On March 15, at 2:30 p.m., in the Institute of Social Sciences, took place the Ph.D. proceedings in Communication Studies: Technology, Culture and Society of João Fernando Ferreira Gonçalves.
The thesis, directed by Sara Pereira, has the title “The Weight of Choice: the online speech of the public in the electoral period”.
The jury, chaired by Helena Sousa, was composed of:
– João Carlos Ferreira Correia, associate professor of the department of Communication and Arts at the University of Beira Interior;
– João José Pissarra Nunes Esteves, associate professor of the department of Communication Sciences at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa;
– Maria Cláudia Silva Afonso and Álvares, associate professor of the School of Communication, Arts and Information Technology at the Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies;
– Anabela Simões Carvalho, associate professor of the department of Communication Sciences of the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Minho;
– Sara de Jesus Gomes Pereira, associate professor of the department of Communication Sciences of the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Minho;
– José Carlos Costa dos Santos Camponez, assistant professor of the Faculty of Arts of the Department of Philosophy, Communication and Information of the University of Coimbra.
The candidate obtained by unanimity the maximum classification of this university: very good.