Veronica Israel Turim

• PhD
• Academic coordinator Professor and Researcher at Ramon Llull University

Climate change has been identified as the greatest challenge facing humanity.In this research we sought to find out the extent to which teenagers use socialmedia to stay informed about the climate emergency and sustainability. Westudied the case of 98 teenagers, examining what types of content they view onInstagram and Tik Tok, and which accounts t...

The media often limit religious coverage to reporting on statements, appointments, opinions, and activities, ignoring in-depth treatment and emphasizing negative news. Media, rather than helping to combat prejudice and promote understanding between communities, have contributed to fuelling intolerance towards religious communities. This study aims...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, online media were the most widely used sources of scientific information. Often, they are also the only ones on science-related topics. Research has shown that much of the information available on the Internet about the health crisis lacked scientific rigor, and that misinformation about health issues can pose a threat...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, online media were the most widely used source of scientific information. Often, they are also the only ones on science-related topics. Research has shown that much of the information available on the Internet about the health crisis lacked scientific rigor and that misinformation about health issues can pose a threat t...

Digital platforms have transformed the influence streams among media, journalists, politicians and the citizenship, as well as concerning gatekeeping and agenda setting (Guo and Vargo, 2017; Wallace, 2018; Casero-Ripollés, 2021). Nonetheless, homophilic tendencies among power groups continue to be reproduced online (McPherson, Smith-Lovin and Cook,...

Political communication has undergone transformations since the advent of digital networks, but do these new platforms promote interactivity and a public sphere with a more democratic political debate or do they function as echo chambers of the elites? In this research, we study the accounts that Spanish politicians started following on Twitter fro...

The digital sphere and social media platforms have prompted new logics regarding information access and influence flows among media, politicians, and citizens. In this exploratory study, via a machine learning software and with data visualization methods, we analyzed social media data in order to find patterns that can contribute to comprehend the...

Social media is transforming Journalism, fading the traditional media and political information access monopoly. In order to discern the new dynamics among Media Directors in relation to other influence groups such as politicians, media and the Citizenship, we searched for patterns via a Machine Learning software to explore big data we then analyze...

Having fun and buying goods. For the young people of the world between 18 and 25, these are their main concerns on social media, as demonstrated by this study, which aims to identify the interests of global youth and also to unveil religion’s place in this generation (Lim and Parker, 2020; Tilleczek and Campbell, 2019). The role of values and educa...

En esta investigación analizamos las transformaciones que se han dado en el sector audiovisual con las plataformas de Streaming/Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) y hemos indagado en las implicaciones y características de las recomendaciones algorítmicas y el uso de big data para prescribir cultura. Ahondamos en quiénes realizan estas recomendacio...