Miguel Barreda-Ángeles is a Research Associate (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow) at the Department of Communication Science at VU Amsterdam. He obtained his Ph.D. in Social Communication at Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona, Spain), and has worked as a researcher in institutions such as Barcelona Media Innovation Center and Eurecat - Technology Center of Catalonia. His research focuses on the psychological aspects of the use of new media technologies.