Alexandra Bardan

Senior Lecturer Dr. Alexandra Bardan works at the Department of Journalism, Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies, University of Bucharest. She completed her PhD in Communication Sciences at Université Paris 3 (Sorbonne Nouvelle) in 2008, holds a Master's in Cultural Projects from Université Paris 1 (1999), and a Bachelor's in Decorative Arts and Design from Bucharest Academy of Art (1997).

• Research Interests: Visual Communication & Design, Post-Communist Nostalgia, Social History and Everyday Life in Communist Romania, Digital Literacy in Photojournalism
• Key Research Themes: Cultural consumption during socialism, Visual narratives and memory, Alternative media practices, Digital communication transformations
• Publications: 33 publications with significant focus on 1980s Romanian culture, media framing theory, digital empowerment, and post-communist identity
• Current Projects: Research on marathon viewing practices pre-streaming era, digital literacy in journalism, and material culture of communism