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Sebastián Andrés Valenzuela Leighton

Profesor Asociado

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Comunicación política; political communication; periodismo; journalism; opinión pública; public opinion; redes sociales online; social media; métodos cuantitativos; quantitative methods

Educación

  •  Journalism, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. Estados Unidos, 2011
  •  Journalism, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. Chile, 2007
  •  Periodista, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2000
  •  Información Social, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2000

Experiencia Académica

  •   Profesor Asociado Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Comunicaciones

    Santiago, Chile

    2017 - At present

  •   Profesor Asistente Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Comunicaciones

    Santiago, Chile

    2011 - 2017

  •   Instructor Part Time

    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

    Communication

    Austin, Estados Unidos

    2010 - 2011

  •   Investigador Asociado Part Time

    Instituto Milenio Fundamentos de los Datos

    Santiago, Chile

    2018 - At present

  •   Investigador Asociado Part Time

    Centro de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada del Riesgo de Desastres

    Santiago, Chile

    2012 - 2020

  •   Tinker Visiting Professor Part Time

    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON

    Letters and Science

    Madison, Estados Unidos

    2018 - 2019

  •   Investigador Principal Part Time

    Núcleo Milenio de Desigualdades y Oportunidades Digitales

    Santiago, Chile

    2022 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Periodista Full Time

    El Mercurio S.A.P.

    Santiago, Chile

    2000 - 2005


 

Article (50)

A Downward Spiral? A Panel Study of Misinformation and Media Trust in Chile
Amplifying Counter-Public Spheres on Social Media: News Sharing of Alternative Versus Traditional Media After the 2019 Chilean Uprising
For better and for worse: A panel survey of how mobile-only and hybrid Internet use affects digital skills over time
Much Ado About Facebook? Evidence from 80 Congressional Campaigns in Chile
Reactive and Asymmetric Communication Flows: Social Media Discourse and Partisan News Framing in the Wake of Mass Shootings
Rethinking the Virtuous Circle Hypothesis on Social Media: Subjective versus Objective Knowledge and Political Participation
Social Media and Belief in Misinformation in Mexico: A Case of Maximal Panic, Minimal Effects?
A trend study in the stratification of social media use among urban youth: Chile 2009-2019
Competing Frames and Melodrama: The Effects of Facebook Posts on Policy Preferences about COVID-19
What “Emergency Sources” Expect From Journalists: Applying the Hierarchy of Influences Model to Disaster News Coverage
Youth environmental activism in the age of social media: the case of Chile (2009-2019)
"Fake News Is Anything They Say!" - Conceptualization and Weaponization of Fake News among the American Public
Studying incidental news: Antecedents, dynamics and implications
A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Cross-Cutting Exposure on Political Participation
From belief in conspiracy theories to trust in others: Which factors influence exposure, believing and sharing fake news
Socialized for News Media Use: How Family Communication, Information-Processing Needs, and Gratifications Determine Adolescents' Exposure to News
Taming the digital information tide to promote equality
Testing the Hypothesis of "Impressionable Years" With Willingness to Self-Censor in Chile
The Paradox of Participation Versus Misinformation: Social Media, Political Engagement, and the Spread of Misinformation
The Personal Is the Political? What Do WhatsApp Users Share and How It Matters for News Knowledge, Polarization and Participation in Chile
Ties, Likes, and Tweets: Using Strong and Weak Ties to Explain Differences in Protest Participation Across Facebook and Twitter Use
Behavioral Effects of Framing on Social Media Users: How Conflict, Economic, Human Interest, and Morality Frames Drive News Sharing
Comparing Disaster News on Twitter and Television: an Intermedia Agenda Setting Perspective
One Step, Two Step, Network Step? Complementary Perspectives on Communication Flows in Twittered Citizen Protests
We Face, I Tweet: How Different Social Media Influence Political Participation through Collective and Internal Efficacy
"Selfie-ists" or "Narci-selfiers"?: A cross-lagged panel analysis of selfie taking and narcissism
Explicating the values-issue consistency hypothesis through need for orientation
Motivations for Political Discussion: Antecedents and Consequences on Civic Engagement
Social media in Latin America=> Deepening or bridging gaps in protest participation?
Historical Dramas, Current Political Choices: Analyzing Partisan Selective Exposure With a Docudrama
Pride, Anger, and Cross-cutting Talk: A Three-Country Study of Emotions and Disagreement in Informal Political Discussions
Student and Environmental Protests in Chile: The Role of Social Media
Facebook, Twitter, and Youth Engagement: A Quasi-experimental Study of Social Media Use and Protest Behavior Using Propensity Score Matching
Social network sites, marriage well-being and divorce: Survey and state-level evidence from the United States
Unpacking the Use of Social Media for Protest Behavior: The Roles of Information, Opinion Expression, and Activism
Selective Exposure to Cable News and Immigration in the U.S.: The Relationship Between FOX News, CNN, and Attitudes Toward Mexican Immigrants
Social media use for news and individuals’ social capital, civic engagement and political participation
Social Networks that Matter: Exploring the Role of Political Discussion for Online Political Participation
The Social Media Basis of Youth Protest Behavior: The Case of Chile
An experimental comparison of two perspectives on the concept of need for orientation in agenda-setting theory
Blogging as a journalistic practice=> A model linking perception, motivation, and behavior
Materialism, postmaterialism and agenda-setting effects=> The values-issues consistency hypothesis
Politics without Citizens? Public Opinion, Television News, the President, and Real-World Factors in Chile, 2000-2005
The mediating path to a stronger citizenship=> Online and offline networks, weak ties and civic engagement
Citizen journalism and democracy=> How user-generated news use relates to political knowledge and participation
Being immersed in social networking environment=> Facebook groups, uses and gratifications, and social outcomes.
Competencia por la uniformidad en noticieros y diarios chilenos, 2000-2005
Is there social capital in a social network site?=> Facebook use and college students’ life satisfaction, trust and participation
Press coverage and public opinion on women candidates=> The case of Chile's Michelle Bachelet
Variations in media priming=> The moderating role of knowledge, interest, news attention and discussion

BookWhole (2)

Setting the agenda: The news media and public opinion
Value resonance and the origins of issue salience

Note (1)

A Call to Contextualize Public Opinion-Based Research in Political Communication

Proyecto (15)

Análisis de los repertorios informativos de los usuarios de plataformas sociales y su relación con los conocimientos de la actualidad noticiosa
Núcleo Milenio de Desigualdades y Oportunidades Digitales (NUDOS)
Riesgos y oportunidades del uso de TICs en escolares: Hacia una agenda de alfabetización digital para el alumno 2020
Instituto Milenio Fundamentos de los Datos (IMFD)
PUNTOS CIEGOS Y TENSIONES SOBRE LA FUNCIÓN PERIOD�STICA EN NOTICIAS DE EMERGENCIA=> AN�LISIS COMPARADO DE PERCEPCIONES Y EXPECTATIVAS DE EXPERTOS/RESPONSABLES EN GESTIÓN DE EMERGENCIAS, PERIODISTAS Y AUDIENCIA SOBRE EL TRABAJO PERIOD�STICO EN DES
FLUJOS INFORMATIVOS Y PLURALISMO EN LAS REDES SOCIALES ONLINE EN CHILE=> DESCRIPCIÓN Y ANÁ�LISIS DE LAS NOTICIAS VIRALIZADAS POR EL PÚBLICO
Incremento de la visibilidad de Cuadernos.Info=> rediseño, desarrollo móvil y estrategia de difusión
Aumentar factor de impacto de Cuadernos de Información para su indexación en Thomson Reuters y Scopus
Participación ciudadana en elecciones municipales=> Diagnóstico y propuestas
Uso de medios de comunicación y prácticas de consumo informativo de adolescentes chilenos en cuatro regiones del país
Use of ICTs for political communication in Chile=> A panel study of uses and effects of online and mobile media on political participation
National Research Center for Integrated Natural Disasters Management
Adopting Ushahidi for crowdsourcing and data visualization=> New paths for event-mapping in Chile
Digital democracy as social experience=> Understanding how social media is shaping today's civil society
Dinámicas de agenda setting en Chile=> La interacción entre la televisión, los diarios y el público entre 2000-2005
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Sebastián Valenzuela

Profesor Asociado

Periodismo

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

7
Daniel Halpern

Profesor Asistente

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

5
Andrés Scherman

Profesor e investigador

Escuela de Comunicaciones y Periodismo

Universidad Adolfo Ibánez

Santiago, Chile

4
Ingrid Bachmann

Associate Professor

Journalism

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

4
Arturo Arriagada

Profesor Asociado

Escuela de Comunicaciones y Periodismo

Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

Santiago, Chile

2
María Puente

Full Professor

Periodismo

PONTIFICIA UNVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Sebastián Rivera

Ph.D. candidate

Political Science

University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Estados Unidos

1
Daniela Grassau

Profesora Asociada

Periodismo

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE - FCOM

Santiago, Chile

1
Martina Piña

Asistente de Investigación

Comunicaciones

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Matías Bargsted

Associate Professor

Institute of Sociology

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Claudia Labarca

Associate Professor

Applied Communications

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Fernando Rosenblatt

Profesor Asociado

Escuela de Ciencia Política

UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES

Santiago, Chile

1
Marcelo Barbosa

Profesor asociado e Investigador

Facultad de Comunicación y Letras

Universidad Diego Portales

Santiago, Chile

1
maria pavez

Docente

Facultad de Comunicaciones

UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES

Santiago, Chile