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digital journalism, agenda-setting, digital audiences, social networks, disintermediation, news gap, Artificial Intelligence
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Biography

Alba Diez-Gracia is PhD in Communication Studies (International Mention, Cum Laude Mention) and vice-chair of the Young Scholars Network of the European Communication Research and Education Association. She's part of the Teaching Innovation Group "LabComIA" and the Research Projects "Politainment in the face of media fragmentation: disintermediation, engagement and polarization" and "Digital native media in Spain: Typologies, audiences, building trust and keys to journalistic sustainability".

At an international level, she's been the Young Representative for the ECREA Audiences and Reception Studies Section (2022-2024). She has collaborated with the European Project "Higher Education of Journalists in a Digital Environment" (University of Pula) and completed a three-month research stage at Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade (University of Minho, Portugal).

Her lines of research mainly focus on digital journalism and audiences in the face of technological transformations and innovation, with papers about news production and consumption, clickbait, disintermediation and the application of AI.

Activities

Employment (1)

Escuela de Doctorado de la Universidad de Valladolid: Valladolid, ES

2024 to present | Técnico de Apoyo a la Investigación
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Education and qualifications (4)

Universidad de Valladolid: Valladolid, ES

2024 | Doctorado en Español: Lingüística, Literatura y Comunicación (Mención Internacional, Mención Cum Laude)
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Universidade do Minho Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade: Braga, Braga, PT

2022-04 to 2022-06 | Estancia de investigación
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Universidad de Valladolid: Valladolid, Castilla y León, ES

2018 to 2019 | Máster en Investigación de la Comunicación como Agente Histórico-Social
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Universidad de Valladolid: Valladolid, Castilla y León, ES

2014 to 2018 | Grado en Periodismo
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Professional activities (2)

European Communication Research and Education Association: Brussels, BE

2024-09 to present | Vice-chair of the Young Scholars Network
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European Communication Research and Education Association: Brussels, BE

2022 to 2024 | Young Representative of the Audiences and Reception Studies Section
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Funding (4)

Grupo de Investigación Reconocido Nuevas Tendencias en Comunicación

2024 to present | Award
Universidad de Valladolid (Valladolid, ES)
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Project "Digital native media in Spain: Typologies, audiences, building trust and keys to journalistic sustainability"

2022 to present | Award
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Navarra, ES)
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Project "Politainment in the face of media fragmentation: disintermediation, engagement and polarisation"

2021 to 2025 | Award
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Valladolid, ES)
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Teaching Innovation Project "LabComIA": Multimedia Communication and Artificial Intelligence Lab

2019 to present | Award
Universidad de Valladolid (Valladolid, ES)
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Works (15)

Media Self-Regulation in the Use of AI: Delimitation of Multimodal Generative Content and Ethical Commitments to Transparency and Verification

Journalism and Media
2025-02-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Pilar Sánchez-García; Alba Diez-Gracia; Ignacio Repilado Mayorga; Pedro Jerónimo
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El futuro de la innovación docente a través de la interdisciplinariedad en aulas y titulaciones híbridas: el caso de LabCom-IA

Innovar para educar. Estrategias para transformar la enseñanza universitaria
2024 | Book chapter
Contributors: Alba Diez-Gracia; Iris Sánchez-Sobradillo; Pilar Sánchez-García
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Agenda y demanda informativa sobre la guerra de Ucrania en la prensa internacional

Revista de Comunicación
2024-09-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Alba Diez-Gracia
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Clickbait Contagion in International Quality Media: Tabloidisation and Information Gap to Attract Audiences

Social Sciences
2024-08-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Alba Diez-Gracia; Pilar Sánchez-García; Dolors Palau-Sampio; Iris Sánchez-Sobradillo
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Disintermediation and disinformation as a political strategy: use of AI to analyse fake news as Trump's rhetorical resource on <i>Twitter</i>

El Profesional de la Información
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Diez-Gracia, Alba; Sanchez-Garcia, Pilar; Martin-Roman, Javier; Centeno-Martin, Hector; Toledano-Buendia, Samuel; Ardevol-Abreu, Alberto; Livberber, Tuba; Cuartielles, Roger; Ramon-Vegas, Xavier; Pont-Sorribes, Carles et al.
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Polarization and emotional discourse in the political agenda on Twitter: disintermediation and engagement in electoral campaign

Revista ICONO14 Revista Científica de Comunicación Y Tecnologías Emergentes
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Diez-Gracia, Alba; Sanchez-Garcia, Pilar; Martin-Roman, Javier
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Spanish technological development of artificial intelligence applied to journalism: companies and tools for documentation, production and distribution of information

El Profesional de la Información
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Sanchez-Garcia, Pilar; Merayo-Alvarez, Noemi; Calvo-Barbero, Carla; Diez-Gracia, Alba
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Sample - Donald Trump's tweets mentioning the term 'fake news' (2017-2021)

2023-10-06 | Dataset
Contributors: Alba Diez-Gracia; Javier Martín-Román
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Artificial Intelligence, automation and algorithms in Spanish journalism. Academic teaching and newsroom practices in the era of Big Data

Rethinking Digital Native Comunicators Training. Journalism and Communication Education TWG ECREA 2021
2022 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-84-1391-108-3
Contributors: Carla Calvo-Barbero; Alba Diez-Gracia; Pilar Sánchez-García
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La narrativa del clickbait en la información política electoral. Cobertura digital e interés de las audiencias.

Transmitiendo la persuasión: la comunicación que influye
2022 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-84-7074-917-9
Contributors: Alba Diez-Gracia; Pilar Sánchez-García; Marta Redondo
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The news gap in the 'triple digital agenda': The different interests of media, audience and networks

Communication & Society
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Diez-Gracia, Alba; Sanchez-Garcia, Pilar
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La brecha informativa multiplataforma: consumo y gratificaciones de la audiencia en webs, redes y apps. Estudio de caso de elDiario.es

Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico
2022-09-16 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1988-2696
Part of ISSN: 1134-1629
Contributors: Iago Castro-Pérez; Alba Diez-Gracia; Pilar Sánchez-García
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El prosumidor como prescriptor. Goodreads como alternativa a la crítica especializada

La comunicación a la vanguardia
2021 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-84-7074-899-8
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La enseñanza del Periodismo en la Escuela Oficial franquista (1941-1975) analizada por sus ex alumnos

Ambitos
2021 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1139-1979
Contributors: Pilar Sánchez-García; Marta Redondo; Alba Diez-Gracia
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Análisis de la ‘triple’ agenda-setting: noticiabilidad, interés real y viralidad

V Congreso Nacional TMIC-AEIC
2019 | Conference abstract
Part of ISBN: 978-84-09-16379-3
Contributors: Alba Diez-Gracia; Pilar Sánchez-García
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Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

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