The Audiovisual Studies Research Group —Audiovisual Communication: contents, formats and technology— (GEA) is a Group of Competitive Reference from the University of Santiago de Compostela, coordinated by professor Enrique Castelló Mayo and attached to the Department of Communication Sciences.

The mission and objectives of the group are the analysis of the communication processes as cultural constructors and capital instruments in the formation of societies. Based on different approaches -political, social, economic…- and with special attention to the construction of identity(s) and the preservation of cultural diversity, it offers interdisciplinary research proposals whose results are directed to the scientific community, those responsible of public policies, the professionals of the sectors involved and the citizenship in general.

Projects
Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities - State Research Agency/ ref. PID2022-142353OB-I00
The aim of this research project is the quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the impact on the audiovisual sector of Law 13/2022, of 7 July, General Law on Audiovisual Communication, with a special focus on independent audiovisual production in those geographical and linguistic frameworks that share official status with Spanish,…
Book
This volume is the result of the collaboration between academia, the audiovisual sector and citizens, united by the concern about the consequences that the new General Law on Audiovisual Communication will have for the Galician audiovisual sector and the cultural and linguistic diversity of the sector, with the aim of…
Scientific article
The revisiting of Spanish Republican cinema, as well as that produced in the first post-war decades, carried out since the end of the last century by a new historiography that uses film analysis as an unavoidable methodological weapon, constitutes the starting point to delve into the deep parallels and intertwining…
NOVAS
Recognition of the talent of Margarita Ledo and Manuel Barreiro in the 5th Culture Gala
30/04/2026

The Teatro Colón in A Coruña was the setting this Friday for the 5th Culture Gala, an event in which the Deputación of A Coruña brought together 19 award winners in 13 categories. The event, hosted by journalist Susana Pedreira and actor and musician Xoán Fórneas, featured a performance by Caamaño & Ameixeira and a […]

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Luma AI vs. LiDAR: GEA Study Assesses Accessibility in Virtual Environment Creation
22/04/2026

Last Friday, April 17th, Rocío del Pilar Sosa Fernández, a member of GEA, presented the paper Accessibility and Efficiency in Virtual Production: A TAM-Based Comparison of Luma AI (NeRFs) and Smartphone LiDAR at the 2026 SJTU-IAMCR Emerging Media Conference: Creative Communication and Empowerment. The event was organised by the International Association for Media and Communication […]

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GEA Researchers Attend Colloquium on Latin America, Decoloniality, and Interculturality
06/03/2026

Researchers from the Grupo de Estudios Audiovisuales (GEA) at the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela took part in the II International Colloquium Rethinking Latin America – Decoloniality, Interculturality and New Subjectivities, held in Braga (Portugal) from 24 to 27 February. The event was organized by the Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL, Brazil) and the Communication […]

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