Sandra Martorell

Sandra Martorell serves as a Professor in the Department of Audiovisual Communication, Documentation and History of Art at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and is affiliated with the DigiDoc Group for digital documentation research.

Her academic credentials include:

• Bachelor's degree in Audiovisual Communication
• Postgraduate degree in Artistic Production
• PhD in Cultural and Communication Industries (completed at UPV with academic stays at Pompeu Fabra University and Université Lumière Lyon II)
• Superior technician qualification in Artistic Photography from Barcelona's Serra i Abella School of Art and Superior Design

Her research investigates visual culture through digital media and visual narratives, examining photography's role in gender representation, pandemic communication, and environmental activism. Methodologically, she employs visual analysis frameworks to decode contemporary media phenomena across film, social platforms, and artistic production.

Publication analysis (2014-2022) reveals consistent interdisciplinary engagement with visual communication, spanning Twitter's pandemic parody accounts, Instagram environmental narratives, and cinematic memory reconstruction. Key thematic threads connect photographic techniques to cultural identity formation and digital platform dynamics.

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She actively contributes to the DigiDoc Group, focusing on digital documentation methodologies within UPV's research ecosystem.