MILObs seminar ‘Disinformation and young people: building a critical evaluation tool’

On 4 December, starting at 2pm, MILObs will host researcher Sandra Moura (Centre for Communication, Tourism and the Arts at the Federal University of Paraíba – Brazil) for another edition of the MILObs seminars. The session is entitled ‘Disinformation and young people: building a critical evaluation tool’ and will take place in person at the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Minho (laboratory 008). Admission is free.

Sandra Moura, a visiting researcher at the Centre for Communication and Society Studies, will discuss an ongoing study linking disinformation and media literacy skills. The pilot study to assess Portuguese media literacy levels, authored by the current MILObs team, is one of the main theoretical frameworks for the project being developed by the Brazilian researcher.

Sandra Moura is also a full professor in the journalism department and a researcher in the postgraduate programme in journalism at the Federal University of Paraíba.

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