Andrea Rosales is Associated Professor, at the Communication Studies of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, in topics related to big data, data analytics, and data visualization in social media. Her research focuses on the challenges of datafied societies. The impact of stereotypes and design biases on automated, algorithm-based decisions. And how it impacts data justice and power distribution particularly, but not only, regarding age-based discrimination (ageism). How automated decisions deprioritize, disregard or disempower minorities and disadvantaged collectives by not considering their values, interests, and habits.
Contact: arosalescl (at) uoc (dot) edu
Current projects:
- Dissimilar
- Emotional robots
- Ageism in the era of datafication
- Older audiences in the digital media environment: A cross-national longitudinal study
- Longitudinal analysis of smartphone usage
- COVID-19: Technology, Social Connections, Loneliness & Leisure Activities
Finished projects:
- BConnect @home
- ACT Project
- Ageism and social media through the lens of Media ideologies
- Grannies on the Net: Barcelona and Cali
- Smartwatches, adoption(s) and appropriation(s)
- Wearable Sounds
- Playful Accessories
- Worthplay Digital Games for Active and Positive Ageing
- Life 2.0: Geographical Positioning Services to Support Independent Living and Social Interaction of Elderly People
Recent Publications
Andrea Rosales and Daniel Blanche Tarrago (2021). Explicit and Implicit Intergenerational Digital Literacy Dynamics: How Families Contribute to Overcome the Digital Divide of Grandmothers. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 20(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/15350770.2021.1921651
Scopus, Citescore 1.0, 2019, 53%, #573/1243 in Sociology and Political Science
Andrea Rosales and Jakob Svensson (2021). Perceptions of age in contemporary tech. Nordicom Review, 41, 79–91.
Open Access, Scopus, Citescore 1.2, 2019, 58%, 160/387 in Communication
Andrea Rosales and Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol. (2020) «Ageism in the era of digital platforms», Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856520930905
Open Access, JCR IF 1.714, (2018) Q2, 42/92, in Communication
Francesca Comunello, Andrea Rosales, Simone Mulargia, Francesca Ieracitano, Francesca Belotti, Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol. (2020) «‘Youngsplaining’ and moralistic judgments: exploring ageism through the lens of digital ‘media ideologies’», Ageing & Society. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X20001312.
JCR IF 1.768, (2019), Q2 17/36, in Gerontology
Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol, Francesca Belotti, Francesca Ieracitano, Simone Mulargia, Andrea Rosales, Francesca Comunello. (2020) “’I Do It My Way’: Idioms of Practice and Digital Media Ideologies of Adolescents and Older Adults”, New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820959298
JCR IF 94.02, (2019), Q1 6/92, in Communication
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