Research lines

Journalism Research Group (GRP)

Journalism ethics. Media accountability in the Spanish and international landscape
History of journalism. Role of the press in the Spanish transition. History of the Catalan press.
Cyberjournalism
Newsrooms’ integration and training new journalists

Digital Documentation: Digital journalism; Analysis and evaluation methods for digital publishing; Online information systems for research and science 2.0; Search engine optimization (SEO); Search engine marketing (SEM); Mind maps; Usability; Human-Computer interaction; Eye tracking; Information retrieval; Metadata and Semantic web technologies; Information science applied to news media and e-tourism.
Interactive Communication: Design and analysis of author interactive projects; Models to access and represent Knowledge; Modular interaction; Interface, photography and interactive communication; Interactive communication for people with special needs; Artistic production and virtual reality; Art and social communication with smart mobile devices; On-line participatory and evolutionary environments.

Journalism and the dissemination of science in the media
Public understanding of science in the Spanish and European landscape
The social impact of scientific communication activities developed by science centres and museums
Ways of disseminating science focused on multimedia formats and the participation through social networks
The journalistic coverage of issues connected to safety and the risks related to food
The journalistic coverage of issues related to health and medicine
Scientific journalism in Catalonia: historical evolution, content analysis, and perspectives
Newswriting techniques in Scientific Communication
The training of scientific journalists

Political journalism
Media innovation
Studies on new media
Methodological research linked to reception studies, the analysis of media audiences and experimental research in communication