Bruno Frutuoso Costa is a PhD candidate in Communication Sciences at the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) and a visiting researcher at the School of Journalism, Media, and Culture (JOMEC), Cardiff University. Bruno is vice president of the Student Union of Pius XII University College (UECUP—Colégio Universitário Pio XII) and president of the Pius XII Cultural and Religious Center. In 2024, he specialized in data analysis in social sciences at ISCTE-IUL. As a scholarship holder for doctoral research from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) at CIES-Iscte, Bruno is developing his project “Aversion2agony: A cross-national comparative analysis of journalistic mediation of euthanasia in Portugal and the United Kingdom” (Reference 2023.04877. BD; DOI https://doi.org/10.54499/2023.04877.BD; Website https://aversion2agony.com/). In 2021, he conducted a pioneering study in Portugal on the phenomenon of digital and in-person violence against women journalists, which was published in a book by Media XXI. His main areas of research include journalism, media, and gender studies, focusing on topics such as public space and news production, participation and social media, digital platforms and sociability, gender violence and hate speech, as well as the mediation of death and mourning rituals.
CV Summary
Academic Qualifications
| University/Institution | Type | Degree | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
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ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa
Portugal
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Lisboa
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PhD | Ciências da Comunicação | 2022 - 2026 |
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Cardiff University
School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC)
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United Kingdom
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Cardiff
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PhD | Investigador visitante | 2025 - 2025 |
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ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa
Portugal
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Lisboa
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Post-graduation | Análise de Dados em Ciências Sociais | 2023 - 2024 |
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ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa
Portugal
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Lisboa
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Training Session | Métodos Digitais (SOCMINT e OSINT) | 2023 - 2024 |
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Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais
Portugal
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Coimbra
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Training Session | Eutanásia e morte medicamente assistida: Tempos e contratempos da nova lei | 2023 - 2023 |
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Universidade do Minho
Portugal
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Braga
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Training Session | Dos códigos aos sentidos: A ferramenta do MAXQDA | 2022 - 2022 |
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Universidade de Coimbra
Portugal
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Coimbra
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M.Sc. | Jornalismo e Comunicação - Investigação | 2019 - 2021 |
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Instituto Politecnico de Leiria
Portugal
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Leiria
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Licenciate | Comunicação e Media | 2015 - 2018 |
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Universidade do Vale do Taquari
Brazil
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Lajeado
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Finishing Licenciate | Intercâmbio académico em Jornalismo | 2018 - 2018 |
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Palavras Ditas, Comunicação Global, Lda
Portugal
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Lisboa
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Training Session | Públicos e Mercados: Todos Diferentes, Todos Iguais | 2016 - 2016 |
Research Interests
| Journalism, media, gender and death studies |
Fields of Science and Technology Classification
| Sociology Social Sciences |
| Media and Communications Social Sciences |
| Other Social Sciences Social Sciences |
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