Innovation on Digital Media
- Grupos de investigación
- Humanities, Documentation and Comunication
- Innovation on Digital Media
- Group head:
- Manuel Goyanes
- Email:
- manuel.goyanes@uc3m.es
- Group web:
- Innovation Digital Media
Description
In this research group on media innovation in digital environments, we carry out 3 types of activities:
- In relation with the production of knowledge
- Design of research projects for competitive calls
- Participation in national and European research projects through competitive calls
- Research, analysis and consulting services for companies and institutions that request them
- In relation with the transfer of knowledge
- To an academic audience:
- Writing of papers to be published in indexed and ranked journal
- Presentation of communications in national and international conferences covering media innovation in digital environments
- To practitioners and a more general audience:
- Writing of shorter and more educational texts
- Visits to companies for training sessions previous order and remuneration commitment
- To an academic audience:
- In relation with future researchers' training:
- Direction of final degree projects related to media innovation on digital environments
- Direction of master's theses related to the issue
- Direction of Ph.D's theses related to the issue
Lines of research
· Exploration, adaptation, and development of research methods for studying communication processes, including the incorporation of techniques from other fields. The primary goal is to create, identify, evaluate, and systematize innovative methodological approaches that are useful for analyzing contemporary media problems. This line of research also focuses on developing rigorous methodological protocols that enable the solid and replicable application of such techniques in future studies. Additionally, it involves the critical adaptation of traditional methodologies to the study of current media phenomena, with special attention to the potential of methodological innovation in redefining objects of study, analytical models, and modes of knowledge production in the field of communication.
· Study of media theories, including those developed in related disciplines. Specifically, this research investigates the extent to which traditional theories continue to provide relevant interpretive frameworks for understanding current media processes and how they can contribute to a better understanding of contemporary problems. At the same time, this line promotes the critical analysis and application of emerging theories (both within and beyond the field of communication) in order to expand and enrich the conceptual framework through which media phenomena are addressed. In this regard, theoretical innovation is seen as a strategy for challenging dominant theoretical categories and fostering a more open and critical approach to communication.
· Research on the relationships between theories and research methods in communication, based on the assumption that theoretical models not only offer conceptual frameworks but also shape the design and application of methodological techniques used in empirical research. This line of work examines how classical and contemporary theories guide the construction of research objects, the formulation of research questions, the selection of methods, and the interpretation of findings. It also explores how methodological advances and theoretical transformations contribute to the development of the field, considering innovation not only as a driver of epistemological change but also as a specific object of study. This line further includes the transfer of best practices to professional contexts, aiming to provide interpretive frameworks and applied guidance in response to the emerging challenges of today’s communication landscape.
Contact email: research@uc3m.es