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The book ‘TikTok Journalism’ offers an international perspective on news, media, and journalists in the age of platforms and short-form video

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The book TikTok Journalism: News, Media, and Journalists in the Short Video Era has recently been published by Peter Lang. This collective work compiles international research and perspectives on the evolution and challenges of news and journalism on TikTok. TikTok has become an increasingly central platform in the contemporary media landscape, transforming how news is … Read more

Noel Pascual Presa receives the 2026 Ícarus award for knowledge transfer and innovation

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The award recognises the knowledge transfer potential of the project Public Health Communication Plan for Radon Gas in Galicia, developed from his doctoral research on radon risk communication. Noel Pascual Presa, a researcher with the Novos Medios research group at the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), has been awarded the 2026 Ícarus award for … Read more

César Fieiras publishes a book on innovation, artificial intelligence and media transformation

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Novos Medios researcher César Fieiras Ceide has published the book IA, innovación y medios. 150 entrevistas para comprender el cambio, edited by Tirant Humanidades and available in open access. The volume examines how innovation, artificial intelligence and user experience are reshaping the media ecosystem, drawing on fieldwork carried out between 2019 and 2025. During this period, the … Read more

Researchers from NEXTDIGIMEDIA edit a special issue in Media and Communication on deliberative democracy and journalism under the influence of AI

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Principal investigators of NEXTDIGIMEDIA (PID2024-156034OB-C22) at USC –and Novos Medios researchers– Berta García Orosa and Jorge Vázquez Herrero, with Tomás Dodds (Public Tech Media Lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison) edit the upcoming special issue in Media and Communication, “Reconceptualizing Deliberative Democracy and Journalism in AI-Mediated Public Spheres”. This issue – supported by the NEXTDIGIMEDIA project (PID2024-156034OB-C22) … Read more

Professor Maite Mercado visits the ADS team at Novos Medios

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Professor Maite Mercado, a researcher at the University of Valencia and a recognized expert in environmental communication, has recently joined the ADS team (Algorithmic Cultures, Data Ecologies, and Synthetic Media) of the Novos Medios Research Group at the University of Santiago de Compostela as a visiting researcher. Her stay takes place within the framework of … Read more

Miguel Hernández Communication Journal will publish a special issue on high-tech journalism edited by Novos Medios researchers

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Miguel Hernández Communication Journal has opened a call for papers inviting scholars to explore one of the major challenges of today’s media ecosystem: the integration of disruptive technologies into journalistic practice and their professional, organizational, and ethical implications. From the rise of tools such as ChatGPT to immersive journalism, as well as the use of … Read more

Carlos Elías and Uxía Carral to deliver a seminar on the impact of AI on journalism and communication

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The Novos Medios research group welcomes the visit of Carlos Elías Pérez, Professor of Journalism at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, and Uxía Carral Vilar, Lecturer in Journalism at the same institution. Both scholars will share their expertise in the seminar entitled “The impact of AI on journalism and communication in the era of disinformation”, … Read more

The journal Media & Jornalismo opens a call for papers on the “Construction of the Algorithmic Audience”

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The scientific journal Media & Jornalismo, published by ICNOVA – NOVA Communication Institute, has opened a new call for papers for its volume 26, issue 49 (2026), entitled “Building the Algorithmic Audience: Shifting Paradigms in Communications, Media, and Democracy”, dedicated to analysing how algorithms are transforming the conceptualisation and construction of audiences in the digital … Read more