Ariadna Matamoros Fernandez

Brisbane, Australia Australia

PhD candidate, Digital Media Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Education

Ariadna Matamoros Fernández is a PhD candidate at QUT and member of the Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC) with a background in Journalism. Her research seeks to understand the cultural dynamics of race and identity on social media by means of studying different controversies related to the Australian immigration and identity debates. Her research considers platforms as having an active role in the construction of racism online through their corporate logic and technical infrastructure. She studied a MA in New Media & Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), where she examined the media tactics of the Spanish extreme-right on Facebook.