Daniel Aranda Juarez

Professor Agregat Information and Communication Sciences Department

research is a key tool to build a sustainable future in a critical and responsible way.

Expert in::

  • Mass media
  • activism
  • communication
  • cultural consumption
  • media literacy
  • youth
  • health promotion
  • information society
  • videogames
Research group
GAME
Area
Social sciences
Area of specialization
Network society, Education and ICT, Creativity and Digital Culture, Digital health,
Membership Center
Faculties
UNESCO codes:
6301, 580101, 630607

ODS:

  • 4 - Quality education
  • 10 - Reduced inequalities
  • 16 - Peace, justice and strong institutions
Researcher Daniel Aranda's R&I work focuses on the study of the forms of consumption, cultural practices and social dynamics related to digital entertainment and leisure.
 
He holds a doctoral degree in Audiovisual Communication and is an associate professor with the Faculty of Information and Communication Sciences at the UOC. Between 2014 and 2017, he was co-editor of the scientific journal Anàlisi. Quaderns de comunicació i cultura. He has published several articles and books on cultural consumption and numerous works on the digital leisure time of young people and adolescents. He is the author of Game & Play. Diseño y análisis del juego, el jugador y el sistema lúdico (2015), Ludoliteracy: Informe sobre la alfabetización mediática en el juego digital. Experiencias en Europa (2015), El impacto de lo digital en la comunicación y las relaciones de los adolescentes (2015), El juego digital e Internet como ecosistema lúdico. Jerarquía de medios para el entretenimiento y alfabetizaciones emergentes (2014), WIP Spain 2013: Las culturas de Internet. Estudio comparado sobre usos, percepciones y actitudes (2014), and Fanáticos. La cultura Fan (2013).
 
He is a member of the UOC's Learning, Media and Entertainment (GAME) research group.