Dr Camila Mont'Alverne Barreto P Pessoa
Lecturer
Journalism, Media and Communication
Personal statement
Personal statement
My research is primarily focused on media trust and news consumption, adopting both qualitative and quantitative methods, including survey analysis and in-depth interviews. I was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, at the University of Oxford, working on the Trust in News Project. I have a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil, and was Visiting research student at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. My research interests also include digital media & elections and Brazilian politics.
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Prize And Awards
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Publications
- Exposure to partisan news and its impact on social polarization and vote choice : evidence from the 2022 Brazilian elections
- Mont'Alverne Camila, Arguedas Amy Ross, Banerjee Sayan, Toff Benjamin, Fletcher Richard, Nielsen Rasmus Kleis
- International Journal of Press/Politics Vol 30, pp. 904-930 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612241292700
- Estudo mostra como a desinformação contribuiu para a tentativa de golpe de estado no Brasil em 2022
- Mont'Alverne Camila
- (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.64628/ADE.jsqq5uevu
- The small effects of short user corrections on misinformation in Brazil, India, and the United Kingdom
- Altay Sacha, Andi Simge, Badrinathan Sumitra, Mont'Alverne Camila, Toff Benjamin, Nielsen Rasmus Kleis, Fletcher Richard
- Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review Vol 6 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-179
- Who wants impartial news? : Investigating determinants of preferences for impartiality in 40 countries
- Mont'Alverne Camila, Arguedas Amy Ross A, Badrinathan Sumitra, Toff Benjamin, Fletcher Richard, Nielsen Rasmus Kleis
- International Journal of Communication Vol 19, pp. 1581–1603 (2025)
- The link between changing news use and trust : longitudinal analysis of 46 countries
- Fletcher Richard, Andl Simge, Badrinathan Sumitra, Eddy Kirsten A, Kalogeropoulos Antonis, Mont'Alverne Camila, Robertson Craig T, Arguedas Amy Ross, Schulz Anne, Toff Benjamin, Nielsen Rasmus Kleis
- Journal of Communication Vol 75, pp. 1-15 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqae044
- Ritual reinforcement : habit, emotion, and identity as attributes of trust in news
- Ross Arguedas Amy, Mont'Alverne Camila, Toff Benjamin, Fletcher Richard, Nielsen Rasmus Kleis
- Journalism Studies Vol 25, pp. 1875-1892 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2024.2401403
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Projects
- Effects of distrust and misinformation in politics, science, and society
- Christofoletti, Rogério (Principal Investigator) Mont'Alverne Barreto P Pessoa, Camila (Principal Investigator) Pereira, Fabio (Co-investigator) Peres-Neto, Luiz (Co-investigator) Becker, Denise (Post Grad Student) Luz, Suelyn (Post Grad Student)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- Democratic Renewal or Backsliding? Investigating Disinformation, Political Intolerance, and Polarization in the 2022 Presidential Elections in Brazil
- Mont'Alverne Barreto P Pessoa, Camila (Co-investigator) Rossini, Patrícia (Principal Investigator) Kalogeropoulos, Antonis (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022
- Trust in News Project
- Mont'Alverne Barreto P Pessoa, Camila (Researcher) Arguedas, Amy Ross (Researcher) Badrinathan, Sumitra (Researcher) Toff, Benjamin (Co-investigator) Banerjee, Sayan (Researcher) Fletcher, Richard (Principal Investigator) Nielsen, Rasmus Kleis (Principal Investigator)
- The Trust in News Project looks at trust in digital news in Brazil, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States, markets which account for more than one billion internet users and a wide range of media systems and contexts.
The project involves qualitative and quantitative research, and ongoing engagement with journalists and other stakeholders. Its goal is to understand what drives trust for audiences in different contexts, and to identify evidence-based recommendations for publishers and platforms. - 01-Jan-2020
- Journalism and Political Institutions: Tensions Between News and Opinion When Covering Political Reforms in Brazil from 1989 until 2017
- Mont'Alverne Barreto P Pessoa, Camila (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2016 - 30-Jan-2020
- Editorial journalism and Political Institutions: the Editorial Coverage of the Brazilian Congress in Folha de S. Paulo and O Estado de S. Paulo (2011-2013)
- Mont'Alverne Barreto P Pessoa, Camila (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2014 - 18-Jan-2016
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Contact
Dr
Camila
Mont'Alverne Barreto P Pessoa
Lecturer
Journalism, Media and Communication
Email: camila.montalverne@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted