María José Canel

María José Canel

María José Canel is professor of political communication at the University Complutense of Madrid, chair of the political communication division of ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Association) and co-chair of IAMCR (International Association for Media and Communication Research). She is also member of the advisory board of the Journal of Communication and of the International Encyclopedia of Communication. From 2000-2004, she was chief of the minister’s cabinet at the Spanish Ministry for Education, Culture and Sport.