School of Social and Political Science

Background

I am a PhD student based in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. I am particularly interested in the role of journalism in democracy, media capture, hybrid systems and disinformation campaigns. My research interests have been shaped by my experience as a journalist, which includes 18 years as a reporter, editor and international correspondent for major Brazilian news outlets.

PhD Project

Supervisor: Dr Kate Wright
Co-supervisors: Dr Benjamin Martill and Dr Jean-François Daoust

Peer-reviewed Publications

• (2021). Liquid disinformation tactics: Overcoming social media countermeasures through misleading content. Journalism Practice, 1-21. 
  https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2021.1914707

• (2020). “Little flu” infodemic: an analysis on disinformation and coronavirus in Brazil. Chasqui Revista Latinoamericana de Comunicación, 1(145), 137-162 (co-authored with Juliana Alcantara). 
  https://doi.org/10.16921/chasqui.v1i145.4315

• (2018). Network of lies: the spread of fake news in the Brazilian presidential pre-campaign. Observatorio (OBS*), 12(5), 139-162. 
  https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS12520181272

Other Publications

• (2019). Disinformation in electoral processes: a 2018 Brazilian election case study (master's dissertation). University of Coimbra, Portugal.

Reviews

• (2020). Review of Network propaganda: Manipulation, disinformation, and radicalization in American politics by Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris and Hal Roberts. Mediapolis–Revista de Comunicação, Jornalismo e Espaço Público, (11), 103-105.

Conferences

• Public health and far-right: The Brazilian case of coronavirus infodemic. IAMCR 2021 - Rethinking borders and boundaries: Beyond the global/local dichotomy in communication studies, Nairobi - July 12, 2021.

• Disinformation in electoral processes. International Seminar Rethinking Brazilian journalism in times of populism and disinformation, Universidade Nova de Lisboa - January 13, 2020.

• Hijacked democracy: Impacts of disinformation on social media in the 2018 Brazilian presidential election. VIII Oxbridge Conference on Brazilian Studies, University of Cambridge - October 5, 2019.

Qualifications

• MSc in Journalism and Communication - Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal (2017-2019).

• Visiting researcher - University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (2018) - Erasmus.

• BA in Social Communication / Journalism - Universidade Católica de Santos, Brazil (2002-2005).

Teaching:

• Comparative Politics (tutor) - University of Edinburgh, 2022.

• Politics in a Changing World (tutor) - University of Edinburgh, 2021.

• Media, Gender and Representation (invited lecturer) - University of Coimbra, 2020.

• Media Socio-economics (invited lecturer) - University of Coimbra, 2019.

Awards and Grants

• PhD Research Support Fund 2021 (£ 500 grant for fieldwork) - School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh

• 3% Best Students Award 2018/2019 (€ 500) - University of Coimbra.

• Merit Diploma 2017/2018 (€ 1.064) - University of Coimbra.

Profiles

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CiênciaVittae (Portugal)
CnpqLattes (Brazil)
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