Javier J. Amores

Dr. Javier J. Amores

Sociology and Communication, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Castille-Leon, Spain
+1
orcid
Postdoctoral researcher

Biography

Javier J. Amores is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Communications of the Catholic University of Chile (UC), and member of the Audiovisual Content Observatory (OCA) of the University of Salamanca (Spain). Previously he has also been a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Salamanca and the University of Milan (Italy), and completed a four-month research stay at the Media Informatics Laboratory, attached to the School of Journalism and Mass Communications of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). Javier holds a Master's Degree in Audiovisual Communication Research with Extraordinary Award, and a PhD (cum laude) in Communication Sciences with Extraordinary Award by the University of Salamanca. His dissertation won the first award from the Spanish Association of Universities with Degrees in Information and Communication Sciences (ATIC), for the best doctoral thesis in these fields in Spain. Javier has participated in more than 20 national and international funded research projects (including 4 funded by the European Commission), and has published more than 35 academic publications in the fields of communication, information and social sciences. He has also presented more than 40 papers at national and international scientific conferences and has been invited as a speaker in over 25 academic events, including conferences, seminars, and workshops.

Affiliations

Universidad de Salamanca

Salamanca, Castille-Leon, Spain

Sociology and Communication

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile

Journalism

Honors and Awards

honor

First ATIC Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis in Information and Communication Sciences in Spain

Spanish Association of Universities with Information and Communication Degrees

honor

Extraordinary Master’s Degree Award for Academic Excellence

Universidad de Salamanca

honor

Extraordinary Doctoral Award for Academic Excellence

Universidad de Salamanca

Experience

Post Doctoral Researcher

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

01 Jan 2025 - present

University Lecturer

Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

01 Sep 2024 - 01 Dec 2024

Post Doctoral Researcher

Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

01 Sep 2023 - 01 Sep 2024

Post Doctoral Researcher

Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

01 Jun 2022 - 01 Sep 2023

Pre Doctoral Researcher

Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

01 Sep 2018 - 01 Jun 2022

Pre Doctoral Researcher

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloníki, Greece

01 Aug 2021 - 01 Dec 2021