Silvia Roca-Baamonde holds a PhD in Contemporary Communication and Information from the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC) and degrees in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication. Her research belongs to the field of  Cultural Studies and identity, thus evaluating stereotypes and discourses in the media, –with a particular interest in gender and national representations–, and analysing media in non-hegemonic languages, and small cinemas. She is part of the ALMA network (Accessibility and Minority Languages in Audiovisual Media) and of the organizational committee of the Seminario Permanente de Comunicación e Xénero-CO(M) XÉNERO. She also participated in research projects such as “EUVOS. Intangible Cultural Heritage. For a European Program for Subtitling in Non-Hegemonic Languages ”(ref. CSO2016-76014-R),“eDCINEMA: Towards the European Digital Space. The role of small cinemas in original version ”(ref. CSO2012-35784) or “ Cinema, Diversity and Networks” (ref. CSO2009-13702). She is a member of different research associations such as AGACOM, AE-IC, IAMCR and ECREA, and her career includes research, R&D management, journalism and audiovisual production.