Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain (EDU2015-64015-C3-2-R)
Article History
Received: 3 August 2017
Accepted: 20 February 2018
First Online: 4 April 2018
Authors’ information
: Joan Ferrésholds a Ph.D in Information Sciences (Autonomous University of Barcelona), a Degree in Information Sciences (Autonomous University of Barcelona) and a Degree of Teacher in Primary Education (Barcelona University). He is Associate Professor (tenure) at the Department of Communication of the University Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain). Researcher specialized in media literacy, communication and education and emotional competence. He has been the PI of different projects related with media literacy asUndergraduate teaching faced with the audiovisual communication competence in a digital environmentandEvaluation of the media competence of Spanish citizenship.Maria-Jose Masanetholds a Ph.D. in Social Communication (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2015), a Degree in Audiovisual Communication (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2008), a MA in Social Communication ((Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2009) and a MA in Secondary Education (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011). She is researcher at the Pompeu Fabra University. Her main research lines are related with media literacy, adolescence and youth, series, gender and the representation of sexuality and love relationships in the media. She has published the bookLa educación Mediática en la Universidad Española(Gedisa, 2015) with Dr. Joan Ferrés. She has been visiting researcher at the Loughborough University (2013), at the Universidad Central de Venezuela (2014), at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 (2015) and at the Centre de Liaison de l’Enseignement et des Médias d’Information (2015) and at the Ghent University (2016).Julio-César Mateusholds a Master in Advanced Studies in Social Communication (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), a Master’s Degree in Communication and Education (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) and a B.A. in Communication (University of Lima). He studies the PhD Program in Communication (UPF). As a fellow of the Department of Communication, he collaborates in research projects and develops his doctoral thesis on media education in teacher training. He has taught in the degree of Communication of the University of Lima, the Master in ICT and Education of the Pontificia Universidad Católica and in the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of the Pacific, in Peru. He is guest professor of the Master in Communication at Casagrande University, in Ecuador.
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