Homero Gil de Zuñiga Navajas

Homero Gil de Zuñiga Navajas

University of Viena Austria

Ph.D. in Politics at Universidad Europea de Madrid and Ph.D. in Mass Communication at University of Wisconsin – Madison, holds the Medienwandel Professorship at University of Vienna, where he directs the Media Innovation Lab (MiLab). Prior to joining Vienna, he was also a former Associate Professor at University of Texas – Austin. He also serves as Research Fellow at the Universidad Diego Portales, and the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University. After participating in summer doctoral programs at the National Communication Association and the Oxford Internet Institute at University of Oxford, he was appointed Nieman Journalism Lab Research Fellow at Harvard University. His research addresses the influence of new technologies and digital media over people's daily lives, as well as the effect of such use on the overall democratic process. He has published several books, book chapters, and over 40 articles in academic peer-reviewed journals such as Communication Research, Journal of Communication, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, New Media & Society, etc. He has obtained grants and awards as principal investigator, co-principal investigator or executive committee member totaling over to $4 million.

Research stay at UC3M: DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM AND AUDIOVISUAL COMMUNICATION

Project: Professor Gil de Zúñiga will develop a collaborative project within the department of Periodismo y Comunicación Audiovisual at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. During his visit, he will closely participate in the “big data, social networks and data journalism” project currently led by Prof. Elias.

The studies of social media and bid data analytics, within the framework of journalism, has begun to draw attention in the field of communication both academically and professionally. The work to be developed in this area seeks to highlight the importance of information and communication technologies for journalism and journalists today.

More specifically, this project will empirically analyze the effect of social media, social networks, and massive amount of data available in the internet to journalists as it influences their daily practices. Additionally, the study will also examine the effects of these journalistic practices as for whether or not they contribute, and if so how, to generate an informed public opinion in Spain, and elsewhere. 

Stay period: JAN 2016 - JUN 2016