Carlos Ruiz-Caballero

Carlos M. Ruiz-Caballero is full professor at the Communication & International Relations Department from the Blanquerna – Ramon Llull University (URL), where he teaches communication ethics. Graduated in Information Sciences, he holds a PhD in journalism from the URL University with an Extraordinary Doctorate Award. From 1984 to 1994, he worked as a journalist in several media. From 2007 to 2008, he was vice-dean of Teachers and Students at the Blanquerna – Ramon Llull University. Previously, he served as the Academic Head of the Official Master’s Degree in Advanced Journalism. He authored and co-authored several publications, including “Public Sphere 2.0? The democratic qualities of citizen debates in online newspapers” (2011) or “Consumo informativo y cobertura mediática durante el confinamiento por el Covid-19: sobreinformación, sesgo ideológico y sensacionalismo” (“Informative consumption and media coverage during Covid-19 confinement: overinformation, ideological bias and sensationalism”) (2020). In 2014 he was awarded with Josep Vallverdú Essay Prize for the book La digitalización del Otro: los retos de la democracia en la era del ciberespacio (“The digitalization of the Other: democracy challenges in cyberspace era”). He also published Ética de la audiencia (“Audience ethic”) (2003) and La agonía del cuarto poder (“Forth power anguish”) (2008).