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 research and teaching expertise in the fields of creative AI, digital media, identity, culture and social justice. Her research has explored AI and creativity, algorithmic (in)visibility, minority representation and inequality in digital platforms. She has contributed to research projects at the local, national and European levels. Daniela has international teaching experience in digital inequality, creator cultures, creative AI, as well as research methods and media literacy and has led teaching innovation projects and training workshops for innovative teaching in Higher Education. She has received awards at the local and European levels for her research on minority creators and content creation practices on Instagram and TikTok. She is a Key Regional Leader of the TikTok Cultures Research Network and Creative AI Field Lead for Latin America at the InclusiveAI Lab.
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