Research team

Charo Lacalle

Head of the project

Professor of Journalism at the Faculty of Communication Sciences at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Graduated in Information Sciences and Philosophy from the same university, she began her academic career as a Lecturer at the Università degli studi di Bologna. Lacalle coordinates the Observatory of Spanish Fiction and New Technologies (OFENT) and the Ibero-American Observatory for Television Fiction (OBITEL). 

Mariluz Sánchez Ares

D. in Communication and Journalism (UAB), Master’s degree in Communication Research (UAB) and holds a certificate in Data Analysis, Big Data and Predictive Analysis (Ryerson University). She is a member of the Ibero-American Observatory of Television Fiction (OBITEL) and currently works as an Insights Analyst at the Jungle Media agency in Toronto (Canada).

Beatriz María Gómez Morales

Serra Húnter Professor of the University of Lleida (UdL). Doctor in Communication and Journalism (UAB). She has a Degree in Social Communication and Journalism from the University of Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano. She is a member of the Ibero-American Observatory of Television Fiction (OBITEL). 

Anna Tous Rovirosa

Associate professor at the Faculty of Communication Sciences at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Doctor in Communication Sciences, with a thesis awarded by the Catalan Audiovisual Council (CAC, 2009), and a degree in Journalism from the same university. She is a member of the OFENT and Localcom research group.

Elena de la Cuadra de Colmenares

Contracted Professor-Doctor and Doctor at the Faculty of Information Sciences of the Complutense University of Madrid. She has a degree in Information Sciences (Image and Sound Section) from the UCM and a PhD from the same university in 2005.

Tatiana Hidalgo-Marí

Assistant Professor-Doctor at the Department of Communication and Social Psychology at the University of Alicante and at the Cela Open Institute (UCJC). She has a PhD in Audiovisual Communication and Advertising from the University of Alicante (UA) and a Master’s Degree in Communication in the Creative Industry (UA) and a Degree in Advertising and PR (UA).

Luís Fernando Morales Morante

PhD in Audiovisual Communication and Advertising (UAB). He is a Lecturer in the Department of Advertising, Public Relations and Audiovisual Communication in the Faculty of Communication Sciences at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He has published four books and more than 30 articles in Spanish and international communication magazines. He is a member of the Laicom research group.

 

Raquel Crisóstomo Gálvez

D. in Humanities from the Pompeu Fabra University (2011) and a PhD in Communication from the same university (2015). She is an Assistant Professor (ANECA) and Lecturer (AQU). She lectures on communication at various university institutions (ESERP, UIC, CIEE, UAO) and is a member of the scientific council of the international organisation Communication and Media Research Center.

Cristina Pujol Ozonas

Professor at the Department of Journalism and Communication Sciences (UAB). She is a Doctor in Audiovisual Communication (Ramon Llull University), DEA in History of Cinema (Autonomous University of Madrid) and has a Degree in Audiovisual Communication (Ramon Llull University).

Rosa Ferrer Ceresola

ESERP and ESEM teacher. PhD in Journalism from the University Miguel Hernández in Elche. She has studied a Master’s Degree in Research in Communication and Journalism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a is PhD from the same university.

Sara Narviaza

Graduated in Audiovisual Communication from the Alberta Giménez Centre for Higher Education (CESAG). She has a Master’s degree in Journalism Research (UAB) and she is a PhD student in Communication Sciences (UAB).

Daria Dergacheva

PhD student in Communication and Journalism (UAB). She has studied a Master’s degree in International Journalism at the University of Westminster (London, UK) and a Master’s degree in Sociology at the Central European University (Budapest, Hungary).