Núria Almiron Roig (born 1967 in Sabadell)[1] is a Catalan researcher who specializes in communication and power relations. Since 2008, she has been a professor in the Department of Communication at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and was previously a professor at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).
Núria Almiron | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1967 |
| Nationality | Catalan |
| Education | Bachelor's Degree in Information Science and Political Science |
| Alma mater | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Occupation(s) | University Professor and Researcher |
| Website | www |
Her main research topics include the political economy of communication,[2] the ethics of mediation, interest groups, critical animal studies, and environmental ethics from a non-speciesist perspective.[3][4][5] She is co-founder and co-director of the UPF-Centre for Animal Ethics[6][7] and a member of the CRITIC research group at UPF.
She has previously worked as a political scientist and as a journalist specializing in ICTs, and has researched financial crime.[8][9]
Selected works
edit- Almiron, N. (Ed.) (2024): Animal Suffering and Public Relations. The Ethics of Persuasion in the Animal Industrial Complex. London: Routledge.
- Freeman, C.P., and Almiron, N. (Eds.) (2022): Communication in Defense of Nonhuman Animals During and Extinction and Climate Crisis. Basel: MDPI.
- Almiron, N., and Xifra, J. (2021): Repensar los Think tanks. Expertos vs Impostores / Rethinking Think Tanks. Experts vs Impostors". Zaragoza: Prensa Universitaria de Zaragoza.
- Khazaal, N., and Almiron, N. (Eds.) (2021): 'Like an Animal'. Critical Animal Studies Approaches to Borthers, Displacement and Others. Leiden: Brill.
- Albornoz, L. A., Segovia, A. I, and Almiron, N. (2020): Grupo Prisa. Media Power in Contemporary Spain. New York: Routledge.
- Almiron, N., and Xifra, Jordi. (Eds.) (2020): Climate Change Denial and Public Relations. Strategic Communication and Interest Groups in Climate Inaction. New York: Routledge.
- Almiron, N., Cole, M., and Freeman, C.P. (Eds.) (2016): Critical Animal and Media Studies. New York: Routledge.
- Coderch, M. and Almiron, N. (2011): Il miraggio nucleare. Perché l’energia nucleare non è la soluzione ma parte del problema. Milan: Bruno Mondadori.
- Almiron, N. (2010): Journalism in Crisis. Corporate Media and financialization. Cresskill NJ: Hampton Press.
- Coderch, M. and Almiron, N. (2010): El miratge nuclear. Barcelona: Llibres de l’Índex.
- Coderch, M. and Almiron, N. (2008): El espejismo nuclear. Por qué la energía nuclear no es la solución, sino parte del problema. Barcelona: Los libros del Lince.
- Almiron, N. and Jarque, J.M. (2008): El mito digital. Barcelona: Anthropos.
- Almiron, N. (2003): Juicio al Poder. El pulso del Santander a la justicia en el mayor fraude fiscal de la democracia. Madrid: Temas de Hoy.
- Almiron, N. (2002): Los amos de la globalización. Internet y poder en la era de la información. Barcelona: Plaza i Janés.
- Almiron, N. (2002): Els amos de la globalització. Internet i poder a l’era de la informació. Barcelona: Rosa dels Vents.
- Almiron, N. (2001): De Vannevar Bush a la WWW. Una genealogia de la humanització de les tecnologies de la informació: els pares de la interfíce humana. València: Ediciones 3 y 4.
- Almiron, N. (2000): Cibermillonarios. La Burbuja de Internet en España. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta.
References
edit- ^ Gordillo, Saül (2004). Sobirania.cat. Creat. p. 167.
- ^ Quirós, Fernando (2011). "Book Review of 'Journalism in crisis: Corporate Media and Financialization' by N. Almirón" (PDF). Quaderns del CAC 36. XIV (1): 133–134.
- ^ "Veganos, la dieta pacifista". La Vanguardia. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ "El movimiento vegano y sus raíces". La Vanguardia. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ "El maltrato animal en los medios". Catalunya Vanguardista. 2015.
- ^ "Nace el primer 'think tank' en ética animal de España". La Vanguardia. 2015.
- ^ "Es crea el primer "Think tank" en Drets Animals". 2016.
- ^ "Crítica | Los dueños invisibles de la era digital". EL PAÍS. 2003.
- ^ Albornoz, Luis A. (2009). "Nuevos discursos para un viejo mito". TELOS.