Digital Communication and Populism in Times of Covid-19: Cases, Strategies, Examples

Magdalena Musial-Karg is a full professor of political science. She works at the Department of Political Systems, Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. She is the Vice-Dean for Research and Scientific Cooperation at the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, and a former Vice-Dean for Research and Development (2016-2020). She is also the President of the Polish Political Science Association, Vice-Chair of the Research Committee on Political Communication (RC22) of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), member of the Political Sciences Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2020-2023), and the President of the Center for European Research and Education.

She was a holder of a PhD scholarship under the "Europa Fellows II" Programme financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and under the Osteuropa Programme financed by KAAD. In2014, she was awarded with a 3-year stipend for young distinguished scientists funded by the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education.

Her main research interests focus on direct democracy and the impact of modern technologies (ICT) on democratic systems, mainly on the electoral process (e-voting). She has also conducted research on the role of women in public space. M. Musial-Karg is the author of numerous publications devoted to electronic participation, alternative voting methods, direct democracy or political communication.

Óscar G. Luengo is a full professor at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, at the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Granada, Spain. He is the Coordinator of the Summer Schools in Methodology of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), and former Vice-dean for International Relations at the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology. He was a distinguished visiting scholar at Florida International University, as well as a research fellow at the University of Machala (Ecuador), Amsterdam School of Communication Research (The Netherlands), University of Mainz (Germany), European University Institute (Italy) and University Tecnológica de Monterrey (México). Prof. Luengo was a visiting professor at many foreign

universities: the University of California, Berkeley (US), Ritsumeikan University (Japan), Florida International University (USA), University of Saint Louis (USA), University of Anadolu (Turkey), University of Plzen (Czech Republic), University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland). His main research areas focus on political communication, campaigns, and electoral analysis. Further, he is researching new media impact on civic participation and democracy.

**Magdalena Musial-Karg** 是政治學的全職教授。她在波蘭波茲南的亞當·密茲基維奇大學政治科學與新聞學院的政治系工作。她是該院的研究與科學合作副院長，並曾擔任研究與發展副院長（2016-2020）。她也是波蘭政治科學協會的會長，國際政治科學協會（IPSA）政治傳播研究委員會（RC22）的副主席，波蘭科學院政治科學委員會的成員（2020-2023），以及歐洲研究與教育中心的會長。

她曾獲得德國聯邦教育與研究部資助的「Europa Fellows II」計畫的博士獎學金，以及KAAD資助的東歐計畫的獎學金。2014年，她獲得波蘭科學與高等教育部資助的為期三年的優秀年輕科學家獎學金。

她的主要研究興趣集中在直接民主及現代科技（ICT）對民主系統的影響，特別是選舉過程（電子投票）。她還進行了有關女性在公共空間中角色的研究。M. Musial-Karg 是多篇關於電子參與、替代投票方法、直接民主或政治傳播的出版物的作者。

**Óscar G. Luengo** 是西班牙格拉納達大學政治科學與公共行政系的全職教授。他是國際政治科學協會（IPSA）方法論暑期學校的協調員，並曾擔任政治科學與社會學院的國際關係副院長。他曾在佛羅里達國際大學擔任傑出訪問學者，並在厄瓜多爾馬查拉大學、荷蘭阿姆斯特丹傳播研究學院、德國美因茨大學、意大利歐洲大學研究所和墨西哥蒙特雷科技大學擔任研究員。Luengo 教授曾在多所外國大學擔任訪問教授，包括美國加州大學伯克利分校、日本立命館大學、美國佛羅里達國際大學、美國聖路易斯大學、土耳其阿納多盧大學、捷克共和國普爾岑大學、阿根廷布宜諾斯艾利斯大學和波蘭亞當·密茲基維奇大學。他的主要研究領域集中在政治傳播、選舉活動和選舉分析。此外，他還研究新媒體對公民參與和民主的影響。