Andrés Scherman (Journalist and MA in Sociology at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is a PhD candidate in Communication at Pompeu Fabra University and a professor at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Chile. His research interests include political participation, social media, immigration, environmentalism and youth participation. His research has been published in prestigious journals such as Political Communication, Journal of Communication, Social Media + Society and Journalism. Currently, Scherman is the principal investigator of the Fondecyt Regular N° 1210923 that studies the situation of immigrants in Chile and the co-investigator of a Fondecyt Regular that focuses on journalistic roles and Principal Investigator of the Millennium Nucleus Center for the Study of Politics, Public Opinion and Media in Chile.