Daniela Jaramillo-Dent is Senior Research and Teaching Associate at the Media Change and Innovation Division at the University of Zurich. She is a digital media and communication scholar with international teaching and research expertise in creative, inclusive, and responsible AI, creator cultures, and social justice on digital platforms. Her research on minority creators and content creation practices on Instagram and TikTok has received awards at the national and European levels. She has also received awards for her teaching about digital inequalities and platforms. Her work has been published in journals such as New Media and Society, International Journal of Cultural Studies, International Journal of Communication, Social Media and Society, among others.
Currently, she serves as Student and Early Career Board Representative for the International Communication Association (ICA), Key Regional Leader of the TikTok Cultures Research Network at Curtin University, Australia, and Latin America Research Lead at the Inclusive AI Lab at Utrecht University, Netherlands.
Projects
The Media Competence of Instatubers
Instagramers and youtubers for the transmedia empowerment of Andalusian citizens.
Media in Action is a project in educator training in media literacy and storytelling.
Courses
University of Huelva
Qualitative content analysis, the walkthrough method, fieldnote taking and issues of positionality, reflexivity.
University of Huelva and International University of Andalusia
Social media formats and configurations, memes, social media languages and visibility.
Social media for higher education
UTPL (Ecuador)
Integration of social media languages and formats in higher education.
Research Seminar: Cultural Identities and New Media (Guest Lecture)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Discussed the study of culture on social media. Discussed methodological and theoretical issues with identifying and studying cultural issues on social media (immigrant creators on TikTok and Instagram)
Research seminar: Media and Migration (guest lecture)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Discussed my research on immigrant tiktokers and instagrammers discussing immigration, provided methodological and analytical insights and approaches.
Press
Contact
Daniela Jaramillo-Dent, PhD
Senior Research and Teaching Associate
djaramillod@gmail.com
Department of Media and Communication Research
Andreasstrasse 15
Room number: AND 3.40
8050 Zurich