María Luisa Humanes Humanes

María Luisa Humanes Humanes is a Professor at Rey Juan Carlos University's Faculty of Communication Sciences (Department of Communication Sciences and Spanish Language), where she specializes in Audiovisual Communication and Advertising. She also teaches at Complutense University of Madrid. She holds a PhD in Information Sciences from Complutense University of Madrid (1997) and postgraduate training in applied social research from Spain's Center for Sociological Research. She previously held positions at the University of Salamanca (1997-2003) and Complutense University of Madrid (1996-1997). She served as Director of the Department of Communication Sciences II and participated in the European Higher Education Area reform committee. She is currently a member of the Scientific Policy Committee of the Spanish Association of Higher Education Institutions (AE-IC).

Her research explores:

• Journalistic role performance and professional autonomy
• Media agenda-setting and framing in political communication
• Cross-national comparisons of media systems
• Digital platform impacts on news content
• Professional cultures in journalism

Her publications demonstrate a consistent focus on journalistic practices in Spain and Latin America, with methodological emphasis on longitudinal content analysis and cross-cultural comparisons. Recent work examines digital journalism transitions and journalistic role performance across 37 countries.

Honors include:

• Three consecutive six-year research productivity recognitions from Spain's National Council of the Autonomous University of Madrid (CNEAI) covering 1997-2016

She has not supervised doctoral students in the current program. No information about research grants or laboratory affiliations is available in the provided texts.