Juan Miguel Aguado

Professor of communication at the University of Murcia (Spain). He holds a PhD in Journalism and Communication at the Complutense University in Madrid (Spain) and an MsC in Social Research by the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences (Warsaw, Poland). His research deals with the socio-cultural dimensions of technology and media, especially in the field of mobile technologies and new media, merging systems theory, complexity theories and cultural studies. He has been conducting pioneering research since 2004 on the impact of mobile technology on media ecosystems and its relation to relevant societal and psychological transformations in identity management.

Juan Miguel has published 13 books, including Communication and Cognition, 2003; E-Communication, 2004; Mobile Society: Culture,Technology and Identity, 2008, Technology and Social Complexity, 2010; Mobile Communication: Towards a New Digital Ecosystem, 2013 and Emerging Perspectives on the Mobile Content Evolution, 2015.

His publications include as well more than 30 papers in refereed journals relevant to the field of communication and over 50 contributions to peer-reviewed edited volumes in the field of mobile communications and media.

In may 2016 he is unanimously elected by the regional Parliament in Murcia as General Director of Radiotelevisión of the Región de Murcia (RTRM), the public media company for the Region of Murcia (South East Spain). In June 2017 Juan Miguel is appointed as President of FORTA (Federation of Regional Public Service Media in Spain), developing different projects and strategic lines addressed to the enhancement of public regional broadcasting in Spain, including digital transformations. In 2019 he is designated as Spain's national coordinator for CIRCOM (The European Association of Regional Television).