Roxana Muenster

Graduate Student, Department of Communication

About

Roxana Mika Muenster is a PhD student in the graduate field of Communications at Cornell University. Her work focuses on social movements, the far-right and digital communication. Currently, she is researching lifestyle politics on the far-right and their role in the online spread of ideology. This has her working across a variety of concepts, such as conspiractorial ideology, disinformation, the AltHealth and cryptocurrency.

Prior to Cornell, Roxana completed her MSc in Politics & Communication at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and her BA in Communication and English Linguistics at the FU Berlin. She has a background in journalism, including as the Marjorie Deane Fellow at the Economist, and has worked as a researcher at the FU Berlin, the LSE and Cornell University.

Education

MSc Politics & Communication, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2021
BA, Communications Studies and English Literature and Linguistics, Free University of Berlin, 2020

Interests

Digital and political communication, social movements, lifestyle politics, radicalization, collective identity

Awards & Honors

Cornell Fellowship

Contact Information

rm858 [at] cornell.edu

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Selected Conferences & Publications

Social Media are not Made Equal: Social Movements’ Front- and Backstage. (2022). Technology in Movements – Movements in Technology. Copenhagen, Denmark. Muenster, R.
Environmental Issues Are Global Issues – But do environmental communication journals reflect this? A systematic review. (2022). International Communication Association. Toronto, Canada. (Bera, S., Vilchez, A. & Muenster, R. M.)
Time to Politicization: The Emergence and Effects of Politics on Science YouTube Videos. (2022). International Communication Association. Toronto, Canada. Omapang, A., Greene, B., Chao, Y., Muenster, R. M., & Margolin, D.)
The charm of cryptocurrencies for white supremacists. (February 5, 2022). The Economist.

Roxana in the news

News

March 26, 2024

COMM Updates - 3/26/2024

Lectures On March 15, 2024, Professor Bruce Lewenstein delivered the inaugural lecture for Northeastern University’s Public Engagement with Science Hub, entitled “The Past, Present, and Future of Public Engagement with Science.” Bruce provided a...

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News

February 13, 2024

COMM Updates - 2/13/2023

Awards A Cornell University team comprising Graduate Student Stephanie Belina won second place at the International Virtual Reality Healthcare Association’s first Healthcare Hackathon Invitational, hosted at Ringling College of Art and Design...