Adam Balcerzak’s presentation at the conference in Rzeszów
We are happy to share that Adam Balcerzak, a member of the Laboratory of Media Studies UW, was present at the International Academic Conference “Shapes of Dystopia: Literary Imaginings and Social Realities Across Media” on 16 January 2026, organized by University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów.
Presentation: “Human vs. AI-Generated Tweets: A Biometric and Behavioral Study of Audience Perceptions Using iMotions”.
Professor Anna Mierzecka with a keynote speech at an international conference in Kaunas!
Last week, Professor Anna Mierzecka took part in the international conference “Heritage in War and Peace: Technology and Heritage through Past, Present and Future”, held in Kaunas.
During the event, she delivered a keynote speech titled “Immersed In Experience: Cultural Heritage”, focusing on modern ways of experiencing and interpreting cultural heritage.
Her presentation received strong interest from participants and contributed an important voice to the discussion on the future of heritage research.
Results of the competition within the SPUB project (LBM UW)
We have concluded the competitive selection procedure within the project “Maintenance of an Integrated Research Infrastructure for Behavioral Media Studies at LBM UW” (SPUB).
Based on the evaluation of the submitted documentation and the qualification interviews, the Selection Committee has selected for implementation the project authored by Dr Ewa Modrzejewska (Faculty of Polish Studies, University of Warsaw), entitled The Medium Is the Message: Experimental Research on the Recognition of Argumentation in Multimodal Data Visualizations. The aim of the project is to investigate, using biometric methods, the pathways of decoding and reconstructing the argumentative potential of data visualizations.
We would like to thank all applicants for their submissions – we appreciate their high academic quality and significant social relevance. We congratulate the awardee and wish her every success in carrying out the research using the infrastructure of the Laboratory of Media Studies at the University of Warsaw.
New publication co-authored by dr Karolina Brylska!
We are proud to announce that Journal of Media Business Studies has published an article co-authored by dr Karolina Brylska!
The publication is titled: Fear factor: a scoping study of the role of fear in news media management during crises.
Congratulations, and we warmly encourage you to read the full article.
Nel, F. P., Bernhard, M., Brylska, K., Waschková Císařová, L., & Sidyk-Furman, D. (2025). Fear factor: a scoping study of the role of fear in news media management during crises. Journal of Media Business Studies, 1–32. https://doi.org/10.1080/16522354.2025.2593761