L. Castro

I am a a research and teaching assistant at the Chair of Media Systems and Media Structure at University of Fribourg and a PhD student at the National Center of Competence in Research Democracy at University of Zürich. I am engaged in a PhD dissertation entitled Parties, News Media and Democracy. The Effects of Partisan Media Bias on Voter Turnout. I am interested in Comparative Political Communication, Media Effects, Political Attitudes and Behavior, Media Systems, and Journalism and Social Change. I have been student and project assistant at University of Zurich, and studied Political Science at University Pompeu Fabra (BA) and Political Communication and Marketing at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (MA). For more than seven years I have also worked as a political advisor and assistant at several Catalan institutions.

Email: laia.castroherrero@unifr.ch

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L. Castro
Political Scientist