Online Discussion Spaces Facilitate Exposure to Political Disagreement? Journal of Communication, 59(1), 40-56. Wojcieszak, M. & Price, V. (2009). What Underlies the False Consensus Effect? How Personal Opinion and Disagreement Affect Public Opinion Perception. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 21, 25-46. Wojcieszak, M. (2008). False Consensus Goes Online: Impact of Ideologically Homogeneous Online Groups on False Consensus. Public Opinion Quarterly 72(4):781-791. Wojcieszak, M. (2008). Mainstream Critique, Critical Mainstream and New Media: Reconciliation of Administrative and Critical Approaches of Media Effects Studies. International Journal of Communication 2, 354-378. Wojcieszak, M. (2007). Al Jazeera: A Challenge to the Traditional Framing Research. International Communication Gazette 69(2), 115-128. Wojcieszak, M. (). Does Online Selectivity Create a Threat to Deliberative Democracy: Cyber Skepticism Reconsidered. International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society 1(5), 165-174. Wojcieszak, M. (2005). Frankfurtschool.com: The Application of the Frankfurt Schools Critical Scholarship to the Internet, Iowa Journal of Communication 37(1-2), 3-26. Books Font, J. Navarro, C,. Wojcieszak, M & Alarcon, P. (2012). Democracia invisible en España? Las preferencias sobre procesos políticos de la ciudadanía española y sus factores explicativos. (Stealth Democracy in Spain? Political Process Preferences and their Explanatory Factors ). CIS, Opiniones y Actitudes. Rojas, H., Orozco, M., Gil de Zúñiga, H., & Wojcieszak, M. (2011). Comunicación y Ciudadanía (Communication and Citizenship). Universidad Externado de Colombia Press. Edited Volumes Wojcieszak, M. (2012). Special Section on Transnational Connections: Challenges and Opportunities for Political Communication. International Journal of Communication 6, Feature 255 20 Book Reviews Wojcieszak, M. (2010). Review of Cyber Racism: White Supremacy Online and the New Attack on Civil Rights Sociological Inquiry, 80, 150-152. Book Chapters Wojcieszak, M. (in press). Political Polarization. In G. Mazzoleni (Ed.) International Encyclopedia of Political Communication. ICA Wiley-Blackwell International Encyclopedia. London: Wiley-Blackwell Wojcieszak, M. (2014). Internet, Ego-Centric Publics and Extremism. In H. Gil de Zúñiga (Ed.) New agendas in communication: New technologies and civic engagement. New York: Routledge.

Font, J., Galais, C., Wojcieszak, M. & Alarcón, P. (2014). Citizens and participation. In J. Font, della Porta, D. & Sintomer, Y. (Eds) Participatory democracy in Southern Europe. London: Rowman & Littlefield Wojcieszak, M. (2009). Medios hostiles, públicos hostiles: Factores que influyen en las percepciones sobre los medios. In Comunicación y Comunidad (Eds H. Rojas, I. Pérez & H. Gil de Zúniga). Bogotá: Publicaciones Universidad Externado de Colombia Reports Wojcieszak, M., Brouillette, A. & Smith, B. (2013). Inside-Out: The Practices and Perceptions of Iranian Diaspora Journalists. Iran Media Program, University of Pennsylvania, available at http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/download/1553 Wojcieszak, M., Brouillette, A. & Smith, B. (2013). Facing Boundaries, Finding Freedom: An In-Depth Report on Iranian Journalists Working in Iran. The Iran Media Program, University of Pennsylvania, available at http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/download/1444 Wojcieszak, M., Smith, B. & Enayat, M. (2012). Finding a Way How Iranians Reach for News and Information. The Iran Media Program, University of Pennsylvania, available at http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/pdffile/990 Invited Publications Wojcieszak, M. (2009). Expert Column on Greenpeace Airplot Campaign in the UK. Communication Director. ---- GRANTS ---- Amsterdam School of Communication Research, 24,000 Principal Investigator, Internal funding for a series of experiments on message effects Polish National Science Foundation, 36,000 Co-Investigator, Persuasion and Misinformation in News Video Clips (with Konrad Maj, Warsaw University of Social Sciences and Humanities) Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, 45,000 Principal Investigator, Democratically Important Media Effects, Selective Exposure to News Media and the Forced-Choice Error Problem (with Bruce Bimber, UC Santa Barbara, Lauren Feldman, American Univ., Natalie Jomini Stroud, Univ. of Texas at Austin) Junta Castilla y Leon, Spain, 16,000 Principal Investigator, Political Effects of Forced versus Selective Exposure to News Media (with Lauren Feldman, American Univ. and Natalie Jomini Stroud, Univ. of Texas at Austin) University of Wisconsin Madison, $40,000 Co-Investigator, Communication and political participation in Colombia - 2010 (with Hernando Rojas, Univ. Wisconsin Madison, Principal Investigator) Center for Sociological Studies, Ministry of the Presidency, Spain, fielding the survey Co-Investigator, What Politics do we want? Support for Stealth Democracy in Spain (with Joan Font, CSIC and Clemente Navarro, Univ. Pablo de Olavide, Spain) University of Pennsylvania, $7,000 Co-Principal Investigator, Political Implications of Fiction for Attitudes towards Crime (with Diana Mutz, University of Pennsylvania) Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, 15,000 Director and Organizer, Transnational Connections: Challenges and Opportunities for Public 2014 2014-2015 2010-2013 2010-2012 2009-2012 2010-2012 2010-2011 2011

Opinion and Political Communication, IE Univ., Organized as a regional seminar of WAPOR Junta Castilla y Leon, Spain, 10,000 Director and Organizer, Transnational Connections: Challenges and Opportunities for Public Opinion and Political Communication, IE Univ., Organized as a regional seminar of WAPOR Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, 20,000 Director and Organizer, Transnational Connections: Challenges and Opportunities for Political Communication, IE Univ. Annenberg School for Communication, Univ. of Pennsylvania, $5,000 Principal Investigator, Polish Dialogue Project: face-to-face deliberations on sexual minorities Institute for the Study of Citizens and Politics, Univ. of Pennsylvania, $5,000 Co-Principal Investigator, Online Chatters Project; with Diana Mutz, University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication, Univ. of Pennsylvania, $6,000 Principal Investigator, Effects of Participation in Radical Online Groups 2010 2010 2008 2005 ---- HONORS AND AWARDS---- World Association of Public Opinion Research Outstanding Paper Presentation Award to Rojas, H., Wojcieszak, M., Yang, J., et al. Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation Grant for Transnational Connections: Challenges and Opportunities for Public Opinion and Political Communication Junta Castilla y Leon, Spain Grant for Transnational Connections: Challenges and Opportunities for Public Opinion and Political Communication Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation Grant for Transnational Connections: Challenges and Opportunities for Political Communication American Association for Public Opinion Research, DC Chapter Best Student Paper Award American Association for Public Opinion Research, DC Chapter Honorable Mention: Student Paper Award American Association for Public Opinion Research Seymour Sudman Best Student Paper Award Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania James D. Woods Award for Outstanding Assistance in Teaching American Association for Public Opinion Research, DC Chapter Honorable Mention: Student Paper Award 2012 2011 2011 2010 2008

International Journal of Technology, Knowledge & Society Prize for Excellence: The Best Paper Submitted Prize for Excelle Polish Ministry of Education Scholarship for Academic Achievements 20-2003 European Union Fellowship Universita Degli Studi di Urbino, Italy 2001 ---- CONSULTING ---- Iran Media Program Center for Global Communication Studies, University of Pennsylvania; Grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Survey Manager Management System International Primary Investigator for the evaluation of four Media and Online Training Porgrams British Embassy, The Hague Workshop Organizer, Prevention of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts Summit Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) Workshop Organizer Assessing Attitudes and Public Opinion in Darfur Center for Global Communication Studies, University of Pennsylvania; Grant from the US State Department, Survey Designer, Training Leader 2010-2014 2014 2014 2014 2009 ---- TEACHING AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE ---- Graduate courses - University of Amsterdam Citizens and Public Opinion Self-Selection and Polarization Survey Research Methods Graduate courses - IE University, IE Business School Media and Political Communication Media and Persuasion Research Methods in Corporate Communication Undergraduate courses - IE University Public Opinion and Political Communication Mass and New Media Media and Minorities Other Strategic Campaigns in Fragmented Media Environment: How to Reach People with Information Summit on the Prevention of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts, The Hague, June 2014 Strategic Campaigns in Fragmented Media Environment Speak Out! Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), The Hague, June 2014 Mentor at the Graduate Student Pre-conference - International Communication Association 2013 Leader of a Conflict Resolution Training - Second National Polish Youth Conference, Poland 2004

----PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ---- Board of Member-at-Large for Europe - International Communication Association Associate Editor International Journal of Public Opinion Research EastBound Journal Editorial Board Member Journal of Communication Psychologia Rozwojowa (Developmental Psychology) Committee Member David Swanson Award Committee Member - International Communication Association (2013-2014) Research Committee Member ACOP - Asociación de Comunicación Política Scientific Committee Member AEIC Asociación Española de Investigación de la Comunicación Advisory Board Member Media Tenor Grant Reviewer Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation Swiss National Science Foundation Time Sharing Experiments for Social Sciences (TESS) Reviewer for academic promotions at European and American universities Journal Reviewer Communication Theory, Human Communication Research, Communication Research, Journal of Communication, Political Communication, Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Behavior, American Journal of Political Science, Political Psychology, Political Research Quarterly, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, International Journal of Press and Politics, International Journal of Psychology, New Media & Society, Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, British Journal of Political Science, Political Studies, Mass Communication and Society, Journalism, Social Movements, Conflict and Change, Global Media Journal, Electronic Journal of Communication, Revista Internacional de Sociología Conference Paper Reviewer International Communication Association, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), International Association for Media and Communication Research, European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) Conference Panel Chair International Communication Association, Midwest Political Science Association, American Political Science Association Conference Panel Discussant International Communication Association, Midwest Political Science Association, American Political Science Association ---- DEPARTMENTAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE ---- Thesis Advisor (MA theses, PhD), University of Amsterdam 2013-on Academic Director, Master Program in Political Communication, IE University 2011-2012 Student Cohort Coordinator, IE School of Communication 2011-2013 Thesis Advisor (BA theses, MA theses), IE School of Communication 2010-2013

Student Advisor (internships, exchanges, courses) 2009-2013 Coordinator of International Research Development, IE School of Communication 2009-2013 Organizer of Seminars Scientists and Professionals in Communication 2010-2012 Faculty Member Search Committee, IE School of Communication 2010-2011 Organizer of Seminars Scientists and Professionals in Communication 2010-2012 Coordinator of Communication Group (developing curricula, developing Ph.D. in communications), IE School of Communication 2009-2011 ---- INVITED TALKS ---- Wojcieszak, M. (Nov., 2014). Bringing Communication to Participation: Communicative Factors Influencing Citizen Political Engagement. Presented at University of California, Santa Barbara. Wojcieszak, M. (Nov., 2014). Influence of Narrative and Numerical Messages on Integration Attitudes among Muslim Immigrants. Presented at Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies. University of California, Santa Barbara. Wojcieszak, M. (Oct., 2014). Political Effects in the Fragmented Media Environment. Presented at The Horizons of Knowledge Series, University of Social Sciences and Humanities (SWPS), Warsaw. Wojcieszak, M. (July 2014). Fragmented Media Environment: Issue-Engagement Framework to Explaining Selectivity and its Effects. International Summer School in Political Communication and Electoral Behaviour. Milan, Italy. Wojcieszak, M. (June, 2013). Issue-Engagement, Selectivity, Polarization and Political Participation. Presented at Stanford University. Wojcieszak, M. (May, 2014). Political Effects of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Presented at University of California, Santa Barbara. Wojcieszak, M. (May, 2013). Beyond Reinforcement: Political Effects in the Fragmented Media Environment. Presented at Miniplenary: The Good Life and the Good Citizen, International Communication Association, London. Wojcieszak, M. (Sept. 2013). Selectivity and Polarization. Presented at Political Online-Communication in an International Perspective: Approaches, Methods & Findings Workshop, Berlin. Wojcieszak, M. & Rojas, H. (May, 2013). Egocentric Publics and Public Opinion. Presented at Political Communication Preconference, International Communication Association, London. Wojcieszak, M. (Sept., 2012). Internet, Egocentric Publics and Extremism. New Technologies and Civic Engagement: New Agendas in Communication. University of Texas at Austin. Wojcieszak, M. & Rojas, H. (May, 2012). Online users perceptions of public opinion and media s political influence: Perspectives for future research. Political Communication Preconference, International Communication Association, Phoenix. Wojcieszak, M. (Feb., 2012). Deliberation, Political Disagreement and Conflict. University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. Wojcieszak, M. (Nov., 2011). Biased Processing and Mobilization to Collective Action. Universita Degli Studi di Milano, Italy. Wojcieszak, M. (Oct., 2010). When Deliberation Divides. Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain.

Wojcieszak, M. (April, 2010). When Deliberation Divides: How People with Strong Views Respond to Political Disagreement. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Wojcieszak, M. (Nov., 2008). Deliberation, Disagreement, and Opinion Strength. Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship and Constitutionalism, University of Pennsylvania. ---- CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS ---- Wojcieszak, M., Stroud, T., Feldman, L., & Bimber, B. (Augut, 2014). Forced-Choice Error: Attitude Polarization Following Media Exposure. Presented at American Political Science Association, Chicago. Wojcieszak, M. & Smith, B. (May, 2014). Crossing Boundaries: Professional Role Perceptions and Freedoms Among Diasporic Iranian Journalists. Presented at International Communication Association, Seattle. Yang, J., Rojas, H. & Wojcieszak, M. (May, 2014). Why Are "Others" So Polarized?: Perceived Political Polarization and Media Use in 10 Countries. Presented at International Communication Association, Seattle. Wojcieszak, M. & Mutz, D. (May, 2014). Effects of Fictional Exemplars on Political Attitudes. Presented at International Communication Association, Seattle. Wojcieszak, M. (April, 2014). Perceived versus Factual Minority Status and Political Participation Presented at Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago. Wojcieszak, M., Stroud, T., Feldman, L., & Bimber, B. (Sept, 2013). Forced-Choice Error: Attitude Polarization Following Media Exposure. Presented at American Political Science Association, Chicago. Wojcieszak, M. & Smith, B. (May, 2013). Beyond the Prison Cell: Comprehensive Study of Iranian Journalists Working in Iran. Presented at International Communication Association, London. Wojcieszak, M., Feldman, L., Stroud, T. & Bimber, B. (May, 2013). Explaining Media Choice: Predictors of News Selection. Presented at International Communication Association, London. Feldman, L., Stroud, T., Bimber, B. & Wojcieszak, M. (April, 2013). Assessing Selective Exposure in Experiments: Implications of Different Methodological Choices. Presented at Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago. Rojas, H., Wojcieszak, M., Yang, J., et al. (June, 2012). Patterns of media use, conversation and perceived political polarization in 10 countries. World Association of Public Opinion Research, Hong Kong. Wojcieszak, M. (May 2012). On Strong Attitudes and Group Deliberation: Relationships, Structure, Changes and Effects. International Communication Association, Phoenix. Wojcieszak, M. & Smith, B. (May 2012). Will Politics be Tweeted? New Media Use by Iranian Youth in 2011. International Communication Association, Phoenix. Wojcieszak, M. & Rojas, H. (May, 2011). Communication Diversity and the Projection of Personal Opinions onto Others. International Communication Association, Boston. Wojcieszak, M. (March, 2011). Deliberation Reconsidered: What Happens When People with Extreme Views Encounter Disagreement? Transnational Connections Symposium. Segovia, Spain.. Wojcieszak, M. & Font, J. (March, 2011). Stealth Democracy in Spain? Extending and Explaining the Model. Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago. Wojcieszak, M. & Price, V. (March, 2011). Facts versus Perceptions: Which Influences Deliberative Experiences, Political Tolerance and Attitude Polarization? Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago. Wojcieszak, M., Stroud, T., Feldman, L., & Bimber, B. (September, 2010). Democratically Important Media Effects, Selective Exposure to News Media and the Forced-Choice Error Problem. Political Communication Preconference, American Political Science Association, Washington DC.

Wojcieszak, M. (June, 2010). Pulling Towards or Pulling Away: Deliberation, Disagreement and Opinion Extremity in Political Participation. International Communication Association, Singapore. Wojcieszak, M. & Price, V. (April, 2010). Facts versus Perceptions: Who Reports Disagreement during Deliberation and are the Reports Accurate. Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago. Wojcieszak, M. (Sept., 2009). Deliberation, Disagreement, and Opinion Strength: Processes Underlying Mobilization to Collective Action. American Association of Political Science, Toronto, Canada. Wojcieszak, M. & Price, V. (July, 2009). Deliberating the Divide or Intensifying the Conflict? How Disagreement Affects Strong Predilections about Gay Marriage. World Congress of Political Science, Santiago, Chile. Wojcieszak, M. (July, 2009). Cross-Cutting Exposure Reconsidered: The Role of Attitude Strength. International Association for Media and Communication Research, Mexico City. Wojcieszak, M. & Price, V. (May, 2009). What Underlies the False Consensus Effect? How Personal Opinion and Disagreement Affect Perception of Public Opinion. International Communication Association, Chicago. Wojcieszak, M., Baek, Y. M. & Delli Carpini, M. (May, 2009). Deliberative and Participatory Democracy? Ideological Strength and the Processes Leading From Deliberation to Political Engagement. International Communication Association, Chicago. Baek, Y. M., Wojcieszak, M. & Delli Carpini, M. (August, 2008). Online Versus Face-to-Face Deliberation: Who? Why? What? With What Effects? American Political Science Association, Boston. Wojcieszak, M. & Mutz, D. (August, 2008). Online Groups and Political Networks: Does the Internet Facilitate Exposure to Political Disagreement? American Political Science Association, Boston. Baek, Y. M., Wojcieszak, M. & Delli Carpini, M. (June, 2008). What is really going on: Structure Underlying Online and Face to Face Deliberation. Global Webbing of Diverging Agendas: Synchronicity and Asynchronicity in Contemporary Culture and Politics, Budapest. Baek, Y. M. & Wojcieszak, M. (May, 2008). Don t Expect Too Much! Learning from Late-Night Comedy and Knowledge Item Difficulty. International Communication Association, Montreal. Wojcieszak, M. (April, 2008). Voice to the People: Media Users Perspective on Selective Exposure and Avoidance. Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago. Wojcieszak, M. (Nov., 2007). Where the Differences Lie?: Assessing Exposure to Dissimilar Political Views from Discussants, News Media and Online Groups. Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago. Wojcieszak, M. (July, 2007). Carrying Online Participation Offline Effects of Ideologically Homogeneous Online Groups and Politically Dissimilar Offline Ties on Political Engagement. International Association for Media and Communication Research, Paris, France. Wojcieszak, M. & Mutz, D. (June, 2007). Online Groups and Political Deliberation: Does the Internet Facilitate Exposure to Political Disagreement? International Communication Association, San Francisco. Wojcieszak, M. (April, 2007). The End of Deliberation? Inapplicability of Deliberative Theory to Contemporary Societies. American Comparative Literature Association, Puebla, Mexico. Wojcieszak, M. (Nov., ). Three Dimensionality: Taxonomy of Iconic, Linguistic and Audio Messages in Television News. National Communication Association, San Antonio. Wojcieszak, M. (Nov., ). Legalizing Charisma - Inaugural Rhetoric of "Young" and "Old" Democracies. National Communication Association, San Antonio. Wojcieszak, M. (Sept. ). Don't Talk To Me: Unanimous Online Groups, Offline Ties, Ideological Extremism, and Reconsidering Deliberation. American Political Science Association, Philadelphia.

Wojcieszak, M. (August, ). A Tale of "Good" and "Evil": Ideograph "Evil" in the Presidential Rhetoric of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, San Francisco. Wojcieszak, M. (June, ). Mainstream Critique, Critical Mainstream and New Media: Reconciliation of "Administrative" and "Critical" Approaches of Media Effects Studies. International Communication Association, Dresden. Wojcieszak, M. (June, ). The Long Life of the "Evil Empire": A Cultural-Historical Approach to American Presidential Rhetoric. International Communication Association, Dresden. Wojcieszak, M. (May, ). What About the People? Impact of Ideologically Homogeneous Groups on False Consensus. American Association of Public Opinion Research, Montreal. Wojcieszak, M. (Oct., 2005). Frankfurtschool.com: Application of the Critical Scholarship of the Frankfurt School to the Internet. National Communication Association, Boston. Wojcieszak, M. (Oct., 2005). Frankfurtschool.com: Application of the Critical Scholarship of the Frankfurt School to the Internet. Re:activism Conference, Central European University, Budapest. Wojcieszak, M. (May, 2005). Al Jazeera: a Challenge to the Traditional Framing Research, International Communication Association, New York City. Wojcieszak, M. (February, 2005). Does Online Selectivity Create a Threat to Deliberative Democracy: Cyber Skepticism Reconsidered, Technology, Knowledge & Society Association. Berkeley, CA. ---- PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS --- International Communication Association European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) Midwest Political Science Association American Political Science Association World Association for Public Opinion Research ----LANGUAGE SKILLS---- Proficient in speaking, reading and writing in Polish, English and Spanish; Intermediate Italian