Expertise

Subject Areas:

  • Advocacy, Justice, and Conflict
    • Political Communication & Campaign
  • Democracy and Civic Engagement
    • Communication & Democracy
  • Identity, Culture, and Relationships
    • International and Intercultural Communication
  • Contexts of Communication
    • Science Communication

Cozma’s research examines the state and evolution of foreign news, social-media use by foreign correspondents and political leaders, news trust and credibility, as well as the importance of frames and news sources in international, political, and science communication. One of her research goals is to actively involve graduate students in her scholarship and then provide them with the tools and opportunities to create their own strains of research on related topics and theories.

Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Associate Professor, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State University (past)

Assistant Professor, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State University (past)

Communities
Journalism, Mass Communication
Degrees
PhD, Louisiana State University, Media and Public Affairs, 2009
MM, Louisiana State University, 2005
BS, University of Bucharest, Romania, Journalism, 2003
Keywords
international affairs social media mass media electronic media foreign policy comparative government or politics data analysis research methodology political communication propaganda news credibility