Charo Sádaba Chalezquer (born 1972) is a tenured

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university Professor of Advertising at the

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. Since 2017 she has been the Dean of that faculty. She is an expert in technology communication to adolescents and children.

Life

Sádaba was born in

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in 1972. She obtained her first degree in Journalism and then continued at the University of Navarra to obtain a doctorate in Communication. She then did post-doctoral studies at the School of Communication at

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. In 2004 she became Director of the Information department and in 2010 she was promoted to Vice-Dean of post-graduate research. In 2017

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promoted her to replace Professor

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. She became the Dean of the Faculty of Communications at the University of Navarra. She is identified as an expert in technology communication to adolescents and children, she is noted for her view that although children do use mobile phones a lot this should not be the most important parental concern. Spanish national newspapers report worrying statistics about mobile phone use, but Sabada encourages parents to think long term about their children's use of mobile phones. She suggests that parent should decide how technology is going to have a place in the family.

Selected works

* ''La Generación Interactiva en Iberoamérica'' (The Interactive Generation in Latin America), 2008 * ''Redes sociales. Manual de supervivencia para padres'' , 2011 * ''Innovación y desarrollo de los cibermedios en España'' (Innovation and development of cybermedia in Spain), 2016

Awards

* Top 100 Women Leaders in the category of thinkers and Expert, for "being a leader in technology research in children and adolescents", awarded by the Platform Women & Cia (2018)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sadaba Chalezquer, Charo 1972 births Living people People from Pamplona Academic staff of the University of Navarra