Ruta Kaskeleviciute is a researcher at the Department of Communication at the University of Vienna since August 2019. She completed her PhD with distinction ("summa cum laude") in April 2024.

Ruta studied journalism and communication science at the University of Vienna, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences (Helsinki, Finland) and University of Valencia (Spain). Her main research interests include media contents and effects, media psychology, political communication, and empirical methods.

Awards & Acknowledgements

• 2023, August
  Second Place Faculty Paper Award for the paper "'I stand up for us'. Muslims' feelings of stigmatization in response to terrorism on social media", Religion & Media Interest Group, AEJMC annual convention, Washington, D.C., USA. (co-authors: Helena Knupfer & Jörg Matthes).

• 2023, May
  ICA Top Student Poster Award for the paper "Femicides in the news: Effects of victims' and perpetrators' nationality on victim blaming and fear of victimization" (as a co-author of Phelia Weiß, Helena Knupfer, & Jörg Matthes).

• 2023, May
  Top Poster Award for the paper "Femicides in the news: Effects of victims' and perpetrators' nationality on victim blaming and fear of victimization", Journalism Studies Division (as a co-author of Phelia Weiß, Helena Knupfer, & Jörg Matthes).

• 2022, August
  First Place Faculty Paper Award for the paper "Silent sympathy: News attention, subtle support for far-right extremism, and negative attitudes toward Muslims", Religion & Media Interest Group, AEJMC annual convention, Detroit, USA (as a co-author of Helena Knupfer & Jörg Matthes).

• 2021, August
  First Place Faculty Paper Award for the paper "Who says 'Muslims are not terrorists'? News differentiation, Muslim vs. non-Muslim sources, and attitudes toward Muslims", Religion & Media Interest Group, (virtual) AEJMC annual convention (co-authors: Helena Knupfer & Jörg Matthes).

• 2020, August
  Top 2 Paper Award for the paper "'They are amongst us': News about terror, perceptions of sleeper terrorists, and negative stereotypes toward Muslims", Religion & Media Interest Group, (virtual) AEJMC annual convention (co-author: Jörg Matthes).