Florence OliveiraUniversidade da Beira Interior | UBI · Department of Communication and Arts
Florence Oliveira
Master of Journalism
PhD student in Communication Sciences researching fact-checking practices
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Introduction
Master in Journalism from the University of Beira Interior, with the presentation of the dissertation entitled "Doing Fact-checking in Portugal: the case of the Observador and Polígrafo". Currently a PhD student in Communication Sciences at the University of Beira Interior working on research into fact-checking ("Automation and media literacy"; "Automation's role in fact-checking" and "Exploring Fact-Checking as developing genre".
Additional affiliations
September 2021 - September 2023
Position
- Communications Specialist
Description
- -Project Writer and coordinator contact for international applications (Horizon Europe - MSCA) -Support for national and international applications -Responsible for updating the website and social media -Responsible for the preparation and implementation of the internal and external communication plan of the Research Centre -Support and organisation of Conferences and Workshops
Education
September 2018 - June 2020
September 2013 - January 2017
ISCSP
Field of study
- International Relations
Publications
Publications (2)
The improvement of automation and AI tools has prompted transformations in journalistic practices, including fact-checking. Fact-checking a posteriorihas acquired special relevance due to the increasing amount of disinformation on digital platforms and, given its breadth, automation became a need for verifiers to check content online. In this conte...
The new possibilities of the connected world have opened loopholes for political and cultural phenomena, such as alternative facts and the spread of fake news in a post-truth world. This situation putted the journalistic industry in an unsettled position, asking for new projects that could reinforce its credibility. The practice of fact-checking wa...
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