Social Media and the New Academic Environment

Bogdan Pătruţ is associate professor in computer science at ""Vasile Alecsandri"" University of Bacau, Romania, with a Ph.D in computer science and a Ph D in accounting. His domains of interest/research are multi-agent systems and computer science applied in social and political sciences. He published and edited more than 25 books on programming, algorithms, artificial intelligence, interactive education. He is also the editor-in-chief of BRAIN: Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience, and software developer in EduSoft company. Monica Patrut is senior lecturer in political science at ""Vasile Alecsandri"" University of Bacau, Romania. Her domains of research are political communication and computer science applied in social and political sciences. She is member of the editorial advisory board of BRAND: Broad Research in Accounting, Negotiation, and Distribution. She published several academic books on applying computer science in educational, social and political topics, and papers in international journals like Public Relations Review, Journal of Media Research. Camelia Cmeciu is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the Danubius University of Galati, Romania. Her research interests cover semiotics, organizational and political communication, advertising discourse and linguistics. Camelia is the author of Strategii persuasive în discursul politic (Persuasive Strategies in Political Discourse, 2005, Universitas XXI, Iasi, Romania) and Semiotici textuale (Textual Semiotics, 2011, Institutul European, Iasi, Romania). She is the editor-in-chief of the journal Styles of Communication. Her work on social semiotics, organisational discourse and political discourse appears in academic journals like Semiotica, Public Relations Review, International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, European Legacy, Towards New Paradigms, and Journal of Media Studies.