Dr Cesar Albarran-Torres

Biography

Dr César Albarrán-Torres is Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication. He has been widely published in academic and non-academic titles as a film and literary critic, author and translator. His current research focuses on what he calls gamble-play media, hybrid platforms where gambling and digital interactive media intersect. Other research interests include film and television, as well as the negotiations between social media and politics in Mexico, particularly concerning the drug cartels. His book Digital Gambling" Theorizing Gamble-Play Media was published by Routledge in April 2018. Available to supervise masters and doctoral students.