About the CST

María Luengo

María Luengo is Associate Professor at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, where she teaches and conducts research in media studies and journalism. Her work interprets developments at the nexus of social trends and movements, gender, migration, and journalistic culture and practice. Her research interests also focus on a cultural sociological approach to the role of the media within the civil sphere. Recent book publications include The Crisis of Journalism Reconsidered: Democratic Culture, Professional Codes, Digital Future (co-edited with Alexander and Breese, Cambridge University Press, 2016) and News Media Innovation Reconsidered (co-edited with Susana Herrera Damas, Wiley, 2021). Her research has appeared in American Journal of Cultural Sociology, European Journal of Communication, Media, Culture & Society, Journalism, and Journalism Studies, among others. She has been Visiting Scholar at the YALE CCS and has participated in various collaborative book projects on the civil sphere theory.