Ruta Kaskeleviciute, MSc BA
Predoctoral Researcher
Währinger Straße 29 (R. 7.36), 1090 Vienna
✆ +43-1-4277-49343
✉ ruta.kaskeleviciute@univie.ac.at
Consultation: Based upon prior agreement
Ruta Kaskeleviciute is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Department of Communication at the University of Vienna since August 2019. She 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, 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).