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Doctoral Programme in Contemporary Communication and Information

Modality
In-person
Branch of knowledge
Social and Legal Sciences
School(s)
International PhD School
Avenida das Ciencias, 6, 15782
Santiago de Compostela
Campus
Santiago de Compostela
Contact
pd.comunicacion@usc.es

This doctorate course on Contemporary Communication and Information offers university training with a high degree of specialisation to respond to the academic and scientific needs derived from the different lines of research linked to Journalism and Audiovisual Communication.

  • Duration: 3 academic years
    RUCT code: 5600691
    Seats number: 15

    Title coordinator:
    Jose Soengas Perez
    jose.soengas@usc.es

    Coordinator university:
    University of Santiago de Compostela

    Partaker universities:
    University of Santiago de Compostela

    Xunta de Galicia title implantation authorization date:
    21/01/2014

    BOE publication date:
    11/03/2014

    Last accreditation date:
    01/03/2022

    ISCED codes:
    (321) Periodismo
    (310) Ciencias sociales y del comportamiento
    (0321) Periodismo y comunicación

    El Doctorado en Comunicación e Información Contemporánea ofrece una formación universitaria con un alto nivel de especialización para atender las necesidades académicas y científicas que se derivan de las diferentes líneas de investigación vinculadas al Periodismo y a la Comunicación Audiovisual. La principal finalidad de este Doctorado es garantizar un aprendizaje que satisfaga las exigencias de los alumnos que realizaron el grado en Periodismo o en Comunicación Audiovisual, y también en otras titulaciones, principalmente de Ciencias Sociales, y que desean continuar su formación investigadora. Se trata de un programa que ofrece múltiples opciones de especialización a través de líneas de trabajo ya consolidadas, explorando los lenguajes y las posibilidades informativas y comunicativas de los diferentes formatos y soportes.

    Se apuesta por una formación altamente cualificada y por un conocimiento vinculado al intercambio científico permanente a través de los convenios que existen con universidades de referencia europeas y americanas, que ya colaboran con los grupos de investigación que participan en el programa de Doctorado.

    The main objective of the Doctorate is to guarantee learning that satisfies the demands of students with a degree in Journalism or Audiovisual Communication and other degrees, namely related to Social Sciences, and who would like to further their research training. It is a programme that offers multiple specialisation options through already consolidated lines of work, exploring the languages and the informational and communicative possibilities offered by the different formats and mediums. The programme relies on highly qualified training and on knowledge linked to permanent scientific exchange through the agreements existing with European and American reference universities that already collaborate with the research groups that participate in the doctoral programme.

  • Access without the need to take supplementary training courses:

    Students from official master's degrees with research output that offer exclusive content of Journalism, Audiovisual Communication and Publicity and Public Relations.

    Students with the DEA degree obtained through the specific programs of Audiovisual Communication, Journalism or Advertising and Public Relations.

    Students with related degrees:

    It will be considered related to all master's degrees with research output from the large area of Social Sciences, except those specific to Journalism, Audiovisual Communication or Publicity and Public Relations.

    The Academic Committee will evaluate each case individually to determine the obligatory nature of pursuing a complementary training itinerary through the passing of specific communication subjects (up to 15 ECTS credits) that can be chosen from the offer included in the Master's in Journalism and Communication: New Trends in Knowledge Production, Management and Dissemination offered at the USC. This decision will be based on the training framework report (Master's or Diploma of Advanced Studies), as well as on the subjects taken by the students within the programmes completed. Special attention will be paid to the competencies acquired by the candidates in specific subjects from the field of communication..

    Other profiles:

    In the case of profiles different to the above, the Academic Committee will determine the specific supplementary training in communication to be taken. This supplementary training will be chosen from the compulsory offer in the Master's offer in Journalism and Communication: New Trends in Production, Management and Dissemination of Knowledge by the USC.

    International students:

    Students with an unaccredited foreign degree can apply for admission to doctoral studies provided they can certify a level of studies equal to the Spanish official University Master's Degree and authorises the holder to access Doctoral level studies in the issuing country. This admission will under no circumstances entail the accreditation of the previous degree nor its recognition for purposes other than to access these courses.

  • Points for each merit are evaluated by the committee in the following way:

    1. Academic transcript:70%
    2. Curriculum: 30%
  • Seminario métodos de investigación cualitativos

    • E3021A01

    Seminario métodos de investigación cuantitativos

    • E3021A02

    Seminario métodos de investigación aplicados a la comunicación

    • E3021A03

    Divulgación de resultados científicos

    • E3021A05

    Análisis y visualización de datos

    • E3021A06
  • El Doctorado en Comunicación e Información Contemporánea ofrece una formación universitaria con un alto nivel de especialización para atender las necesidades académicas y científicas que se derivan de las diferentes líneas de investigación vinculadas al Periodismo y a la Comunicación Audiovisual. La principal finalidad de este Doctorado es garantizar un aprendizaje que satisfaga las exigencias de los alumnos que realizaron el grado en Periodismo o en Comunicación Audiovisual, y también en otras titulaciones, principalmente de Ciencias Sociales, y que desean continuar su formación investigadora. Se trata de un programa que ofrece múltiples opciones de especialización a través de líneas de trabajo ya consolidadas, explorando los lenguajes y las posibilidades informativas y comunicativas de los diferentes formatos y soportes.

    Se apuesta por una formación altamente cualificada y por un conocimiento vinculado al intercambio científico permanente a través de los convenios que existen con universidades de referencia europeas y americanas, que ya colaboran con los grupos de investigación que participan en el programa de Doctorado.

  • The main objective of this Masters degree is to train professionals and researchers in aquaculture; professionals with a solid recognised training at job level and researchers whose training allows them to carry out their research, with cutting-edge technologies, while keeping abreast of problems in production processing.

  • Title Reading date Authorship Direction
    Media literacy in the Spanish public broadcasters 20/03/2025 Virginia Oya Alcalá
    Analysis of political communication on the social network X in Spain and Portugal 10/01/2025 Juan Estraviz Portela Jose Sixto Garcia
    Artificial intelligence, innovation, and new technologies in public and private media Mención doctorado internacional, Tesis por compendio de publicaciones 08/11/2024 César Fieiras Ceide Jose Miguel Tuñez Lopez
    THE PORTRAYAL AND STEREOTYPING OF EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION IN CINEMA: AN ANALYSIS OF THE SPANISH CASE (1990-2022) 13/02/2025 Ikhlass Chetouani Marta Perez Pereiro
    The cinematographic production of feature films and fiction series in the Northern Region of Portugal - subsidies for a study on practices, strategies and sustainability 14/02/2025 José Manuel De Oliveira Quinta Ferreira
    Twitter Public and Digital Diplomacy by The United States in Saudi Arabia 17/01/2025 Hussain Abdu A Najmi Jose Sixto Garcia
  • Coordinator
    Jose Soengas Perez

    Secretary
    Jose Sixto Garcia

    Vowels
    Berta Garcia Orosa
    Enrique Castello Mayo
    Antia Maria Lopez Gomez
    Ana Isabel Rodriguez Vazquez
    Marta Perez Pereiro
    Jose Miguel Tuñez Lopez
    Xose Lopez Garcia
    Alba Silva Rodriguez
    Jorge Vázquez Herrero

The contents of this page were updated on 09.22.2023.