Laia Castro Herrero

Laia Castro Herrero

                                                    Photo: John Flury

I am a senior research and teaching associate at the Department of Communication & Media Research at University of Zurich. My primary areas of research include Comparative Political Communication, Media Bias, Media Use and Effects, Political Attitudes and Behavior, Media Systems and Media Structures, and Interpersonal Communication. I hold a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from the University of Fribourg, and studied Political Science at University Pompeu Fabra (BA) and Political Communication and Marketing at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (MA). For more than seven years I have also worked as a political advisor and assistant at several Catalan institutions. 

You can also see my cv in here and visit my profile at UniZurich.

Peer-reviewed articles

(with Nir, L., Skovsgaard, M.)
Political Communication
Winnner of the Best Paper Award for the ICA Political Communication division (2017)

(with Hopmann, D.N., Engesser, S.)
East European Politics & Societies 

(with Büchel, F., Humprecht, E., Engesser, S., Brüggemann, M.)
The International Journal of Press/Politics

(with Brüggemann, M., Engesser, S., Büchel, F., Humprecht, E.)
Journal of Communication

My coauthors

Davor Marko
Teaching

Spring semester 2018 Seminar with Prof. Frank Esser "Internationale Mediensysteme - Aktuelle Trends" (BA Degree, University of Zurich)

Spring semester 2018 Research seminar with Dr. Edda Humprecht "Fake News, Bots & Trolls: Politische Kommunikation im Netz" (Master Degree, University of Zurich)

Fall semester 2017 Lecture with Prof. Manuel Puppis "Comparing Media Landscapes" (Master Degree, University of Fribourg)

Spring semester 2017 Seminar with Prof. Manuel Puppis "Media Industries: Between Culture and Commerce" (Master Degree, University of Fribourg)

Fall semester 2016 Lecture with Prof. Manuel Puppis "Comparing Media Landscapes" (Master Degree, University of Fribourg)

Spring semester 2016 Seminar with Prof. Manuel Puppis "Journalism in the 21st Century: Chronicle of a Death Foretold?" (Master Degree, University of Fribourg)

Fall semester 2015 Lecture with Prof. Manuel Puppis "Comparing Media Landscapes" (Master Degree, University of Fribourg)

Spring semester 2015 Lecture with Prof. Manuel Puppis "Media Systems & Media Structures" (Master Degree, University of Fribourg)

Fall semester 2014 Seminar with Prof. Manuel Puppis "Mr. Gates Isn't Calling the Shots Anymore: The Influence of News Organizations and Routines on Journalism" (Master Degree, University of Fribourg)

Spring semester 2014 Lecture with Prof. Manuel Puppis "Media Systems & Media Structures" (Master Degree, University of Fribourg)

Fall semester 2013 Seminar with Prof. Manuel Puppis "Media Crisis - Policy Solutions?" (Master Degree, University of Fribourg)

Activities and Memberships

Member of ICA
Member of ECREA
Member of SGKM
Member of GISME

Reviewer for International Journal of Press/Politics, International Journal of Communication, Media and Communication, Studies in Communication Sciences, the Political Communication Section of ECREA, ICA and SGKM.




Subpages (1): Contact