Sérgio Barbosa


Biography

Sérgio Barbosa (he/him) is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra, where he is part of the programme "Democracy in the Twenty-First Century". Sérgio has been a Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology fellow (2020-2024). He is currently a visiting researcher at the Business Analytics and Data Science Center, University of Graz. He is also a graduate affiliate at the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Previously, he was a research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society, Graz University of Technology. He was also a Digital Humanism Junior Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, as well as a fellow at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies in Bochum, Germany. In addition, Sérgio was awarded with a Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund grant, as well as Sylff Research Abroad and Sylff Research Grant. His research interests include the emerging forms of political participation vis-à-vis the possibilities afforded by chat apps, with emphasis on WhatsApp mediated activism and everyday social interactions, focusing on Digital Sociology, Digital Activism, Digital Literacy and Global South. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Political Studies Review, Mobile Media & Communication, Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, and First Monday, among others.


Latest Publications

Book Chapter

Barbosa, Sérgio (2024), Enabling Digital Literacy Pedagogical Sessions (#DLPS): The Case of Portugal, in Marcus-Quinn, A., Krejtz, K., Duarte, C. (org.), Transforming Media Accessibility in Europe. Cham: Springer, 303-316

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Article in Scientific journal

Herrada Hidalgo, Nadia; Santos, Marcelo; Barbosa, Sérgio (2024), "Affordances-driven ethics for research on mobile instant messaging: Notes from the Global South", Mobile Media & Communication, 0, 0, 1-24

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Article in Scientific journal

Barbosa, Sérgio (2023), "WhatsAppers and Local Participation in Brazil", IWM post, Fall/Winter, 132, 6

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