UFPR’s Communication seminar moves fast on political topics

The relationship between former president Jair Messias Bolsonaro and distrust of electronic voting machines is the first work presented at the 2023 Dissertation Seminar of the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). It is carried out by researcher Isadora Raquel Rupp, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Luciana Panke. The Seminar is an annual public presentation that begins this Monday (26th), in person, at the Communication headquarters of UFPR in Curitiba (Rua Bom Jesus, 650), and runs through Wednesday (28th). On Tuesday and Wednesday, it takes place online, on the channel of the Graduate Program in Communication (PPGCOM). Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Eduardo Botelho-Francisco is in charge, together with Dr. Carlos Marciano.

There are 14 works in all, from the Culture and Politics lines. That means considerable variety of premises, research objects and methods.

Download the Program Booklet (PDF, in Portuguese)

The investigations “Is culture politics? Is politics culture? Analysis of the news framing of topics in the period before and after the 2022 elections,” by researcher Sharon Jeanine Abdalla; “Facade journalism: rhetorical strategies about health in the program ‘Os pingos nos is’,” by researcher Karina Pierin Ernsen Alves; and “Operation Car Wash in political conversation: analysis of comments on the Gazeta do Povo channel on YouTube,” by this reporter, are, along with the opening presentation, from the Political Communication line. The supervisors are Prof. Dr. Carla Candida Rizzotto, Prof. Dr. Kelly Cristina de Souza Prudencio and Prof. Dr. Rafael Cardoso Sampaio, respectively.

Download the photos, to print, for social networks and for websites