Adrián Padilla
PhD in Audiovisual Communication and Advertising
Education
PhD in Audiovisual Communication and Advertising 2022
Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)
MA in Communication and Digital Marketing 2015
Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)
BA in Journalism 2013
Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)
Academic & Professional Experience
Full-time Professor 2018 – Present
Euncet Business School
Adjunct Professor & Master's Program Coordinator 2020 – 2024
Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)
Coordinator of the MA in Communication and Digital Marketing
Senior Research Support Technician 2016 – 2024
Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)
SEO / SEM Specialist & Freelance Consultant 2016 – 2018
SEO / SEM Marketing Specialist 2015 – 2016
AT-LanguageSolutions
Digital Marketing Manager 2014 – 2015
UAB
Selected Publications
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Padilla, A. (2026). Networks beyond the links: Methodological challenges in mapping YouTube communities. First Monday, 31(1).
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Rieder, B., Padilla, A. & Coromina, Ò. (2025). Forgetful by design? A critical audit of YouTube’s search API for academic research. Information, Communication & Society, 1–20.
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Padilla, A., Coromina, Ò. & Prado, E. (2025). "Trusted Media” on YouTube: volume and visibility of public media in search results. Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, 83, 01-17.
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Padilla, A. (2025). The Shrinking Creator Economy: Inequality and Impoverishment of the Hispanic Twitch Ecosystem. OSF Preprint.
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Padilla, A. (2023). YouTube disinformation analysis: Volume, visibility and choice in search results. UAB (Doctoral Thesis).
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Coromina, Ò. & Padilla, A. (2022). “Hands On”: incorporating data sprints and digital methods in digital marketing teaching. Digitos: revista de comunicación digital, 1(8), 51-66.
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Padilla, A. & Navarro, C. (2022). Audiences and streamers on Twitch: Consumption and production patterns in the Spanish-speaking world. Quaderns del CAC, 25 (48), 67-77.
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Padilla, A. & Coromina, C. (2022). How to Study YouTube With API-Based Methods. SAGE Research Methods: Doing Research Online.
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Coromina, Ò. & Padilla, A. (2019). Reconstructing memory narratives on Facebook with digital Methods. Culture & History Digital Journal, 7 (2), 014.
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Coromina, Ò., Prado, E. & Padilla, A. (2018). The grammatization of emotions on Facebook in the elections to the Parliament of Catalonia 2017. El profesional de la información, 27 (5), 1004-1011.
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Coromina, Ò. & Padilla, A. (2018). Análisis de las desinformaciones del referéndum del 1 de octubre detectadas por Maldito Bulo. Quaderns del CAC, 21(44). https://doi.org/10.34810/qcac44id404960
https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2018.sep.05