Svetlana S. Bodrunova is Professor of Communication at St. Petersburg State University, Russia. She has published two books and 100+ research papers in English, German, and Russian, including those in Journalism, Social Media + Society, International Journal of Communication, Media and Communication, and Journalism Practice. Her research interests include Russian and European journalism, media and politics, social media, and computational methods in communication. She leads the Center for International Media Research in her university and chairs the conference ‘Comparative media studies in today’s world’ (CMSTW).