Dolors Palau-Sampio is an Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Valencia (Spain). Prior to her academic career, she worked as a journalist for nine years. She holds a PhD in Journalism from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Extraordinary Doctorate Award). A member of the Mediaflows Research Group, her research focuses on journalistic genres and styles, narrative and digital journalism, quality journalism and accountability. She has also been visitor researcher at several universities in France, United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, Chile, Argentina and Peru. Moreover, she has participated in the Erasmus+ Programme, teaching at the Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa (Portugal) and Sapienza Università di Roma (Italy). She has also participated in several funded research projects. Currently, she is Vice-dean of Communication and Participation in the Faculty of Philology, Translation and Communication.
Laura Iannelli is Associate Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the Department of Economics and Business of the University of Sassari. Her main research interests pertain to the relations between political communication, participation, and civic cultures in contemporary media ecosystems. She authored diverse publications, including two monographs: “Hybrid Politics. Media and Participation” (Sage, 2016) and “Facebook & co. Sociologia dei social media” (Guerini, 2010). She is the Principal Investigator of the national project "I-POLHYS. Investigating Polarization in Hybrid media System", funded by the Italian Ministry of University. Her work has been published in international journals such as iCS-Information, Communication & Society, Social Science Computer Review, Current Sociology, Social Media + Society, International Journal of Cultural Studies. She is one of the editorial board’s members of the scientific journals: iCS – Information, Communication & Society, Social Media+Society, and Polis.