**About the Editors**

**Bel ´en Puebla-Mart´ınez** is Porfessor in Comunication at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. PhD in Communication Sciences from the URJC. Master's degree in Communication and socio-cultural problems. Degree in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication from the same university. Principal Researcher of the Consolidated Research Group "Innovation in Innovation, Education and Communication of the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, (INECO). Principal Researcher of the NODOS Teaching Innovation Group. Director of the scientific journal Index.comunicacion indexed in different ´ evaluation systems and scientific databases. She is a specialist in the study of analytical research methods in social communication and innovative didactics, in the study of Spanish television fiction, in the history of the media, especially in press and television, among other lines of research.

**Jorge Gallardo-Camacho** is a Professor at the School of Communication and Humanities of the Camilo Jose Cela University, where he directs the BA program in Audiovisual Communication and ´ New Media. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Malaga and an MBA in Television Enterprises from the University of Salamanca. He has 20 years of teaching and research experience. His research areas are audiences, social media, and new media. He also works as Director of news shows in Antena 3 Noticias (Spain).

**Carmen Marta-Lazo** is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the University of Zaragoza (Spain). She is Director of Unizar Radio station and Director Entremedios Digital Platform. She is Main Researcher in Digital Communication and Information Research Group (GICID), that forms part Government of Aragon (S29 20R). She is Co-editor in chief of Mediterranean Journal of Communication. She was part of the project "E-learning, communication and Open Data: Mobile, massive and ubiquitous learning", as coordinator in the partner of the University of Zaragoza. She has conducted numerous scientific forums related to her research lines, based on Media Education, Digital Competence and screen consumptions and interactions.

**Luis Miguel Romero-Rodr´ıguez** is a Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences and Sociology of the Rey Juan Carlos University. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Huelva and a MSc. in Social Communication from the University of Almeria. He has been awarded the extraordinary Ph.D. award by the University of Huelva and the Roblon de ´ Comunicacion prize for the emerging researcher of 2020. His areas of research interest are hate speech, ´ social control, disinformation, and digital media.
