On November 20 and 21, 2024, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto will host the VIII International Congress on Cyberjournalism. This year the organization has chosen the following theme for the Congress: “Platforms and actors: integrating innovation, facing challenges“.

Program

Communications Sessions

November 20th (Wednesday)

11h15 – Communications session 1 – Innovation

Immersive experiences of Portuguese cyberjournalism in the metaverse
Paulo Coraceiro (CECS-UMinho / CIES-Iscte, Portugal)

From page to screen: the impact of Covid-19 on data visualizations in Portuguese newsmagazines
Ilo Alexandre (Lusófona University, Portugal)

The Podcast as a tool for audience loyalty: the 50th anniversary of the April Revolution on Antena 1
Helena Lima and Isabel Reis (Faculty of Letters / CITCEM, Portugal)

Engaging Youth in News Through Digital Co-Creation: insights from YouNDigital newsroom
Margarida Maneta, Maria José Brites, Marisa Torres da Silva, Lúcia Mesquita, Mariana Muller
(CICANT, Lusófona University; NOVA FCSH, New University of Lisbon, Portugal)

Science in web journalism – Público’s “Azul” project Catarina Rodrigues and Ricardo Morais
(UAc / LabCom and FLUP / CITCEM / LabCom, Portugal)

Moderator: Hélder Bastos (Faculty of Letters / CITCEM, Portugal)

14h15 – Communications session 2 (online) – Actors, innovation and challenges

Artificial Intelligence in Journalism – Empirical Investigation of Hungarian Journalists’ Attitudes and GenAI Application Practices
Monika Andok, Andras Radetzky, Zoltan Rajki, Dora Szilczl (Pazmany Peter Catholic University, Hungary)

Clickbait sells, but does not inform: how reputable digital media use clickbait and how audience consumes it
Alba Diez-Gracia, Iris Sánchez-Sobradillo, Pilar Sánchez-García, Dolors Palau-Sampio (University of Valladolid, University of Valencia, Spain)

Innovation in Portuguese alternative media: the cases of Fumaça and Divergente
Carla Ganito, Cátia Ferreira (Portuguese Catholic University, CECC, Portugal)

Agony in the news media: A comparative study of news coverage of euthanasia in Portugal and the UK
Bruno Frutuoso Costa (CIES-Iscte, Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon)

Moderator: Ricardo Morais (Faculty of Letters / CITCEM, Portugal)

18h00 – Communications session 3 (online) – Platforms, challenges and innovation

Brazilian television in a reworking environment with the implementation of TV 3.0
Patricia Ap. Amaral, Rodrigo Gabrioti (Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Brazil)

Digital trends and transformations. The case of Peruvian cyber journalism
María Mendoza Michilot, Lucia Barja Marquina (Universidad de Lima, Perú)

The potential of artificial intelligence in the construction of geolocalized journalistic information
Eduardo Campos Pellanda, Mágda Rodrigues da Cunha (PUCRS, Brazil)

Disinformation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Risks, Opportunities and Ethical Perspectives
Moisés Limia Fernández (Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Colombia)

Big tech triptych and digital journalism in its platformization stage
Suzana Barbosa (Federal University of Bahia)

Moderator: Helena Lima (Faculty of Letters / CITCEM, Portugal)

November 21st (Thursday)

08h45 – Communications session 4

10h00 – Conference

Journalism amid an age of platformization
Oscar Westlund (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway)
Moderator: Hélder Bastos

11h00 – Coffee break

11h15 – Communications session 5

13h00 – Free lunch

14h15 – Communications session 6

15h30 – Conference

Platforms and disinformation: challenges for journalism in the age of populist and racist algorithms
Inês Amaral (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
Moderator: Ana Isabel Reis

16:30 – Coffee break

16h45 – Debate

Platforms and actors: integrating innovation, facing challenges
Amilcar Correia (Público newspaper)
Rita Neves Costa (Jornal de Notícias)
Miguel Soares (Antena 1)
João Fernando Ramos (CNN Portugal)
Moderator: Ana Isabel Reis

18h00 – Announcement of the winners and presentation of the 2024 Cyberjournalism Awards

18h30 – Closing (ObCiber)

Communications Sessions

November 21st (Thursday)

08h45 – Communications session 4 – Platforms

How Data Visualization is Gaining Space on the Instagram Profile of News Outlets
Ana Figueiras (Lusófona University, Portugal)

The Invisible Hand: Using AI Platforms to Identify the Scale of Propaganda in Albanian Media
Elvin Luku, Erion Elezi (University of Tirana, Albania)

Audiovisual platforms in the age of AI. YouTube as an information tool for breast cancer
María Ganzabal, Jesús Pérez Dasilva, Terese Mendiguren, Urko Peña (Universidad del País Vasco, Spain)

“You’re going to have to put up with the cuts.” An analysis of the use of cuts from the show on Instagram
Roda Viva by candidates for mayor of São Paulo in 2024
Rodrigo de Castro Resende (University of Beira Interior, Portugal)

Moderator: Ana Isabel Reis (Faculty of Letters / CITCEM, Portugal)

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11h15 – Communications session 5 – Challenges

Beyond Verification: The Evolving Role of Fact-Checking Organizations in Media Literacy Education for Youth
Lucia Mesquita, Margarida Maneta, Maria José Brites (Lusófona University, Portugal)

Platformization and cyberfeminism: challenges and possibilities for combating gender algorithmization
Taynãh Marques de Lira Andrade (Federal University of Pernambuco / University of Coimbra, Portugal)

Hypertextuality and perenniality in online journalism as tools for producing knowledge and confronting disinformation
Ana Paula Alencar, Ricardo Morais, Marco Schneider (UFFluminense; FLUP/CITCEM; Brazilian Institute of Science and Technology Information)

Financing digital portals in Santa Catarina’s near news deserts: an analysis based on the News Atlas (2024)
Lucas Santos Carmo Cabral, Natália Huf (Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil)

7Montes: the case of the online newspaper that was born in Trás-os-Montes with the promise of serving local communities
transmontanas who live in “news deserts”
Susana Ferrador, Fernando Zamith, Pedro Jerónimo (FLUP / University of Beira Interior)

Follow the link: Circulation of socio-environmental disinformation sites on messaging apps in Brazil
Débora Salles, Rose Santini, Marina Santos, Julia Dias, Thamyres Magalhães, Bianca Melo
(Federal University of Rio de Janeiro / Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil)

Moderator: Inês Amaral (University of Coimbra/CECS, Portugal)

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14h15 – Communications session 6 – Actors

From paper to digital: the lifestyle press on the social network Instagram
Pedro Eduardo Ribeiro (University of Minho, CECS, Portugal)

News values and newsmakers in diluted cyberspace: the EN2 case
Fernando Zamith, Sandra Marinho (ObCiber/CITCEM/FLUP, University of Porto; CECS/ICS, University of Minho, Portugal)

Artificial Intelligence in the View of Lecturers: A Study of Press Comments in Spanish and Portuguese
Urko Peña Alonso, Koldobika Meso Ayerdi, Simón Peña Fernández, Ainara Larrondo Ureta (Universidad del País Vasco, Spain)

“I think, then I comment”? Contributions to an analysis of interactivity between commentators and news published on social networks in Portugal
Fábio Ribeiro (UTAD; CICANT and CECS, Portugal)

Moderator: Paulo Frias (Faculty of Letters / CITCEM, Portugal)

More information: VIII International Congress of Cyberjournalism