Lead Researcher: José Ignacio Armentia Vizuete
Other Members: José María Caminos Marcet, Flora Marín Murillo (Audiovisual Communication and Advertising) and María Ganzabal Learreta.
Lines of Research:

• Food Safety in the Printed Media
• The treatment of violent deaths in the press
• Gender perspective in masculine and feminine magazines
• Evolution of Cyber Media

Lead Researcher: Txema Ramírez de la Piscina Martínez
Other Members: Alazne Ayestaran Yarza, Beatriz Zabalondo Loidi (Audiovisual Communication and Advertising), Antxoka Agirre Maiora (Journalism II), José Mari Pastor González,  Imanol Murua Uria (Journalism II), María Teresa Agirreazaldegi Berriozabal, Ramón Zallo Elguezabal (Audiovisual Communication and Advertising) and Itsaso Manias Muñoz (Basque Government. Pre-doctoral researcher).
Lines of Research:

• Quality Journalism
• The Future of Journalism
• Audiovisual Literacy
• The Media and minority languages
• The Media and conflict

Lead Researcher: Begoña Zalbidea Bengoa
Other Members: Karlos Perez Fuentes, Santiago Urrutia Izagirre, Jose Mari Pastor González and Idoia Camacho Markina.
Lines of Research:
The Ethics and Deontology of Journalism
Journalism  and Social Responsibility
Ethics, information and citizenship
Ethical values in social networks

Lead Researcher: Iñaki Zabaleta Urkiola
Other Members: Nikolás Xamardo Gonzalez, Arantza Gutierrez Paz (Audiovisual Communication and Advertising), Itxaso Fernández Astobiza (Audiovisual Communication and Advertising) and Carme Ferré (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona).
Lines of Research:
The Media and minority languages