Luis Fernando Romo analyzes in his thesis the rumor phenomena and the impact it has in the lives of celebrities, who concoct their lives for public consumption. This study has been...
A study conducted by the universities Pablo de Olavide and the UAB’s group Neuro-Com has identified, in rats, a functional brain pattern linked to cognitive behavior able to activate an iPad’s touchscreen. Results may be useful in...
Neuro-Com Research Group at UAB and Neuroscience Division at University Pablo de Olavide, have studied the effects of media professionalization. The study concludes that media professionals, used to pay high attention to visual perception, decrease their eye blink rate...
This article explores the contexts and significances of the notion widely disseminated since the middle of the 20th century that humans are essentially a brain, through different examples taken mainly from literary novels and films. The author points out how other characteristics have defied this affirmati
A total of 91% of teenagers have smartphones and the majority use them to connect to social networks such as Facebook. Research reveals that they give much importance to the feedback they receive on their profiles, and that traditional stereotypes arise when presenting...
Agnès Hubert, French economist, political scientist and journalist, has worked for many years in the European Commission on gender equality and social matters. She has come to the UAB to take part...
Listening to the radio while on the move is nothing new. The invention of mini transistor and battery-powered portable radios back in the 1950s generated the so-called new audio culture of mobile listening. But until now, the effect of mobility...
Criticism of the journalistic practices related to the audiovisual representation of migration led to the creation of ethical recommendations and entities such as the Mesa per a la Diversitat en l’Audiovisual to regulate...
