Aitor Castañeda Zumeta: Presentation

Aitor Castañeda Zumeta

Presentation

Aitor Castañeda-Zumeta—St Sebastian (Spain) 1987—is a Ph.D doctor in Social Communication from the University of the Basque Country (officially UPV/EHU, 2018). He serves as an assistant professor to the Journalism Department of the University’s Social Science and Communication Faculty (GKZ/CSC) since 2019. The National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA, Spain) assessed him Contracted Lecturer in 2020.

Dr Castañeda-Zumeta’s research fields are visual storytelling, infography and graphic humor on the media. His career began in January 2013 at GKZ/CSC’s Audiovisual Communication & Advertising Department. Since then, he has published eight scientific papers in indexed journals—two of them in the Q1-2 (SJR) category. He also participated in 18 international conferences as speaker and manager. His h-index was 5 in January 2024 (GS).

Dr Castañeda-Zumeta started as a university lecturer in the curse 2016-17 (UPV/EHU). Since then, he has taught several subjects related to commercial, corporate and institutional communication, as well as marketing and informative writing. For his academic education, Castañeda-Zumeta collaborates with opinion articles in Basque and Spanish newspapers such as Argia [Light], Berria [New], El Correo [The Press] or El Confidencial Digital [The Digital Confidential]. 

This site shows Dr Castañeda-Zumeta’s last five years resume (2020-2023). To know more, see:

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Research projects

  • Member of the non-established research group HACIDA (Humor And Conflict In the Digital Age). University of Ghent (Flanders, Belgium), 2023-.
  • Research fellowship (January-April 2022) in IKER, Research Center for Basque Language and Texts (Campus of Bayonne, University of Pau and Adour Lands, France). UPV/EHU (MOV21/13).
  • Estudio ETA en los archivos nacionales del Reino Unido. UPV/EHU, 2022-2026 (PES22/83).
  • ETA en los archivos nacionales de Reino Unido e Irlanda. UPV/EHU, 2021-2023 (US21/02).
  • Nacionalismos y culturas políticas en el País Vasco en perspectiva comparada. UPV/EHU, 2021-2023 (GIU 20/02)
  • El nacionalismo vasco en perspectiva comparada. Identidad, imaginario colectivo, símbolos, héroes y lugares de memoria. UPV/EHU, 2019-2020 (PPGI 19/08).
  • El nacionalismo vasco en perspectiva comparada. Identidad, imaginario colectivo, símbolos, héroes y lugares de memoria. UPV/EHU, 2017-2020 (GIU 17/05).
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Research papers

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Books & chapters

  • Castañeda Zumeta, Aitor (2020). Kontsumoaren psikosoziologia eta marketina. Kontsumoaren barrunbetan zehar. EHU (Argitalpen Zerbitzua)
  • Castañeda Zumeta, Aitor (2019). Olariagaren Trantsizioa. Egin Egunkariaren eta Zakilixuten Jaiotzak. EHU (Argitalpen Zerbitzua)
  • Iturbe, Jacinto, Txurruka, Jesus Mari & Castañeda, Aitor (ed.) (2020). Amets bikoitza. Euskara zientifikotzea eta zientzia euskaratzea. Zientzia eta Teknologia Fakultatearen historia euskalduna. UPV/EHU (Editorial Service)

 

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Communications

  • Castañeda-Zumeta, Aitor (2022). "Gartxot. Del cómic a la gran pantalla", in Morales, Lucas: Imágenes en Movimiento, vol. II, Ediciones Idea, pp. 101-123.
  • Castañeda Zumeta, Aitor (2021). «Advertising Management in the Basque Online Press. Vocento and Noticias Groups», in Meso Ayerdi, Koldobika; Peña Fernandez, Simon & Larrondo Ureta, Ainara (eds.). Disinformation and credibility in the digital ecosystem. Proceedings of the XII International Conference on Online Journalism. UPV/EHU (Editorial Service), 51-112
  • Castañeda-Zumeta, Aitor, Peñafiel-Saiz, Carmen y Ronco-Lopez, Milagros (2021). «Este Virus Lo Paramos Unidos. Analysis of the advertising campaign of the Government of Spain againts coronavirus», in Herrero Gutierrez, Javier; Segarra Saavedra, Jesus & Hidalgo Mari, Tatiana (coords.). Influencias y Consecuencias de la Pandemia en Comunicación. Fragua, 19-34
  • Castañeda Zumeta, Aitor (2019). The Basque nation, left and right. The humoristic discourse of Olariaga’s cartoons in the newspaper Egin (1977). XVIII International Congress of the Asociación Española de Semiótica, II International Congress of the Asociación Ibérica de Semiótica, and IX International Congress of the Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising of the UPV/EHU (13-15/11). Bilbao.

 

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Other activities

  • Mentor for UPV/EHU’s educative cooperation programs (2020-).
  • UPV/EHU’s English Friendly Courses lecturer (2017-19).
  • Member of the Evaluation Board of Sancho el Sabio - Basque culture and research journal.
  • Attendee at UPV/EHU & University of Pau and Adour Countries’ Research Encounters (18/07/2019). Bayonne (64, France),
  • Judge of the first Influencer Contest «Buscamos Youtubers = Youtuber Bila». ICmedia Euskadi association (09/06/2019). Bizkaia Aretoa, Bilbao (UPV/EHU).
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