Research

My research looked at how digital platforms shape the way complex public issues are understood. For my Master’s, I studied InfoAmazonia and how it used maps, open data, and collaborative journalism to make sense of the Amazon. For my PhD, I studied Fogo Cruzado, a platform that maps shootings, and how its alerts and the conversations around them shaped how armed violence was discussed.

PhD and Master’s in Communication. Both degrees were supported by Brazilian federal research scholarships.

Dissertation & thesisJournal articlesBook chapters

Dissertation & thesis

  • Surveilling and Sharing: Semiotic Traces of Armed Violence in the Digital Networks of Fogo CruzadoDoctoral dissertation · PhD in Communication Sciences, Unisinos2021
  • Amazonian Mediatization: The Systemic-Discursive Construction of InfoAmazoniaMaster’s thesis · Communication, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria2017

Journal articles

  • Social Systems and Mediatization: Systemic-Discursive Couplings in InfoAmazoniaLumina2017
  • Another Measure of Space-Time in MediatizationContracampo2017
  • Mediatized Environmental Publics: Collaborative Surveillance in the AmazonComunicação Midiática2016
  • Newsworthiness Processes Driven by Environmental NGOs in Digital EnvironmentsC&S: Comunicação & Sociedade2016
  • Rio+20 and Environmental Journalism: A Discursive Analysis of the Green Economy in Le Monde and Folha de S.PauloRazón y Palabra2015
  • Media Tribunal: An Analysis of Editorials in Le Monde and Folha de S.PauloLa Trama de la Comunicación2015
  • Meaning Gatekeepers: Journalistic Agenda-Setting Around Rio+20 in Le Monde and Folha de S.PauloConexão: Comunicação e Cultura2014
  • Socio-Semiotic Framing in Flood-Related News: Constructing Bonds with AudiencesEm Questão2014

Book chapters

  • Fogo Cruzado and Semiotic TerritorialitiesBook chapter · in Territórios Afetivos da Imagem e do Som2020
  • Specialized Journalism, Environmental Conferences, and Agenda-Setting Processes: Rio+20 in Folha de S.Paulo and O Estado de S.PauloBook chapter · in Jornalismo Especializado no Brasil: Teoria, Prática e Ensino2015