Anat Leshnick is a PhD candidate in the Media Studies Department at the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä. Her dissertation research examines how and why militaries legitimize their narratives about war and conflict situations through visualÌýmedia in an age of information disorders. A recipientÌýofÌýa 2018 Top Paper Award from the Intercultural Communication Division of the International Communication Association (ICA),ÌýLeshnick has forthcoming publications inÌýNew Media & Society, theÌýInternational Journal of CommunicationÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýMedia, Culture & Society. She is the elected international liaison of ICA’s Visual Communication Division (2022-2024). Raised in both Israel and the US, Leshnick holds an MA in Communication from the University of Haifa and a BA in Communication from Sapir College.ÌýÌý