Ivan Lacasa-MasUniversity of Texas at Austin | UT · Moody College of Communication
Ivan Lacasa-Mas
Doctor of Journalism and Media Communication
Associate Professor at UIC Barcelona & Visiting Scholar at the Moody College of Communication (UT Austin)
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Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC Barcelona)
Position
- Associate Professor
Education
September 2003 - June 2007
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Field of study
- Communication Studies
September 1990 - June 1995
Universitat de Barcelona
Field of study
- Philosophy
Publications
Publications (33)
This study explores the role of the news-finds-me (NFM) perception-the belief that people can be well-informed without actively seeking news due to their social networks-in fostering social media users' inaccurate beliefs about COVID-19. Findings from a US national survey (N = 1003) suggest that NFM perception is positively associated with belief i...
This study measures the consumer-based brand equity (CBBE) of news firms in Catalonia (Spain). The aim is to determine the dimensions of news media brands that are most important to their audiences. We surveyed more than 15,000 readers of two legacy and three native online brands. We conducted an array of exploratory factor analyses (EFAs) and conf...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been growing concerns about conspiracy theories across the globe. Especially in the United States, conspiratorial narratives have been promoted by political figures and moved to public discourse from the fringe, shaping public opinion and hampering preventive measures. This study examines a host of political...
En un mercado afectado por la desinformación, las fake news y la polarización política, el conocimiento que el público conserva de las marcas tradicionales y la confianza que les merecen algunos profesionales del periodismo constituyen ventajas competitivas. La producción de contenidos de calidad, la honestidad sobre las líneas editoriales y la dif...
Media trust is at near-record lows, arguably lowering news consumption, threatening the viability of journalism, and increasing citizen polarization. In examining the causes of low media trust, researchers often look at intrinsic audience factors rather than audience perceptions of journalism—in particular, documenting media trust's strong inverse...
This article analyzes select opera films produced during the 20th and 21st centuries by international opera houses in order to determine whether, when the diegesis of these films is recreated, there is also an attempt made for the films to reflect the conventions of operatic performance. We performed content analysis of the end of the first act in...
Durante más de cien años, la industria de la ópera ha utilizado la atracción que los divos han provocado en el cine y los medios de comunicación para ampliar sus audiencias. Tras la digitalización, el mercado global de las retransmisiones de ópera en los cines ha replanteado la función que para este género musical tienen tanto los medios digitales...
This article provides a validated scale to measure one of the main competitive advantages of news media firms: consumer-based brand equity (CBBE). A survey of 1175 readers was undertaken. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to analyse the dimensions deployed in the latent CBBE construct, which was examined as a third-order factor composed of func...
This research investigates how personality strength, news engagement, and news consumption influence engagement on Reddit, an environment that affords varying degrees of anonymity and is known to paradoxically host toxic and supportive communities. Using a survey of Redditors, findings suggest women are less likely to comment and post but are equal...
Based on a sample of articles published by The New York Times in 2017 covering three important political issues, this research quantifies the number of tweets that end being used as journalistic sources. With the president of the United States, Donald Trump, as the main protagonist, the results point to the fact that Twitter statements are consolid...
Grounded in Giddens’ structuration theory and using Bourdieu’s analytical tools this paper argues that Karl Bücher’s launch of Europe’s first communication department at Leipzig University in 1916 had a structural impact on the discipline’s development across the continent, which goes far beyond content or citations. The evaluation of the literatur...
Professor Maxwell McCombs is a widely known authority in Journalism. Much of his historical and intellectual background, as well as his contribution to journalism and political communication, is found in this interview, done in 22–23 May 2017 in Austin (Texas) by two qualified interviewers: a corporate communications professional, and a professor o...
This chapter seeks to clarify the way in which media companies can create value in a digital context and maintain the competitive advantage that the strength of their brand gives them. Based on a literature review, we have identified some of the possible strategies and tools to manage the brand value of media companies. These strategies and tools a...
Este artículo estudia filmaciones de ópera de los siglos XX y XXI, con el fin de identificar si el lenguaje que utilizan se acerca más a las convenciones teatrales de las artes escénicas propias del vivo o a las de los medios audiovisuales. Metodología: Hemos realizado un exhaustivo análisis de contenido del final del primer acto de 29 versiones fi...
Trotz günstiger Strukturziffern der spanischen Kommunikationswissenschaft besteht weiter Spielraum, um sie im Rahmen der Universität besser aufzustellen. Auf den folgenden Seiten werden die Vergangenheit und die Gegenwart dieser Disziplin in Spanien durchlaufen, um zu zeigen, dass eine Asymmetrie zwischen der institutionellen und der intellektuelle...
Después de diez años, el cine y la ópera han consolidado un espectáculo en expansión global. Tras haber definido, en el año 2012, las características tecnológicas y comerciales que convertían estas retransmisiones en productos audiovisuales sostenibles, nuestro interés se centra ahora en conocer cuáles son las propiedades identitarias que, tras una...
Las marcas periodísticas encuentran en las plataformas digitales una gran oportunidad de mantener y aumentar el valor que tienen. Solo una minoría de empresas informativas tradicionales ha desarrollado estrategias de gestión de ese valor. Cuando las extensiones digitales no son coherentes con las marcas madre, pueden diluir su imagen y acabar siend...
Las empresas de prensa han extendido sus marcas gracias a las oportunidades de distribucion de contenidos que los nuevos medios les ofrecen. El valor de sus marcas constituye su principal ventaja competitiva. Sin embargo, la mayoria de ellas no gestionan ese activo. Se analiza por un lado la literatura sobre gestion de marca en empresas de prensa y...
From the perspective of the sociology of science, this paper explains why the German communication scholar Gerhard Maletzke (1922-2010) could not fulfill his dream of becoming a professor, despite the success of his ideas in relation to the theories of many of the scholars of his time. We have evaluated the scientific work of Maletzke, biographical...
En no pocos paises se viene discutiendo acerca del peligro democratico que supone una fragmentacion del uso de los medios periodisticos. Al estudiar ese fenomeno, la academia ha centrado su atencion en los ciudadanos, en detrimento de aquellos sujetos que, por pertenecer a la clase politica, tienen una mayor capacidad de decision e influencia. Grac...
In many countries scholars have discussed about the danger for the democracy posed by the fragmentation of the use of news media. In their study of this phenomenon, they have focused their attention on the citizens, to the detriment of the members of the political class. Thanks to a survey of members of the Catalan Parliament we have seen that poli...
In the XXI century, art industries aim to reach younger and wider audiences. Driven by this aspiration and immersed in the new digital era, opera has decided to base its strategy to approach larger audiences on audiovisual communication and education. This article discusses how these two lines of action are taking shape and questions if in its rela...
The opera industry wants to renew its audience and has undertaken several strategies based on digitalization and audiovisual broadcasting to achieve it. In order to attract and create a stronger bond with new audiences, it is exploring different ways to update its information policy and modernize its image. By means of Internet, it has managed to g...
Las cabeceras de prensa tradicionales se encuentran en la fase inicial de un proceso convergente que les conduce hacia una distribución multiplataforma de contenidos. Tras el análisis de los resultados de una encuesta realizada a más de 3.500 lectores de LaVanguardia que habitualmente leen tanto la edición impresa como la digital, concluimos que la...
Gracias a una encuesta realizada a más de 3.500 lectores de LaVanguardia.com, el presente artículo sostiene que lo que ha movido a buena parte de ellos a adoptar la lectura de la edición digital no son tanto las especificidades que diferencian a la plataforma on-line, como la confianza que han depositado en su marca periodística. El análisis de los...
En el siglo XXI el cine, inmerso en un proceso de fidelización y atracción de públicos, explora estrategias de negocio en el sector de la exhibición. La ópera, sumida en un proceso de apertura social, utiliza los medios de comunicación para expandir sus horizontes más allá de los teatros. Del encuentro de ambos procesos surge la ópera en cines como...
Dieser Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit den institutionellen Ursprüngen der Zeitungswissenschaft in Deutschland. Dabei werden die Ergebnisse einer größer angelegten Studie über die Vorgängerdisziplin der Kommunikationswissenschaft zusammenfassend vorgestellt. Im Mittelpunkt steht eine Analyse der Schriften von Karl d’Ester, Emil Dovifat und Erich Evert...