CV
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
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Research Fellow 2023-
Ramon y Cajal Research Fellowship Department of Sociology and Communication University of Salamanca, Spain
Career break for maternity leave: January - September 2023
Assistant Professor 2022-2022
Department of Sociology and Communication University of Salamanca, Spain
Postdoctoral Researcher 2020-2022
Juan de la Cierva - Formación Fellowship Department of Communication Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
Lecturer 2019-2020
Department of Communication Science University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Associate Lecturer 2019-2019
Department of Communication Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
Associate Lecturer 2019-2019
Department of Communication Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain
PhD student & Research Assistant 2014-2018
Department of Sociology and Communication University of Salamanca, Spain
EDUCATION
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PhD in Education in the Knowledge Society. Media and Education speciality 2018
University of Salamanca, Spain Thesis: Risks of Interactive Communication in Adolescents. Digital Literacy Diagnosis and Intervention. Cum Laude distinction. International Doctorate mention
Master's Degree in Applied Communication Research 2013
Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain
Bachelor's Degree in Audiovisual Communication 2012
University of Salamanca, Spain
Bachelor's Degree in Journalism 2010
University of Valladolid, Spain
RESEARCH grants and FELLOWSHIPS
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Research Fellow: Ramon y Cajal
Research grant from the Spanish State Research Agency 01/01/2023 –
Research grant "la Caixa" Foundation 2022
Flash Call in Social Sciences 2021 – Technology and society Project "Does social media use impact adolescents' well-being state or the opposite? A longitudinal study on social media, loneliness, and personality traits Principal Investigator
Postdoctoral Fellow: Juan de la Cierva Formación 2020-2022
Research grant from the Spanish State Research Agency 01/09/2020 – 01/09/2022
Predoctoral Fellow 2014-2018
Research grant from the Government of Castile and Leon and the European Social Fund (EDU/1083/ 2013). 22/11/2014 – 30/09/2018
PUBLICATIONS: Journal articles
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Rodero, E., Mas, L., Larrea, O. Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. & de la Mota, C. (2023). The relevance of communication between Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers. Effective prosody strategies to improve communication. Health Communication Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2023.2292830
Rodero, E. & Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. (2023). The 3D Sound Power of Immersion Processing and Psychophysiological Effects of Binaural versus Stereo Audio Stories. Media Psychology Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2023.2281545
Rodero, E., Rodríguez-de-Dios, I., Larrea, O. & Mas, L. (2023) Prosody variations to improve cognitive processing in Alzheimer’s patients. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 19(S19). https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.075530
Durántez-Stolle, P., Martínez-Sanz, R., & Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. (2022). Effects of narrative-persuasive frames on Twitter regarding blood donation: pride versus empathy and people versus numbers. Profesional de la Información, 31(4). https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2022.jul.15
Rodero, E., Larrea, O., Rodríguez-de-Dios, I., Lucas, I. (2022). The Expressive Balance Effect: Perception and Physiological Responses of Prosody and Gestures. Journal of Language and Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0261927X221078317
Dalla-Pria, L. & Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. (2022). CSR communication on social media: the impact of source and framing on message credibility, corporate reputation and WOM. Corporate Communications: an International Journal, 27(3), 543-557. https://doi.org/10.1108/CCIJ-09-2021-0097
Rodero, E. & Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. (2021). Competencias de comunicación oral en la educación primaria. Profesional De La Información, 30(6). https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2021.nov.01
De Coninck , D., Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. &d'Haenens, L. (2021).The contact hypothesis during the European refugee crisis: Relating quality and quantity of (in)direct intergroup contact to attitudes towards refugees. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 24(6), 881-901. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430220929394
Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. , Igartua, J. J., & d'Haenens, L. (2021). Narrative Persuasion in a Mobile Environment: Effectiveness of a Mobile Application for Promoting Digital Skills and Coping Strategies in Adolescents. International Journal of Communication, 15, 1637–1658.
Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. , van Oosten, J. M. F., & Igartua, J.-J. (2018). A study of the relationship between parental mediation and adolescents' digital skills, online risks and online opportunities. Computers in Human Behavior, 82, 186–198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.01.012
Piñeiro-Naval, V., Igartua, J. J., & Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. (2018). Identity implications in the spreading of cultural heritage through the Internet: a study from the framing theory. Communication & Society, 31(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.15581/003.31.1.1-21
Igartua, J. J., Guerrero-Martín, I., Cachón-Ramón, D., & Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. (2017). Efecto de la similitud con el protagonista de narraciones contra el racismo en las actitudes hacia la inmigración. El rol mediador de la identificación con el protagonista. Anuario electrónico de estudios en Comunicación Social "Disertaciones", 11(1), 56.
Rodríguez de Dios, I. , & Igartua, J. J. (2016) Skills of Digital Literacy to Address the Risks of Interactive Communication, Journal of Information Technology Research, 9(1), 54-64. https://doi.org/10.4018/JITR.2016010104
Igartua, J.J., & Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. (2016). Motivational correlates of use and satisfaction with Facebook. Cuadernos Info, 38, 107-119. https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.38.848
Piñeiro-Naval, V., Igartua, J. J. & Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. (2015) La información turística a escala local. Un análisis de contenido de los portales web municipales de España. TELOS. Revista de Pensamiento sobre Comunicación, Tecnología y Sociedad, 102, 77-87.
Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. (2014). Riesgos de la comunicación interactiva en adolescentes: propuesta de alfabetización digital. Vozes dos Vales, 6(III).
PUBLICATIONS: Book Chapters
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Girbal González, E., Pérez Sabadell, M., Ponce Capdeville, B., Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. , & Rodero, E. (2022). La responsabilidad social corporativa en la publicidad de las marcas comerciales durante la pandemia del COVID-19. In La nueva era comunicativa. Thomson Reuters-Aranzadi.
Larrea, O., Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. , Vinyals-Mirabent, S., & Rodero, E. (2022). "Las referencias de COVID en anuncios marcan la diferencia. Las actitudes de los consumidores hacia los anuncios y el compromiso de las marcas mejoran cuando se conectan con la pandemia". In Comunicación y pluralidad en un contexto divergente. Dykinson
Rodero, E., Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. , de-la-Mota, C., y Lopera, M. (2021). "Cómo hablar a las personas con Alzheimer. Estrategias para mejorar la comunicación entre cuidadores y pacientes" en C. Sánchez (Ed.). Comunicar en pandemia. De las fake news a la sostenibilidad. McGraw Hill.
Rodríguez de Dios, I. , Igartua, J. J., & Vázquez-González, A. (2016). Development and Validation of a Digital Literacy Scale for Teenagers. In F. J. García-Peñalvo (Ed.), Proceedings TEEM'16. Fourth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality (pp. 1067-1072). Nueva York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3012430.3012648
Piñeiro-Naval, V., Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. & Igartua, J. J. (2016). A dualidade do Património Cultural: recurso turístico e factor identitário. In U. Sidoncha y C. Moura (Eds.), Culturas em Movimento. Atas do I Congresso Internacional de Cultura (pp. 99-109). Covilhã: Editora LabCom.IFP.
Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. , & Igartua, J. J. (2015). Alfabetización digital como herramienta de protección frente a los riesgos de la red. In F. J. Durán & Said, E., TIC y Sociedad Digital: Educación, Infancia y Derecho (pp. 151-161). Granada: Comares Editorial.
Rodríguez de Dios, I. , & Igartua, J. J. (2014). Risks of interactive communication. A digital literacy proposal. In F. J. García-Peñalvo (Ed.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Technological Ecosystem for Enhancing Multiculturality (pp. 653-657). Nueva York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Conference Papers and Poster Presentations
=========== Rodero, E., Rodríguez-de-Dios, I., Larrea, O., & Mas, L. (2023, July 16-20). Prosody variations to improve cognitive processing in Alzheimer’s patients [Poster presentation]. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Blanco-Fernández, V., Villegas-Simón, I., Anglada-Pujol, O., Castellví Lloveras, M. & Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. (2023, June 6-10). Presentation of Retrats Intermitents (Intermittent Portraits), a podcast of LGBTIQA+ representation, plus a live recording of a program. Media, Gender and Sexualities: Representations, Literacies and Audiences, Benasque, Spain.
Soto-Sanfiel, M. & Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. (2023, June 6-10). Mitigating transphobia through the narratives of transgender YouTubers [Paper presentation]. Media, Gender and Sexualities: Representations, Literacies and Audiences, Benasque, Spain.
Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. & Soto-Sanfiel, M. (2023, May 25-29). Youtuber trans for reducing transphobia: A work in progress [Paper presentation]. 73rd Annual ICA Conference, Toronto, Canada.
Larrea, O., Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. , Vinyals-Mirabent, S., y Rodero, E. (2021). Las referencias de COVID en anuncios marcan la diferencia Las actitudes de los consumidores hacia los anuncios y el compromiso de las marcas mejoran cuando se conectan con la pandemia. Paper presented at the II International Conference Nodos del Conocimiento 2021, Virtual Conference, 25-26 November 2021.
Rodero, E., Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. , de-la-Mota, C., y Lopera-Mármol, M. (2021). Cómo hablar a las personas con Alzheimer. Estrategias de prosodia para mejorar la comunicación entre cuidadores y pacientes. II Congreso Internacional de Comunicación Especializada en la Sociedad de la Información, Málaga (Spain), 18-19 November 2021.
Girbal González, E., Pérez Sabadell, M., Ponce Capdeville, B., Rodríguez-de-Dios, I., & Rodero, E. (2021). _La responsabilidad social corporativa en la publicidad de las marcas comerciales durante la pandemia del COVID-19__ . _ Paper presented at the Conference CUICIID 2021 XI Edition, Virtual Conference, 6-7 October 2021.
Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. & Soto-Sanfiel, M. (2021). Intergroup Contact through YouTube: Can Exposure to Trans YouTubers reduce Transphobia? Communication presented at the Primera Jornada d'Estudis LGBTIQA+, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Virtual Conference, 15 June 2021.
Igartua, J.J., Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. , Rodríguez-Contreras, L., Marcos-Ramos, M., González-de-Garay, B., & Frutos, F.J. (2020). Tell me your Successful Story with Tobacco! Indirect Effects of Narrative Voice and Behavioral Audience-Character Similarity on the Intention to Quit Smoking. Paper presented at the International Communication Association 70th Annual Conference, Virtual Conference, 20-27 May 2020.
Cachón-Ramón, D., Igartua, J. J., Wojcieszak, M., & Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. (2019). Viralizando mensajes pro-inmigración. Efecto conjunto de la empatía y la similitud audiencia-personaje en la intención de compartir testimoniales diseñados para reducir el prejuicio a través de redes sociales. Paper presented at the Congreso Nacional de Metodología de la Investigación en Comunicación TMIC-AEIC "Investigar la Comunicación en y desde la Periferia", Murcia (Spain), 21-22 November 2019.
Guerrero-Martín, I., Igartua, J. J., Wojcieszak, M., & Rodríguez de Dios, I. (2019). Efectos de la voz narrativa y la similitud con la audiencia en mensajes diseñados para estimular la fusión de identidad con inmigrantes estigmatizados. Mecanismos mediadores. Paper presented at the Congreso Nacional de Metodología de la Investigación en Comunicación TMIC-AEIC "Investigar la Comunicación en y desde la Periferia", Murcia (Spain), 21-22 November 2019.
Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. (2019). Developing Digital Literacy through Mobile Learning and Narrative Persuasion in Adolescents. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Madrid (Spain), 7-11 July 2019.
Igartua, J. J., Wojcieszak, M., Cachón-Ramón, D., Guerrero-Martín, I, & Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. (2019). Reducing perceived threat toward immigrants with testimonials. Indirect effects of empathy and similarity through identification, transportation and counterarguing. Paper presented at the XVI European Congress of Psychology, Moscow (Russia), 2-5 July 2019.
Igartua, J.J., Wojcieszak, M., Cachón-Ramón, D., Guerrero-Martín, I. & Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. (2019). Improving Attitudes Toward Immigration with Testimonials. Indirect Effects of Empathy and Audience-Character Similarity through Identification, Transportation and Counterarguing. Poster presented at the 31st Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention, Washington, DC (United States), 23-26 May 2019.
Cachón, D., Igartua, J.J., Wojcieszak, M. Guerrero, I. & Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. (2018) Combined Effects of Similarity and Imagined Contact on First-Person Testimonials. The Mediating Role of Identification and Transportation. Paper presented at the TEEM'18. Sixth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality, Salamanca (Spain), 24-26 October 2018.
Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. , Igartua, J.J., & van Oosten, J.M.F. (2018) Construcción y Validación de una Escala de Alfabetización Digital en Adolescentes. Paper presented at the VI Congreso de la Asociación Española de Investigación de la Comunicación (AE-IC), Comunicación y Conocimiento, Salamanca (Spain), 26-29 June 2018.
Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. , van Oosten, J.M.F., & Igartua, J.J. (2018) Adolescents' Online Risks and Opportunities: The Role of Digital Skills and Parental Mediation. Paper presented at the International Communication Association's 68th Annual Conference, Prague (Czech Republic), 24-28 May 2018.
Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. , van Oosten, J.M.F., & Igartua, J.J. (2018) Adolescents' Digital Skills: The Influence of Parenting Styles. Paper presented at the Transmedia Literacy International Conference, Barcelona (Spain), 22-24 March 2018.
Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. , Igartua, J. J., & Vázquez-González, A. (2016) Development and Validation of a Digital Literacy Scale for Teenagers. Paper presented at the TEEM'16. Fourth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality, Salamanca (Spain), 02-04 November 2016.
Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. & Igartua, J. J. (2016) Risks of interactive communication in teenagers. Digital literacy diagnosis and intervention. Paper presented at the TEEM'16. Fourth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality, Salamanca (Spain), 02-04 November 2016.
Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. & Igartua, J.J. (2016) Jóvenes y Facebook: motivos predictores del uso y la satisfacción. Paper presented at the V Congreso de la Asociación Española de Investigación de la Comunicación (AE-IC), Congreso Iberoamericano de Comunicación: Comunicación, Cultura y Cooperación, Madrid (Spain), 04-08 July 2016.
Piñeiro-Naval, V., Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. , & Igartua, J.J. (2015) A dualidade do Património Cultural: recurso turístico e factor identitário. Reflexões sobre o caso dos websites dos municípios de Espanha. Paper presented at the I Congresso Internacional sobre Cultura: Culturas em Movimento, Covilhã (Portugal), 27-29 October 2015.
Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. & Igartua, J.J. (2015). Alfabetización Digital frente a los Riesgos de la Comunicación Interactiva. Poster presented at the I Jornadas Doctorales de la Universidad de Murcia, Murcia (Spain), 28-29 April 2015.
Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. & Igartua, J.J. (2015). Alfabetización digital como herramienta de protección frente a los riesgos de la red. Paper presented at the II Congreso Internacional de la Sociedad Digital: Educación, infancia y derecho, Granada (Spain), 19-20 March 2015.
Rodríguez de Dios, I. & Igartua, J. J. (2014). Risks of Interactive Communication. A Digital Literacy proposal. Paper presented at the TEEM'14, Second International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality, Salamanca (Spain), 01-03 October 2014.
Igartua, J. J., Rodríguez, I. , Marañon, F. & Arranz, L. (2014) Factores motivacionales predictores del uso y la satisfacción con Facebook en jóvenes. Paper presented at the I Congreso de la Sociedad Científica Española de Psicología Social, Sevilla (Spain), 20-22 November 2014.
Piñeiro, V., Rodríguez, I. , Igartua, J.J. (2014) La Comunicación del Patrimonio a través de la World Wide Web. Una panorámica basada en el análisis de contenido de sedes municipales. Paper presented at the IX Congreso Internacional AR&PA 2014 "Sociedad y Patrimonio", Valladolid (Spain), 13-15 November 2014.
Invited Presentations
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Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. (2022). Sesión paralela 1: Tecnología y sociedad. Forum 360 Observatorio Social de la Fundación La Caixa, Barcelona (Spain), 28 November 2022.
Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. (2022). Adolescencia entre dispositivos digitales: Investigación y pánico moral. Escuela de Comunicación de la Universidad del Azuay, Cuenca (Ecuador), 25 April 2022.
RESEARCH VISITS
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Research stay at the Antwerp Social Lab 2022
Antwerp Social Lab and MIOS (Media & ICT in Organisations and Society) research group, University of Antwerp (Belgium) 25/04/2022 – 30/06/2022
Research stay at the Institute for Media Studies 2018
KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) 12/02/2018 – 18/05/2018
Research stay at the Center for research on Children, Adolescents and the Media 2017
Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) 27/02/2017 – 30/06/2017
PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Transitional characters in entertainment-education narratives designed to reduce prejudice against immigrants: Attributes, boundary conditions and explanatory mechanisms (TRANCHAR) 2022-2026
Research project funded by Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PID2021-122655NB-I00) Principal investigator: Dr. Juan José Igartua Research team member
LGBTI+ representation in Spanish serial fiction and its effectiveness in reducing prejudices due to sexual orientation and gender identity (LGBTI+SCREENS). 2020-2024
(Representación LGBTI+ en la ficción seriada española y eficacia en la reducción de prejuicios por orientación sexual e identidad de género (LGBTIQ+ PANTALLAS). Research project funded by Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PID2019-110351RB-I00) Principal investigator: Dr. Maite Soto Sanfiel Work team member Website of the project
Prosody variations for improving the cognitive response and the communicative interaction between Alzheimer patients and their caregivers 2018-2021
(Variaciones prosódicas para mejorar la respuesta cognitiva y la interacción comunicativa de los enfermos de Alzheimer con sus cuidadores). Research project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (CSO2017-83432-R). Principal investigator: Dr. Emma Rodero Work team member
"If you want, you can quit." Narrative tools for smoking prevention in adults. Effects of similarity with the audience and narrative voice 2018-2020
("Si tú quieres, puedes dejarlo". Herramientas narrativas para la prevención del tabaquismo en fumadores adultos. Efectos de la similitud con la audiencia y la voz narrativa). Research project funded by the Department of Education of the Regional Government of Castile and Leon (SA032G18). Principal investigator: Dr. Juan José Igartua Research team member
Narrative tools to reduce prejudice. Effects of similarity, imagined contact, empathy and narrative voice 2016-2019
(Herramientas narrativas para reducir el prejuicio. Efectos de la similitud, el contacto imaginado, la empatía y la voz narrativa (HENAR)). Research project funded by Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (CSO2015-67611-P) Principal investigator: Dr. Juan José Igartua Work team member
Cultural Heritage in the Digital Society. A Study of Dissemination through the Internet 2013-2015
(El Patrimonio Cultural en la Sociedad Digital. Un estudio de su difusión a través de internet). Research project funded by Fundación del Patrimonio Histórico de Castilla y León. Principal investigator: Valeriano Piñeiro Naval Work team member
RESEARCH DISSEMINATION
Retrats intermitents 2022-2023
Podcast about LGBTIQA+ media representation. Funded by FCRI (Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca i la Innovació; Convocatòria Joan Oró 2022) https://www.retratsintermitents.cat/
TEACHING
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Lecturer Communication Research Methods 2022-2023
(Métodos de Investigación en Comunicación). Bachelor in Audiovisual Communication and Creation, University of Salamanca
Supervisor Master's Thesis Dissertations 2022
(2 students) MSc Strategic Communication and Public Relations, Pompeu Fabra University
Lecturer Advanced Data Analyses 2022
(Análisis Avanzado de Datos). MSc Communication Research, Pompeu Fabra University
Lecturer Research and Evaluation for Practice 2021-2022
MSc Strategic Communication and Public Relations, Pompeu Fabra University and University of Stirling (Joint Degree)
Supervisor Master's Thesis Dissertations 2021
(3 students) MSc Strategic Communication and Public Relations, and MSc Social Communication Research. Pompeu Fabra University
Lecturer Quantitative Research and Experimental Methods in Communication 2021
(Métodos de investigación cuantitativa y experimental en comunicación). MSc Social Communication Research, Pompeu Fabra University
Supervisor Master's Thesis 2019-2020
(9 students) MSc Communication Science: Entertainment Communication, University of Amsterdam
Tutorial Lecturer Entertainment Communication 2020
Bachelor's in Communication Science, University of Amsterdam
Tutorial Lecturer The Media Landscape 2020
Bachelor's in Communication Science, University of Amsterdam
Tutorial Lecturer Research Workshop: Experiment 2020
Bachelor's in Communication Science, University of Amsterdam
Teaching Assistant Clashing Views on Media Effects 2019
MSc Communication Science: Entertainment Communication, University of Amsterdam
Tutorial Lecturer Introduction to Communication Science 2019
Bachelor's in Communication Science, University of Amsterdam
Lecturer Research and Evaluation for Practice 2019
MSc Strategic Communication and Public Relations, Pompeu Fabra University and University of Stirling (Joint Degree)
Lecturer Public Opinion and International Journalism 2019
(Opinión Pública y Periodismo Internacional). Bachelor in International Relations, Rey Juan Carlos University
Teaching Assistant Media Process 2015-2018
(Procesos y Efectos Mediáticos). Bachelor in Audiovisual Communication, University of Salamanca
Teaching Assistant Communication Research Methods 2015-2017
(Métodos de Investigación en Comunicación). Bachelor in Audiovisual Communication, University of Salamanca
OTHERS
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Journal reviewer
Computers in Human Behavior, Computers & Education, Communication & Society, Journal of Adolescence, Cuadernos.info, Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, Profesional de la Información.