Department: Information and Communication Sciences Department

Unit: Culture, creativity, social justice, critical thinking, humanities

Research group: MEDIACCIONS Critical studies in culture, design and networked communication

Email: gsan_cornelio@uoc.edu

Doctor by the Universitat Politècnica de València with the thesis Cartografías de la identidad seis itinerarios para la reflexión en torno a la práctica artística y comunicativa en la era digital 2003. Supervised by Dr. Eulalia Adelantado Mateu.

Gemma San Cornelio's research activity focuses on studying creative forms of digital media: aesthetics and visual culture in digital environments. Her main research focus is the study of images and narratives generated by users in social networks on the internet, based on the articulation of identity and storytelling, and more recently in forms of activism and social mobilization using social media. She is interested in participatory creation processes, exploration and innovation in research methods and the bridge that links creativity and aesthetics in contemporary societies. She is the coordinator of the Mediaccions (critical studies in culture, design and networked communication) research group at the UOC.