Joan-Francesc Fondevila-Gascón

Biography

PhD in Journalism (Journalism and Communication Sciences, UAB), degree in Information Sciences, degree in Political Sciences and Sociology, master in Communication Research, master in Communication Sciences and master in Sport and Communication. Professor "Catedrático de Universidad" (Aneca) and aggregate (AQU). Professor in Universitat Ramon Llull (URL), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), EUM-Universitat de Girona (UdG), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Universidad Camilo José Cela (UCJC), Euncet-Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and EAE Business School. Rector, Vicerector, Dean and director of Communication Sciences Department and Director of Digital Communication and New Technologies UAO university master in the Universitat Abat Oliba CEU (UAO) till 2015 (Award as the Best manager, professor and researcher in UAO CEU 2005-2015). CECABLE (Cable Studies Center) director. Societat Catalana de Comunicació-Institut d'Estudis Catalans (SCC-IEC) president. He has published a lot of books and scientific indexed articles about communication, journalism, telecommunications, Internet, marketing and education. He has gained the Cable Gold Award (First International Meeting on Cable Telecommunications Networks), Premi Periodístic Humanisme i Esport, Premi Centre d'Investigació de la Comunicació de la Generalitat de Catalunya i CIRIT, Premi Fundació Caixa de Sabadell, Premi Societat de la Informació, IIR Award, Gold Medal of Comissió del Cinquantenari del Futbol amateur a Terrassa, 1r Congrés de Noves Tecnologies del Vallès Award, Federació Catalana de Futbol (FCF) Award, Gold Medal of Comissió del Centenari del Futbol a Terrassa, La Caixa Award, ACPC Research Award (in two editions), Connexió Award, Terrassa FC Award, Best Professor University Awards (a lot of editions), the UAO Gold Medal, Worldwide Blog Award (a lot of editions), Premio Excelencia en Comunicación y Divulgación de las TIC (COETTC), Premio Europeo a la Gestión e Innovación Empresarial, Premio Científico Internacional QP, Premio Literario Serranía de Guadalajara, V Premio Internacional de Relato sobre Olivar, Premio Literario Amnistía Internacional, Premio de Poesía Margaritas para Debra, Premio Associació Cultural Amics de la Ràdio, Premio “Comunicación y Hombre” and a lot of awards. He is the principal researcher of the Research Group about Digital Journalism and Markerting and Broadband (UPF, UdG, URL and CECABLE) and Research Group about Innovative Monetization Systems on Journalism, Marketing and Tourism (UPF, UdG, URL and CECABLE) and collaborator as expert in mass media. He is the author of the worldwide blog leader in his scientic areas (http://www.telecomunicacionesyperiodismo.com/).