#UMediaTalks 2025 | Series of Conversations on Current Media Issues

The Current Issues in Communication and Media course, part of the Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences at the University of Minho, is promoting #UMediaTalks – a series of talks on current media issues.

The series takes place on Tuesdays in November (4, 11, 18 and 25), at 4 pm (Mainland Portugal time), in Building 02 | Room 1.02, and brings together researchers from Portuguese and international institutions to discuss challenges and trends in contemporary communication.

The activity is open to the public and co-organised by 1st-year students of the Master’s in Communication Sciences, under the coordination of Nicoletta Mandolini and Elton Bruno Pinheiro, lecturers and researchers at the Centre for Communication and Society Studies (CECS).

Programme:

04/11

Inês Mendes | University of Minho (Portugal)

Slow journalism: expressions, evolution and relevance in a society without time.

11/11

Giorgio Busi Rizzi | Ghent University (Belgium)

Artificial Intelligence and Epistemological Challenges in Information and the Media.

18/11

Jean Campos | University of Brasília (Brazil) [virtual-synchronous participation]

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Disinformation.

25/11

Rafiza Varão | University of Brasília (Brazil) [virtual-synchronous participation]

Disinformation in the digital age: origins, impact and strategies to combat it.

More information:

https://www.instagram.com/umedia_talks/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/umedia-talks/?viewAsMember=true

[Posted: 31-10-2025]