Dr Roser Beneito-Montagut
Lecturer
Ysgol y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol
- beneito-montagutr@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44(0) 29 2087 6124
- 1.13, Glamorgan Building
I am a member of the Collaborative Online Social Media Observatory (COSMOS). I am an expert in digital sociology, digital social research, social interaction online, emotions online, and elderly and social media.
Postgraduate Supervision
I am interested in supervising research on a range of topics such as:
- Digital sociology and digital social research
- Relationships online
- Online emotions and affectivity
- Social media, civil society and sociality
- Older people and social media
2019
- Beneito-Montagut, R. 2019. Qualitative analysis of social media data. In: Atkinson, P. et al. eds. SAGE Research Methods Foundations. SAGE, (10.4135/9781526421036840280)
- Fernández-Ardèvol, M.et al. 2019. Methodological strategies to understand smartphone practices for social connectedness in later life. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 11593, pp. 46-64. (10.1007/978-3-030-22015-0_4)
- Fernández-Ardèvol, M.et al. 2019. Methodological strategies to understand Smartphone practices for social connectedness in later life. In: Zhou, J. and Salvendy, G. eds. Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Social Media, Games and Assistive Environments., Vol. 11593. Springer, pp. 46-64.
- Beneito-Montagut, R., Begueria, A. and Cassián Yde, N. 2019. The practices of learning digital technologies in later life: What are they made up?. Working paper. Bremen: University of Bremen. Available at: https://www.uni-bremen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/fachbereiche/fb9/zemki/media/photos/publikationen/working-papers/2019/CoFi_EWP_No-30_Beneito-Montagut.pdf
2018
- Beneito-Montagut, R., Cassián, N. and Begueria, A. 2018. What do we know about the relationship between Internet mediated interaction and social isolation and loneliness in later life?. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults 19(1), pp. 14-30. (10.1108/QAOA-03-2017-0008)
- Beneito-Montagut, R., Begueria, A. and Cassián, N. 2018. 'I do everything, but I don't know how to make anything work': Affective and relational learning of social media in later life.. Aula 24, pp. 77-92., article number: 3.
2017
- Beneito-Montagut, R., Begueria, A. and Cassian, N. 2017. Doing digital team ethnography: being there together and digital social data. Qualitative Research 17(6), pp. 664-682. (10.1177/1468794117724500)
- Beneito-Montagut, R. 2017. Emotions, everyday life and the social web: age, gender and social web engagement effects on online emotional expression. Sociological Research Online (10.1177/1360780417732955)
- Beneito-Montagut, R. 2017. Big data and educational research. In: Wyse, D. et al. eds. The BERA/Sage Handbook of Educational Research. SAGE Publications
2016
- Beneito-Montagut, R. 2016. Healthcare, lifestyle and well-being apps. Who am I sharing my data with and what for?. Presented at: 21st National Ethics Councils (NEC) Forum, The Hague, Ministry of Health, Wellbeing and Sports (VWS), 10-11 May 2016.
- Souto-Otero, M. and Beneito-Montagut, R. 2016. From governing through data to governmentality through data: artefacts, strategies and the digital turn. European Educational Research Journal 15(1), pp. 14-33. (10.1177/1474904115617768)
- Beneito-Montagut, R., Begueria, A. and Cassian, N. 2016. Caring relationships online in later life. Gerontechnology 15(suppl), pp. 146. (10.4017/gt.2016.15.s.856.00)
2015
- Beneito-Montagut, R. 2015. Encounters on the social web: everyday life and emotions online. Sociological Perspectives 58(4), pp. 537. (10.1177/0731121415569284)
2014
- Beneito-Montagut, R. 2014. Social isolation and the social web. A study of Catalan older people using the Web 2.0 for interpersonal relationships. Presented at: AKTIVE Conference, Leeds, 8 - 9 April 2014.
- Beneito-Montagut, R. 2014. Social Learning and the future of e-Learning. Presented at: Goberno Aberto Conference, Lugo, Spain, 18 -20 June 2014.
2013
- Roser, B., Duncan, S. and Christopher, B. 2013. Emergency management agencies use and adoption of Web 2.0.. Project Report. [Online]. Aston University: Aston University. Available at: http://www.disaster20.eu/final-outputs/
- Beneito-Montagut, R.et al. 2013. Risk communication and social media: Are we ready?. Presented at: 11th ESA conference: Crisis, Critique and Change, Turin, Italy, 28-31 August 2013.
- Souto-Otero, M. and Beneito-Montagut, R. 2013. 'Power on': Googlecracy, privatisation and the standardisation of sources. Journal of Education Policy 28(4), pp. 481-500.
- Souto-Otero, M. and Beneito-Montagut, R. 2013. ‘Power on’: Googlecracy, privatisation and the standardisation of sources. Journal of Education Policy 28(4), pp. 461-500. (10.1080/02680939.2013.775347)
- Beneito-Montagut, R., Shaw, D. and Brewster, C. 2013. Disaster 2.0 case studies: Using web 2.0 applications and semantic technologies to strengthen public resilience to disasters. Project Report. [Online]. Birmingham: Aston University. Available at: http://www.disaster20.eu/final-outputs/
- Beneito-Montagut, R. and Begueria, A. 2013. Elderly, social media and social isolation. Presented at: Global Aging: Rising Challenges, UOC´s Education & Technology for Social Change Unesco Chair, Barcelona, Spain, 5-6 November 2013.
- Beneito-Montagut, R. 2013. Elderly and social media: Bridging the gap of eMarginality through social media. Presented at: 11th ESA Conference "Crisis, critique and change", Turin, 28 - 31 August 2013.
- Beneito-Montagut, R.et al. 2013. Governmental social media use for emergency communication. Presented at: 10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, Baden-Baden, 12-15 May 2013Proceedings of the 10th International ISCRAM Conference. Baden-Baden: pp. 828-833.
2011
- Beneito-Montagut, R. 2011. Ethnography goes online: Towards a user-centred methodology to research interpersonal communication on the internet. Qualitative Research 11(6), pp. 716-735. (10.1177/1468794111413368)
I am the convenor of the module "Digital Society: Theory, Method and Data". I also teach in several other undergraduate modules of SOCSI and supervise undergraduate dissertations.
My research interests are: interpersonal communication and emotions on the social web, mixed research methods in digital sociology, the role of the web 2.0 and semantic technologies in health and well-being of the elderly; and Emergency Management Agencies' usage of social media. I am also interested in exploring methods to use the "big data" produced by Social Media for social sciences. My doctoral thesis looked at hypertextuality and interaction in art-work. This ties with my interest in data visualisation and in making the presentation of the 'big' and complex data provided by the web 2.0 in more intuitive comprehensive and readable ways.
During the past years I have conducted research in interdisciplinary settings, working with computer scientists, engineers and social scientists. In 2012-13 I was a research fellow in a EU funded project (Disaster 2.0) enquiring the role of Social Media and its adoption by public sector organisations for risk and crisis communication.
My research has been funded by a number of organisations. In 2009 I received a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Education to undertake a research project entitled "Everyday life on the Internet: interpersonal communications and emotions in web 2.0". In December 2012, I was awarded a highly competitive grant by the LaCaixa Foundation to study the contribution of web 2.0 technologies to well-being, with a particular focus on the case of older people. My research has been published in Qualitative Research and the Journal of Education Policy.