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Homero Gil de Zúñiga

Homero Gil de Zúñiga

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Political Science
Spain
2026
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Law and Political Science
Spain
2022

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Political Science

D-Index
58
Citations
18458
World Ranking
130
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Political Science in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Homero Gil de Zúñiga is affiliated with the University of Salamanca in Spain. Their research primarily lies within the field of Social Sciences, with a significant focus on Communication. Other related subfields include Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Artificial Intelligence, and Gender Studies.

The scientist's work covers various main topics. These include Social Media and Politics, Misinformation and Its Impacts, Media Studies and Communication, Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection, Media Influence and Politics, Electoral Systems and Political Participation, and Populism and Right-Wing Movements.

Recent published papers by Homero Gil de Zúñiga cover a range of issues in political communication and media studies. Some notable works are:

  • "Populism in the era of Twitter: How social media contextualized new insights into an old phenomenon," 2020, New Media & Society
  • "A Scholarly Definition of Artificial Intelligence (AI): Advancing AI as a Conceptual Framework in Communication Research," 2023, Political Communication

In addition, related relevant studies connected to their research topics include:

  • "Conspiracy Theories and Institutional Trust: Examining the Role of Uncertainty Avoidance and Active Social Media Use," 2021, Political Psychology
  • "The unedited public sphere," 2020, New Media & Society
  • "Antecedents of News Avoidance: Competing Effects of Political Interest, News Overload, Trust in News Media, and 'News Finds Me' Perception," 2021, Digital Journalism

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Manuel Goyanes, Isabel Inguanzo, Zicheng Cheng, Rebecca Scheffauer, and Márton Demeter.

Key venues for their publications include New Media & Society, Online Information Review, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, American Behavioral Scientist, and El Profesional de la Informacion. These journals appear repeatedly as platforms for their work.

Homero Gil de Zúñiga has also contributed to academic literature through book publications. One example is the book titled Social Media Democracy Mirage, published by Cambridge University Press in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Who interacts on the Web?: The intersection of users' personality and social media use

    Teresa Correa;Amber Willard Hinsley;Homero Gil de Zúñiga

  • Social Media Use for News and Individuals' Social Capital, Civic Engagement and Political Participation

    Homero Gil de Zúñiga

  • Social Media, Political Expression, and Political Participation: Panel Analysis of Lagged and Concurrent Relationships

    Homero Gil de Zúñiga;Homero Gil de Zúñiga;Logan Molyneux;Pei Zheng

  • Digital Democracy: Reimagining Pathways to Political Participation

    Homero Gil de Zúñiga;Aaron Veenstra;Emily Vraga;Dhavan Shah

  • The Mediating Path to a Stronger Citizenship: Online and Offline Networks, Weak Ties, and Civic Engagement:

    Homero Gil de Zúñiga;Sebastián Valenzuela

  • Effects of the News-Finds-Me Perception in Communication: Social Media Use Implications for News Seeking and Learning About Politics

    Homero Gil de Zúñiga;Homero Gil de Zúñiga;Brian E. Weeks;Alberto Ardèvol-Abreu

  • The Mediating Role of Knowledge and Efficacy in the Effects of Communication on Political Participation

    Nakwon Jung;Yonghwan Kim;Homero Gil de Zúñiga

  • Online Influence? Social Media Use, Opinion Leadership, and Political Persuasion

    Brian E. Weeks;Alberto Ardèvol-Abreu;Homero Gil de Zúñiga;Homero Gil de Zúñiga

  • Influence of Social Media Use on Discussion Network Heterogeneity and Civic Engagement: The Moderating Role of Personality Traits

    Yonghwan Kim;Shih Hsien Hsu;Homero Gil de Zúñiga

  • Stumbling upon news on the Internet: Effects of incidental news exposure and relative entertainment use on political engagement

    Yonghwan Kim;Hsuan-Ting Chen;Homero Gil De Zúñiga

  • Social Networks that Matter: Exploring the Role of Political Discussion for Online Political Participation

    Sebastián Valenzuela;Yonghwan Kim;Homero Gil de Zuniga

  • Weblogs, traditional sources online and political participation: an assessment of how the internet is changing the political environment

    Homero Gil De Zúñiga;Eulàlia Puig-I-Abril;Hernando Rojas

  • Citizen Journalism and Democracy: How User-Generated News Use Relates to Political Knowledge and Participation:

    Kelly Kaufhold;Sebastian Valenzuela;Homero Gil de Zúñiga

  • Political consumerism: Civic engagement and the social media connection

    Homero Gil de Zúñiga;Lauren Copeland;Bruce Bimber

  • Ties, Likes, and Tweets: Using Strong and Weak Ties to Explain Differences in Protest Participation Across Facebook and Twitter Use

    Sebastián Valenzuela;Teresa Correa;Homero Gil de Zúñiga

  • What Is Second Screening? Exploring Motivations of Second Screen Use and Its Effect on Online Political Participation

    Homero Gil de Zúñiga;Homero Gil de Zúñiga;Victor Garcia-Perdomo;Victor Garcia-Perdomo;Shannon C. McGregor

  • Fostering public trust in science: The role of social media.

    Brigitte Huber;Matthew Barnidge;Homero Gil de Zúñiga;James Liu

  • Political persuasion on social media: Tracing direct and indirect effects of news use and social interaction

    Trevor Diehl;Brian E. Weeks;Homero Gil de Zúñiga

  • Selective Exposure to Cable News and Immigration in the U.S.: The Relationship Between FOX News, CNN, and Attitudes Toward Mexican Immigrants

    Homero Gil de Zúñiga;Teresa Correa;Sebastian Valenzuela

  • Social Media Social Capital, Offline Social Capital, and Citizenship: Exploring Asymmetrical Social Capital Effects

    Homero Gil de Zúñiga;Matthew Barnidge;Andrés Scherman

  • Gaming Social Capital: Exploring Civic Value in Multiplayer Video Games

    Logan Molyneux;Krishnan Vasudevan;Homero Gil de Zúñiga

  • Connecting blog, Twitter and Facebook use with gaps in knowledge and participation

    Sung Woo Yoo;Homero Gil de Zúñiga

  • Motivations for Political Discussion: Antecedents and Consequences on Civic Engagement

    Homero Gil de Zúñiga;Sebastián Valenzuela;Brian E. Weeks

  • Blogging as a journalistic practice: A model linking perception, motivation, and behavior

    Homero Gil De Zúñiga;Seth C. Lewis;Amber Willard;Sebastian Valenzuela

  • Expressive Versus Consumptive Blog Use: Implications for Interpersonal Discussion and Political Participation

    Homero Gil de Zuniga;Ingrid Bachmann;Shih-Hsien Hsu;Jennifer Brundidge

  • Reciprocity and the News: The Role of Personal and Social Media Reciprocity in News Creation and Consumption

    Avery E. Holton;Mark Coddington;Seth C. Lewis;Homero Gil de Zúñiga

  • Cue Convergence Associative Effects on Social Intolerance

    Jaeho Cho;Homero Gil de Zuniga;Dhavan V. Shah;Douglas M. McLeod

  • Social media as a public space for politics: Cross-national comparison of news consumption and participatory behaviors in the United States and the United Kingdom

    Magdalena Saldaña;Shannon C. McGregor;Homero Gil de Zúñiga

Frequent Co-Authors

James H. Liu
James H. Liu Massey University
Darío Páez
Darío Páez Andrés Bello University
Dhavan V. Shah
Dhavan V. Shah University of Wisconsin–Madison
Seth C. Lewis
Seth C. Lewis University of Oregon
Marc A. Smith
Marc A. Smith Connected Action Consulting Group
John Kelly
John Kelly University College London
Felicia Pratto
Felicia Pratto University of Connecticut
Gary Brown
Gary Brown Royal Holloway University of London
Valdiney Veloso Gouveia
Valdiney Veloso Gouveia Federal University of Paraíba
Hajo G. Boomgaarden
Hajo G. Boomgaarden University of Vienna

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