O. (Olga) Pasitselska, PhD

Media literacy for Ukrainian refugees in the Netherlands

• Supervisor of Olena Poburko
• Co-supervisors: Annamaria Neag and Marcel Broersma (RUG)
• PhD for Starters grant

Messaging apps as local civic infrastructure

• Collaborators: Emilija Gagrčin (University of Bremen), Kilian Buehling (University of Tübingen), Qinfeng Zhu (RUG), Eedan Amit-Danhi (RUG), Roni Danziger (Tel Aviv University)

Recent outputs:

• ECREA Brno Pre-conference: Instant Messaging as Political Communication Infrastructure (September, 2026)
• Gagrčin, E. & Pasitselska, O. (forthcoming). Do good chat groups make good neighbors? Continuity and change of norms in neighbor relations under digital co-presence. Journal of Communication.
• Pasitselska, O., & Gagrčin, E. (2025). Hyperlocal, ambient & stratified: the civic life of residential chat groups on instant messengers. Information, Communication & Society, 1-19.
• Pasitselska, O., Buehling, K., & Gagrčin, E. (2025). Chat groups as local civic infrastructure: A case study of “Solidary neighborhood help” Telegram groups during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. New media & society, 14614448251349426.

Media literacy for older adults

• with an NGO Ukrainian Media and Communication Institute (Kyiv) and Deutsche Welle Academy (supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development).

Recent outputs:

• Pasitselska, O., & Neag, A. (2026). Media Literacy as Resilience: A Conceptual Framework. Media and Communication, 14.
• Pasitselska, O. (2024). Frontline knowledge: Digital media literacy of older adults in Ukraine. Media and Communication, 12: 8277