I have my bachelor in Journalism at Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR), and my master's in Digital Media Business at Macromedia University of Applied Sciences.
I am currently working as Social Media Manager and Content Creator at a Berlin-based tech startup.
I am very interested in writing and learning about digital communication, especially in how digital native aspects shape traditional informative communication online, such as independent media, memes, and social media. Supervisors: Eduardo Nunes Freire and Gernot Wolfram
A questão central desta pesquisa é investigar as configurações de relações amorosas na atualidade... more A questão central desta pesquisa é investigar as configurações de relações amorosas na atualidade e a forma através da qual tais relações vêm sendo moldadas em uma sociedade u li qu i da", marcada pela pressa, por relações socia is fugidias, pela crescente individualização e virtual i dade nas comunicações. Na esteira dessa discussão, examinamos , também, possíveis ligações entre o "mundo do trabalho " e o universo das relações afetivas . Para além destes aspectos , sublinha-se as consequências da chamada Revolução Sexual e de Costumes, através da qual as mulheres obtiveram ganhos, n otadamente em relação à autonomia e à liberdade sexual. Os dados estatisticos referentes aos Censos de 1980 e de 201O nos revelam que, entre os anos de 1984 e 2010, o numero de divórcios aumentou cerca de 4 vezes. Se em 1984 a cada mil brasileiros 5 se separavam , em 2010 esse número subiu para algo em torno de 18. Observa-se que a supressão dos prazos em relação à separação fez com que a...
What are the current problems surrounding the spread of “fake news”, and in what way could blockchain technology help to tackle these problems?, 2018
Whether it is the alleged witches of the age of the Inquisition burning at the stake, Marie Antoi... more Whether it is the alleged witches of the age of the Inquisition burning at the stake, Marie Antoinette being guillotined in Paris, or nationalistic warmongering propaganda fueling the sentiments of war during a military campaign, myths, misinformation and falsehoods have always played a significant role in political events.
Culture is also littered with misconceptions, misattributions and misquotations, that shape the public’s perceptions of media and of reality. «Elementary, my dear Watson» has never been uttered by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous character, «Twinkle twinkle little star» was not composed by a young Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart and fortune cookies are not chinese but japanese.
These cases of misinformation, however mundane as they can seem have nonetheless permeated, penetrated and influenced the collective mindset, culture and language, unmistakably leaving an almost indelible print in our media landscapes.
With the spread of new communication tools and technology, and with the invention of the World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee at the CERN in the 80’s, our interpersonal communication systems have greatly expanded the range and spread of information. On social networks like Facebook or Twitter, a new piece of news can go around the world and be seen by millions of people in a couple of hours, following the theory of Marshall McLuhan of the «Global Village» that time and distances have shrunk considerably, causing a shift from a physical communication model to a mental communication system. (McLuhan, 1964) This has proven to significantly alter one’s relationship with media and of its related studies. The spread of media, whether it be journalistic media, pieces of footage, anecdotes or memes (coined by Richard Dawkins to address the transmission of a subset of ideas) is extremely rapid, if not almost instant. This rather recent celerity is also accompanied by the ever growing volume of content that flows within this new mental communication model, some marketing analysts estimating the amount of ads people are exposed to during a single day is around 4000. (Marshall, 2015)
This threefold evolution, in the frame of time, volume and geographical location has created a media space where information flows abundantly. But this abundance can give credit to unsourced, unclear or outright false information, revitalising the threat of fake news as a global epidemic.
The american election of 2016 has brought more attention to this issue, with the electoral campaigns being clouded by a barrage of contradictory information, media confusion and a great participation of social media networks. Some commentators even attributing Donald Trump’s victory over the presidency as a result of social media and fake news. (Hedegaard, 2016)
This study will therefore try to shed some light on some of those issues, lay them bare and analyse them, while examining some potential technological concepts that could provide solutions to these problems, with namely blockchain technology.
The first part of this study will examine the concept of fake news and its relation and contextualisation within the scope of journalism and information. It will also be made clear that, with the paradigm shift of the traditional media towards a social media paradigm, the implications and scope of fake news has drastically changed. Having analysed the place of information and journalism within this new paradigm,some conceptual and technological evolutions will thus be explored, with a strong focus on the blockchain technology, detailing its particularities and the conceptual implications that its application can bring to the use of information online.
Thereafter, a comprehensive analysis will examine the possibilities of the blockchain in tackling the problems that modern journalism faces and if its implementation could be considered a viable solution to tackling the problem of the spread of fake news.
Journalism Embeds Social Media Language: The Use of Internet Memes in Political News, 2019
Social media’s omnipresence has changed how people relate to each other, to governments and media... more Social media’s omnipresence has changed how people relate to each other, to governments and media. Not by surprise, internet users have developed a new way of communicating that qualifies it as its own language. As part of this language, there are internet memes – born and raised on the web, a product of digitalization. Memes became one of the most shared content online, and not only among playful environments but also in serious ones, such as can be seen in the political scene. With its critical sense and satirical aspect, internet memes are used to question and provoke authorities, promoting citizens’ engagement and feeling of community. Journalism, in its role as society representative and source for news, started using memes in their communication with the audience, generally in their social media profiles. Most recently, memes can be seen featuring journalistic articles for covering political news, such as in Folha de S. Paulo, one of the most prominent Brazilian newspapers, that not online publishes such content online, but also on the printed press. Parallel to this, there are already digital media platforms blending journalism with memes in their core format, as in MemeNews, a Brazilian newsletter and a news outlet that covers the country’s political agenda using memes as comments to their reports. By analyzing the content of the communication vehicles mentioned above, this thesis investigates how 21st-century journalism is embedding memes, a native social media language, in the making of political news.
REDES SOCIAIS, JORNALISMO COLABORATIVO E O IMPACTO DE UM CLIQUE: MUDANÇAS DE ENQUADRAMENTO DO G1 NAS JORNADAS DE JUNHO, 2016
O tema dessa monografia é Jornalismo Colaborativo por meio das redes sociais. A escolha desse tem... more O tema dessa monografia é Jornalismo Colaborativo por meio das redes sociais. A escolha desse tema foi devido ao interesse por como se deram as manifestações de junho de 2013 no Brasil, que culminou no desenvolvimento da Mídia Ninja, rede de comunicação independente e colaborativa que contestava a mídia tradicional pelas redes sociais.
O surgimento dos ninjas viria a influenciar a grande mídia a mudar progressivamente o enquadramento durante a cobertura dos protestos. Para discutir essa hipótese, foi realizada análise documental e de conteúdo das publicações do coletivo Ninja no Facebook e de notícias das manifestações no portal de notícias G1, do grupo Globo, a fim de ilustrar essa mudança de enquadramento.
Conclui-se com essa pesquisa que a aparição da Mídia Ninja e a participação intensa do povo nas redes sociais, assim como as Jornadas de Junho como todo, foram um fenômeno para a comunicação, política e democracia no país. Trouxe novas vozes à esfera pública, resgatou princípios e valores jornalísticos e chamou atenção para o uso de ferramentas como as redes sociais e mídias digitais, obrigando à mídia tradicional a renovar-se.
Palavras-chave: Jornalismo Colaborativo. Mídia independente. Redes sociais. Enquadramento. Junho de 2013.
A questão central desta pesquisa é investigar as configurações de relações amorosas na atualidade... more A questão central desta pesquisa é investigar as configurações de relações amorosas na atualidade e a forma através da qual tais relações vêm sendo moldadas em uma sociedade u li qu i da", marcada pela pressa, por relações socia is fugidias, pela crescente individualização e virtual i dade nas comunicações. Na esteira dessa discussão, examinamos , também, possíveis ligações entre o "mundo do trabalho " e o universo das relações afetivas . Para além destes aspectos , sublinha-se as consequências da chamada Revolução Sexual e de Costumes, através da qual as mulheres obtiveram ganhos, n otadamente em relação à autonomia e à liberdade sexual. Os dados estatisticos referentes aos Censos de 1980 e de 201O nos revelam que, entre os anos de 1984 e 2010, o numero de divórcios aumentou cerca de 4 vezes. Se em 1984 a cada mil brasileiros 5 se separavam , em 2010 esse número subiu para algo em torno de 18. Observa-se que a supressão dos prazos em relação à separação fez com que a...
What are the current problems surrounding the spread of “fake news”, and in what way could blockchain technology help to tackle these problems?, 2018
Whether it is the alleged witches of the age of the Inquisition burning at the stake, Marie Antoi... more Whether it is the alleged witches of the age of the Inquisition burning at the stake, Marie Antoinette being guillotined in Paris, or nationalistic warmongering propaganda fueling the sentiments of war during a military campaign, myths, misinformation and falsehoods have always played a significant role in political events.
Culture is also littered with misconceptions, misattributions and misquotations, that shape the public’s perceptions of media and of reality. «Elementary, my dear Watson» has never been uttered by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous character, «Twinkle twinkle little star» was not composed by a young Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart and fortune cookies are not chinese but japanese.
These cases of misinformation, however mundane as they can seem have nonetheless permeated, penetrated and influenced the collective mindset, culture and language, unmistakably leaving an almost indelible print in our media landscapes.
With the spread of new communication tools and technology, and with the invention of the World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee at the CERN in the 80’s, our interpersonal communication systems have greatly expanded the range and spread of information. On social networks like Facebook or Twitter, a new piece of news can go around the world and be seen by millions of people in a couple of hours, following the theory of Marshall McLuhan of the «Global Village» that time and distances have shrunk considerably, causing a shift from a physical communication model to a mental communication system. (McLuhan, 1964) This has proven to significantly alter one’s relationship with media and of its related studies. The spread of media, whether it be journalistic media, pieces of footage, anecdotes or memes (coined by Richard Dawkins to address the transmission of a subset of ideas) is extremely rapid, if not almost instant. This rather recent celerity is also accompanied by the ever growing volume of content that flows within this new mental communication model, some marketing analysts estimating the amount of ads people are exposed to during a single day is around 4000. (Marshall, 2015)
This threefold evolution, in the frame of time, volume and geographical location has created a media space where information flows abundantly. But this abundance can give credit to unsourced, unclear or outright false information, revitalising the threat of fake news as a global epidemic.
The american election of 2016 has brought more attention to this issue, with the electoral campaigns being clouded by a barrage of contradictory information, media confusion and a great participation of social media networks. Some commentators even attributing Donald Trump’s victory over the presidency as a result of social media and fake news. (Hedegaard, 2016)
This study will therefore try to shed some light on some of those issues, lay them bare and analyse them, while examining some potential technological concepts that could provide solutions to these problems, with namely blockchain technology.
The first part of this study will examine the concept of fake news and its relation and contextualisation within the scope of journalism and information. It will also be made clear that, with the paradigm shift of the traditional media towards a social media paradigm, the implications and scope of fake news has drastically changed. Having analysed the place of information and journalism within this new paradigm,some conceptual and technological evolutions will thus be explored, with a strong focus on the blockchain technology, detailing its particularities and the conceptual implications that its application can bring to the use of information online.
Thereafter, a comprehensive analysis will examine the possibilities of the blockchain in tackling the problems that modern journalism faces and if its implementation could be considered a viable solution to tackling the problem of the spread of fake news.
Journalism Embeds Social Media Language: The Use of Internet Memes in Political News, 2019
Social media’s omnipresence has changed how people relate to each other, to governments and media... more Social media’s omnipresence has changed how people relate to each other, to governments and media. Not by surprise, internet users have developed a new way of communicating that qualifies it as its own language. As part of this language, there are internet memes – born and raised on the web, a product of digitalization. Memes became one of the most shared content online, and not only among playful environments but also in serious ones, such as can be seen in the political scene. With its critical sense and satirical aspect, internet memes are used to question and provoke authorities, promoting citizens’ engagement and feeling of community. Journalism, in its role as society representative and source for news, started using memes in their communication with the audience, generally in their social media profiles. Most recently, memes can be seen featuring journalistic articles for covering political news, such as in Folha de S. Paulo, one of the most prominent Brazilian newspapers, that not online publishes such content online, but also on the printed press. Parallel to this, there are already digital media platforms blending journalism with memes in their core format, as in MemeNews, a Brazilian newsletter and a news outlet that covers the country’s political agenda using memes as comments to their reports. By analyzing the content of the communication vehicles mentioned above, this thesis investigates how 21st-century journalism is embedding memes, a native social media language, in the making of political news.
REDES SOCIAIS, JORNALISMO COLABORATIVO E O IMPACTO DE UM CLIQUE: MUDANÇAS DE ENQUADRAMENTO DO G1 NAS JORNADAS DE JUNHO, 2016
O tema dessa monografia é Jornalismo Colaborativo por meio das redes sociais. A escolha desse tem... more O tema dessa monografia é Jornalismo Colaborativo por meio das redes sociais. A escolha desse tema foi devido ao interesse por como se deram as manifestações de junho de 2013 no Brasil, que culminou no desenvolvimento da Mídia Ninja, rede de comunicação independente e colaborativa que contestava a mídia tradicional pelas redes sociais.
O surgimento dos ninjas viria a influenciar a grande mídia a mudar progressivamente o enquadramento durante a cobertura dos protestos. Para discutir essa hipótese, foi realizada análise documental e de conteúdo das publicações do coletivo Ninja no Facebook e de notícias das manifestações no portal de notícias G1, do grupo Globo, a fim de ilustrar essa mudança de enquadramento.
Conclui-se com essa pesquisa que a aparição da Mídia Ninja e a participação intensa do povo nas redes sociais, assim como as Jornadas de Junho como todo, foram um fenômeno para a comunicação, política e democracia no país. Trouxe novas vozes à esfera pública, resgatou princípios e valores jornalísticos e chamou atenção para o uso de ferramentas como as redes sociais e mídias digitais, obrigando à mídia tradicional a renovar-se.
Palavras-chave: Jornalismo Colaborativo. Mídia independente. Redes sociais. Enquadramento. Junho de 2013.
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Culture is also littered with misconceptions, misattributions and misquotations, that shape the public’s perceptions of media and of reality. «Elementary, my dear Watson» has never been uttered by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous character, «Twinkle twinkle little star» was not composed by a young Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart and fortune cookies are not chinese but japanese.
These cases of misinformation, however mundane as they can seem have nonetheless permeated, penetrated and influenced the collective mindset, culture and language, unmistakably leaving an almost indelible print in our media landscapes.
With the spread of new communication tools and technology, and with the invention of the World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee at the CERN in the 80’s, our interpersonal communication systems have greatly expanded the range and spread of information. On social networks like Facebook or Twitter, a new piece of news can go around the world and be seen by millions of people in a couple of hours, following the theory of Marshall McLuhan of the «Global Village» that time and distances have shrunk considerably, causing a shift from a physical communication model to a mental communication system. (McLuhan, 1964) This has proven to significantly alter one’s relationship with media and of its related studies.
The spread of media, whether it be journalistic media, pieces of footage, anecdotes or memes (coined by Richard Dawkins to address the transmission of a subset of ideas) is extremely rapid, if not almost instant. This rather recent celerity is also accompanied by the ever growing volume of content that flows within this new mental communication model, some marketing analysts estimating the amount of ads people are exposed to during a single day is around 4000. (Marshall, 2015)
This threefold evolution, in the frame of time, volume and geographical location has created a media space where information flows abundantly. But this abundance can give credit to unsourced, unclear or outright false information, revitalising the threat of fake news as a global epidemic.
The american election of 2016 has brought more attention to this issue, with the electoral campaigns being clouded by a barrage of contradictory information, media confusion and a great participation of social media networks. Some commentators even attributing Donald Trump’s victory over the presidency as a result of social media and fake news. (Hedegaard, 2016)
This study will therefore try to shed some light on some of those issues, lay them bare and analyse them, while examining some potential technological concepts that could provide solutions to these problems, with namely blockchain technology.
The first part of this study will examine the concept of fake news and its relation and contextualisation within the scope of journalism and information. It will also be made clear that, with the paradigm shift of the traditional media towards a social media paradigm, the implications and scope of fake news has drastically changed.
Having analysed the place of information and journalism within this new paradigm,some conceptual and technological evolutions will thus be explored, with a strong focus on the blockchain technology, detailing its particularities and the conceptual implications that its application can bring to the use of information online.
Thereafter, a comprehensive analysis will examine the possibilities of the blockchain in tackling the problems that modern journalism faces and if its implementation could be considered a viable solution to tackling the problem of the spread of fake news.
e colaborativa que contestava a mídia tradicional pelas redes sociais.
O surgimento dos ninjas viria a influenciar a grande mídia a mudar progressivamente o enquadramento durante a cobertura dos protestos. Para discutir essa hipótese, foi realizada análise documental e de
conteúdo das publicações do coletivo Ninja no Facebook e de notícias das manifestações no portal de notícias G1, do grupo Globo, a fim de ilustrar essa mudança de enquadramento.
Conclui-se com essa pesquisa que a aparição da Mídia Ninja e a participação intensa do povo nas redes sociais, assim como as Jornadas de Junho como todo, foram um fenômeno para a comunicação, política e democracia no país. Trouxe novas vozes à esfera pública, resgatou
princípios e valores jornalísticos e chamou atenção para o uso de ferramentas como as redes sociais e mídias digitais, obrigando à mídia tradicional a renovar-se.
Palavras-chave: Jornalismo Colaborativo. Mídia independente. Redes sociais.
Enquadramento. Junho de 2013.
Culture is also littered with misconceptions, misattributions and misquotations, that shape the public’s perceptions of media and of reality. «Elementary, my dear Watson» has never been uttered by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous character, «Twinkle twinkle little star» was not composed by a young Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart and fortune cookies are not chinese but japanese.
These cases of misinformation, however mundane as they can seem have nonetheless permeated, penetrated and influenced the collective mindset, culture and language, unmistakably leaving an almost indelible print in our media landscapes.
With the spread of new communication tools and technology, and with the invention of the World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee at the CERN in the 80’s, our interpersonal communication systems have greatly expanded the range and spread of information. On social networks like Facebook or Twitter, a new piece of news can go around the world and be seen by millions of people in a couple of hours, following the theory of Marshall McLuhan of the «Global Village» that time and distances have shrunk considerably, causing a shift from a physical communication model to a mental communication system. (McLuhan, 1964) This has proven to significantly alter one’s relationship with media and of its related studies.
The spread of media, whether it be journalistic media, pieces of footage, anecdotes or memes (coined by Richard Dawkins to address the transmission of a subset of ideas) is extremely rapid, if not almost instant. This rather recent celerity is also accompanied by the ever growing volume of content that flows within this new mental communication model, some marketing analysts estimating the amount of ads people are exposed to during a single day is around 4000. (Marshall, 2015)
This threefold evolution, in the frame of time, volume and geographical location has created a media space where information flows abundantly. But this abundance can give credit to unsourced, unclear or outright false information, revitalising the threat of fake news as a global epidemic.
The american election of 2016 has brought more attention to this issue, with the electoral campaigns being clouded by a barrage of contradictory information, media confusion and a great participation of social media networks. Some commentators even attributing Donald Trump’s victory over the presidency as a result of social media and fake news. (Hedegaard, 2016)
This study will therefore try to shed some light on some of those issues, lay them bare and analyse them, while examining some potential technological concepts that could provide solutions to these problems, with namely blockchain technology.
The first part of this study will examine the concept of fake news and its relation and contextualisation within the scope of journalism and information. It will also be made clear that, with the paradigm shift of the traditional media towards a social media paradigm, the implications and scope of fake news has drastically changed.
Having analysed the place of information and journalism within this new paradigm,some conceptual and technological evolutions will thus be explored, with a strong focus on the blockchain technology, detailing its particularities and the conceptual implications that its application can bring to the use of information online.
Thereafter, a comprehensive analysis will examine the possibilities of the blockchain in tackling the problems that modern journalism faces and if its implementation could be considered a viable solution to tackling the problem of the spread of fake news.
e colaborativa que contestava a mídia tradicional pelas redes sociais.
O surgimento dos ninjas viria a influenciar a grande mídia a mudar progressivamente o enquadramento durante a cobertura dos protestos. Para discutir essa hipótese, foi realizada análise documental e de
conteúdo das publicações do coletivo Ninja no Facebook e de notícias das manifestações no portal de notícias G1, do grupo Globo, a fim de ilustrar essa mudança de enquadramento.
Conclui-se com essa pesquisa que a aparição da Mídia Ninja e a participação intensa do povo nas redes sociais, assim como as Jornadas de Junho como todo, foram um fenômeno para a comunicação, política e democracia no país. Trouxe novas vozes à esfera pública, resgatou
princípios e valores jornalísticos e chamou atenção para o uso de ferramentas como as redes sociais e mídias digitais, obrigando à mídia tradicional a renovar-se.
Palavras-chave: Jornalismo Colaborativo. Mídia independente. Redes sociais.
Enquadramento. Junho de 2013.