Dr Manuel Hernández-Pérez

• Media and psychology
• Narrative theory
• Transmedia products
• Cross-cultural readings
• Video games and Narrative

• Active collaborator on 'European History of Anime Markets', a project coordinated by Marco Pellitteri (Kōbe University, Japan and Ca’ Foscari University, Venice)
• Member of AEJE - Asociacion Espanola de Estudios Japoneses (Spanish Japanese Studies Association)
• Part of the British Council Newton Fund Workshop 2017, 'Learning without Boundaries'

Hernández-Pérez, M. (2017). Manga, anime y videojuegos. Narrativa cross-media japonesa [Manga, Anime and Videogames. CrossMedia Japanese Narratives]. Zaragoza, Spain: Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza.

Hernández-Pérez, M., Corstorphine, K., & Stephens, D. (2017). 'Cartoons vs. manga movies: a brief history of anime in the UK'. Mutual Images, 2(1), 1-39.

Hernández-Pérez, M. (2016). 'Animation, branding and authorship in the construction of the ‘anti-Disney’ ethos: Hayao Miyazaki’s works and persona through Disney film criticism'. Animation. An Interdisciplinary Journal, 11(3): 297-313.

Hernández-Pérez, M. (2015). 'Constructing the Mangaverse: Narrative Patterns in Marvel’s Appropriation of Manga Products'. In C. Brienza (Ed.), Global Manga. "Japanese" Comics without Japan? (pp. 167-184). Farnham: Ashgate Publishing.

Hernández-Pérez, Manuel, and José Gabriel Ferreras Rodríguez. 'Serial Narrative, Intertextuality, and the Role of Audiences in the Creation of a Franchise: An Analysis of the Indiana Jones Saga from a Cross-Media Perspective'. Mass Communication and Society 17.1 (2014): 26-53.

Full list

• Multi-Platform Storytelling
• Design for User Experience
• Principles of Animation
• Game and Entertainment Studies
• Digital Curation (MA)

Dr Hernández-Pérez likes to think of himself as what Jenkins called an 'aca-fan', who spends his time enjoying cultural products at the same time as making a contribution to scholarly knowledge.

Thus, his research interest are wide, although they can be considered to fit within these general research lines.

• Animation studies
• Communication theory
• Comic-book / sequential language
• Cross-cultural readings on media psychology and media approaches
• Transmedia narrative
• Video Games

Students with research projects should feel free to contact him. More information about Dr Hernández-Pérez's research is available on his Academia.edu or ResearchGate profiles.

Current PhD supervisions

• Mona Ahmed Ismail Arslan, Government and Entrepreneurship SNS Dialogue: Egyptian Political Marketing Review. Supervisors: Dr Darren Mundy and Dr Manuel Hernandez-Perez

Completed PhD supervisions 

• MA in Digital Media by Research  “Design of Mobile app for Fitness” (March, 2017)

• MA in Digital Media by Research “Comparative Studies of CBT in face to face and on-line environments” (June, 2017

• HEA Fellowship (2015)
• ANECA accreditation, Spanish Education and Science Ministry (2013)

• BA and MA Psychology, University of Murcia, Spain (1999-2004)
• MA Advertising and Public Relations, University of Murcia, Spain (2004-2006)
• PGCE, University of Murcia, Spain (2007)
• Phd in Information Management, University of Murcia, Spain (2007-2013)

• Worked with many agents in the media sphere including foundations, TV channels and production houses.

• Extraordinary Award for Phd (University of Murcia, 2013-2015)

• Visiting Lecturer in Catholic University ‘San Vicente Martir’ (Valencia, Spain), 2013
• Visiting Lecturer in University of Murcia (Spain), 2012-2013