Monika Tosik (Kopytowska) received her PhD from the University of Lodz, Poland, where she is currently affiliated with the Department of Pragmatics. Her research interests revolve around media discourse and the pragma-rhetorical aspects of the mass-mediated representation of conflict, ethnicity, and religion. She has published internationally in linguistic journals and volumes. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Lodz Papers in Pragmatics.