Morte-Nadal, Tamara https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4459-9361
Esteban-Navarro, Miguel Ángel
Article History
Received: 4 September 2024
Accepted: 13 February 2025
First Online: 28 February 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This research, as a PhD thesis project, was approved by the Ethic Committee of the Doctoral School of the University of Zaragoza on October 16th, 2019. It was supervised by the Academic Commission of the Information and Communication Doctoral Program of the University of Zaragoza. The approval, with number: 091/2024, covers all aspects of the study. This research complies with ethical principles including the highest standards of research integrity as set out in the ALLEA European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity, as well as applicable international and national law, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights and its Supplementary Protocols. All procedures adhered to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: This research does not collect personal data, but only experiences, opinions and evaluations without the identification of individuals, including expert participants in the studies (interviewees) and participants in online questionnaires. Interview participants were informed orally about the study’s aim and scope, how the data would be used, and their right to withdraw from the study at any time. Since all the interviews were conducted online, they were asked for permission to voice record the interview. An informed consent statement was presented in the introduction of the online survey without providing an informed written consent form. For all participants, consent covered participation, data use, and publication. All participants were fully informed that their anonymity was assured, why the research was being conducted and how their data would be utilized. They were also informed about their right to withdraw from the research at any point. There were no indications from any participants expressing a wish to discontinue their participation prematurely.