- Matos, C. (2022). NGOs and advocacy communications on sexual and reproductive health and rights: From the North to the South. Feminist Media Studies, 22(2), pp. 183–204. doi:10.1080/14680777.2020.1841813.
- Matos, C. (2019). Book review The Technoscientific witness of rape - contentious histories of law, feminism and forensic science. American Journal of Sociology, 125(March 2020 no 5). doi:10.1086/703550.
- Matos, C. (2019). The Technoscientific Witness of Rape: Contentious Histories of Law, Feminism, and Forensic Science. By Andrea Quinlan. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2017. Pp. x+254. $66.00 (cloth); $29.95 (paper). American Journal of Sociology, 125(1), pp. 310–312. doi:10.1086/703550.
- Matos, C. (2019). Feminist media studies across borders: Re-visiting studies within the Brazilian national context. Journal of International Women's Studies, 20(2), pp. 11–25.
- Matos, C. (2018). Re-thinking feminism and democratic politics: the potential of online networks for social change and gender equality in Brazil. Mediapolis – Revista de Comunicação, Jornalismo e Espaço Público, (7), pp. 17–30. doi:10.14195/2183-6019_7_1.
- Matos, C. (2018). Facing Poverty and Marginalization: Fifty years of Critical Research in Brazil - edited by Kontopodis, Michalis, Magalhaes, Maria C. and Coracini, Maria Jose. Bulletin of Latin American Research, 37(3), pp. 387–388. doi:10.1111/blar.12827.
- Matos, C.O. (2017). Rosalind Gill: “não queremos só mais bolo, queremos toda a padaria!” MATRIZes, 11(2), pp. 137–137. doi:10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v11i2p137-160.
- Matos, C. (2017). New Brazilian feminisms and online networks: Cyberfeminism, protest and the female ‘Arab Spring’. International Sociology, 32(3), pp. 417–434. doi:10.1177/0268580917694971.
- Matos, C. (2016). Harbinger of modernity. Marcos Aguinis and the democratization of Argentina. Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 15(3), pp. 528–529. doi:10.1080/14725886.2016.1186377.
- Matos, C. (2015). The Brazillian Road Movie: Journeys of (Self) Discovery - edited by Brandellero, Sara. Bulletin of Latin American Research, 34(3), pp. 394–395. doi:10.1111/blar.12336.
- Matos, C. (2015). Brazil: the struggle for press freedom. Dialogue, (07), pp. 19–20.
- Matos, C. (2014). Brazilian society and politics post-World Cup 2014: Global and local media narratives for democratization. International Journal of Digital Television, 5(3), pp. 255–259. doi:10.1386/jdtv.5.3.255_7.
- Matos, C. (2014). Brazil: the struggle for press freedom. Dialogue.
- Matos, C. (2012). Media Democratization in Brazil: Achievements and Future Challenges. Critical Sociology, 38(6), pp. 863–876. doi:10.1177/0896920512441636.
- Matos, C. (2012). Media democratization in Brazil and future challenges. Journal of Critical Sociology, 38(6).
- Matos, C. (2011). Media and democracy. Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture.
- Matos, C. (2004). Lula is pop!: an analysis of a celebrity politician. Journal of Culture and Communications of the Federal University of Bahia.
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About
Overview
Dr Carolina Matos is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Media at the Department of Media, Culture and Creative Industries at the School of Communications and Creativity. She is also the Programme Director of the MAs in Media and Communications and International Communications and Development (ICD) and until August 2022 was based in the Department of Sociology at City University, having joined the University in 2013. Matos has nearly 30 years of professional experience, in academia and journalism, having been a former full-time journalist for over 10 years before becoming an academic. She has been teaching and researching for over 18 years in universities throughout the UK and has also been a visiting researcher abroad, from Brazil to Finland. In 2022 Matos was a visiting scholar at the Institute of Social and Political Studies (IESP UERJ) in Rio, Brazil. Matos obtained her PhD in Media and Communications from Goldsmiths College, University of London, with no corrections in January 2007, with a thesis on the relationship between journalism and democracy in Brazil. Her research is on media, gender and development, the role of communications for social change, digital media and new technologies, democracy and the public sphere as well as health communications and sexual and reproductive health and rights. In 2018, Matos was successful in obtaining funding for the research project, Gender, health communications and online activism in the digital age, through the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), provided by Research England and which is a key component of the UK's overseas aid strategy and part of the UK's Official Development Assistance (ODA). This was completed in December 2021 and will be published as a single author manuscript in Spring 2023 by the publisher McGill Queen's University Press. Matos is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and is currently co-chair of the Gender and Communications section of the International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), having been elected in June 2020.
Before joining the Sociology department at City in 2013 as a lecturer, Dr Matos was a part-time lecturer in the Government department at the University of Essex. Before this Matos was an LSE Fellow in Political Communications at the London School of Economics (LSE), having also taught at UEL, Goldsmiths and St. Mary's Twickenham. Matos obtained the Postgraduate Certificate in teaching in UK HE from the LSE in June 2011, having also taught at the LSE Executive. She was also a visiting lecturer at the University of Helsinki, in Finland, in 2012 on an MA in Global Media, having also received a small grant to research in Sweden from the University of Orebro when she was doing her PhD. Matos throughout the years has delivered many keynote speeches, such as for the University of Coimbra in Portugal in September 2019, as well as having attended many conferences and workshops abroad, including in the US, Finland, Portugal, Brazil, Dubai and Egypt. During the first term of 2019, Matos was a visiting researcher at the IESP UERJ Institute in Brazil, working alongside PhD research students in Brazil and India on her research on the use of communications and new technologies by feminist and health NGOs for gender development. In 2017, Matos was shortlisted by City Sociology students for the Learning and Enhancement Teaching Awards in the category of assessment and feedback.
Matos has published three books, many chapters and journal articles, in journals and book editions which have included the journals International Sociology, Critical Sociology, American Journal of Sociology, Mediapolis, and Feminist Media Studies as well as published with IB Tauris, Palgrave Macmillan, Routledge, Intellect Books, Rowman and Littlefield, Lexington Books and McGIll-Queen's University Press among others. Her current research is due to be published by McGill Queen's University Press in 2022. One of her books, Media and politics in Latin America, received in 2012 an honourable mention for the Cecil B. Currey Books Awards on the best book on the Third World by the Association of Third World Studies (ATWS) as well as the prestigious international prize 2014 Premio Jabuti prize, winning first place in the category of communications.
Matos also sits on the editorial board of a few journals in the field, including the International Journal of Digital Television, Brazilian Journalism Research (BJR), the Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies and is also part of the editorial board of the International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics. She has also done peer review for countless publishers and journals, including New Media and Society, Bulletin of Latin American Research, the European Journal of Communication, Communication Theory, Journalism Practice, Canadian Journal of Development Studies, The International Journal of Press/Politics, Commons, Global Media, Women's Studies International Forum and American Journal of Sociology. Matos' work is concerned with structural inequalities in societies, particularly of gender but also the intersections with class and race. She is also interested in processes of democratization and the ways in which cultures of journalism and the media can contribute to social change.
In her earlier work Matos examined the role of public service broadcasting (PSB) and the media in democratization in Latin America in a comparative perspective with Europe and the UK. She has researched both the mainstream media as well "alternative" journalism, the third sector and NGOs, particularly now looking at the use of communication tools by social and feminist movements and NGOs. Her methods include both qualitative and some quantitative approaches, from content analysis and surveys to interviews, critical discourse analysis (CDA), ethnography and participant observation. Matos throughout the years has given many interviews to the press, including to television networks, from Al Jazeera English and CCTV to the newspapers Financial Times, The Guardian, De Standard, BBC Mundo, BBC and BBC Scotland as well as to the Brazilian media. As a journalist, Matos worked for various press organizations in the areas of politics, culture and international news, including Folha de Sao Paulo, Globo Organisations, Reuters and UNESCO.
Qualifications
- PhD in Media and Communications, Goldsmiths College, United Kingdom, Jan 2007
- MA Film and Television Studies, University of Warwick, United Kingdom, 1998 – 1999
- Professional Certificate in Strategic Gender Planning, International Centre for Parliamentary Studies UK, United Kingdom
Postgraduate training
- PG Certificate in Teaching in UK HE, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom, Jun 2011
Employment
- Senior Lecturer in Media and Sociology, City, University of London, Aug 2022 – present
- Visiting scholar, Institute of Social and Political Studies (IESP UERJ Brazil), May – Jun 2022
- Programme Director of the MAs in Media and Communications and International Communications and Development, City, University of London, Sep 2018 – present
- Lecturer in Media and Sociology, City, University of London, Aug 2013 – Aug 2017
- Part-time lecturer, University of Essex, Colchester, Jun 2012 – Jul 2013
- LSE Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, May 2008 – Jun 2011
- Visiting tutor, St Mary's University Twickenham London, Twickenham, Aug 2007 – Jun 2008
- Visiting tutor, University of East London, London, Aug 2005 – Apr 2008
- Visiting tutor, Goldsmiths University of London, London, Jan 2003 – Dec 2006
Awards
- Learning and Enhancement Awards - City Student's Union (2017) Learning and Enhancement Awards
Was shortlisted by City Sociology students for the Learning and Enhancement Teaching Awards in the category of assessment and feedback. - Camara Brasileira de Livro (2014) Premio Jabuti
Winner of the 2014 Premio Jabuti prize in the communication category, for the book Media and politics in Latin America: globalization, democracy and identity (I.B. Tauris and Editora Civilizacao Brasileira)
http://www.city.ac.uk/news/2014/nov/city-academic-takes-top-brazilian-literary-prize - ATWS Cecil B. Currey ATWS Book Awards - Best book on the Third World
ATWS (Association of Third World Studies) - Cecil B. Currey ATWS Book-Length Publications Award
Honorary mention - “Media and Politics in Latin America: globalization, gender politics and identity
http://apps.gsw.edu/atws/assoc.htm
Languages
Portuguese and Spanish - Latin American.
Teaching
Undergraduate
- SG2051 News and society
- SG1005 Media history and Politics
- Sociology 3rd year project
Postgraduate
- SGM004 Political communication
- SGM223 Communication, culture and development
- SGM111 Sociology Dissertation
Research students
Matina Zestanaki
Thesis title: Greek politics and social movements
Publications
Featured publications
- Matos, C. (2013). Midia e politica na America Latina: democracia, globalizacao e identidade. Editora Civilizacao Brasileira.
- Matos, C. (2012). Media and politics in Latin America: globalization, democracy and identity. London: I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84885-612-7.
- Matos, C. (2009). Journalism and Political Democracy in Brazil. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-2351-5.
- Matos, C. (2015). Media reform in Latin America revisited: where do we go from here? In Steemers, J. and Flew, T. (Eds.), Media Policy (pp. 156–172).
- Matos, C. (2014). The Internet for the Public Interest: Overcoming the digital divide in Brazil. In Martens, C., McChesney, R. and Vivaveres, E. (Eds.), Regional responses to media regulation: the International Political Economy of Media in South America London: algrave Macmillan.
- Matos, C. (2014). Public service broadcasting and media reform in Brazil in comparative perspective. In Guerrero, M.A. and Márquez-Ramírez, M. (Eds.), Media Systems and Communication Policies in Latin America ISBN 978-1-137-40904-1.
- Matos, C. (2013). Media and globalization in Brazil. In Nederveen Pieterse, J. and Cardoso, A. (Eds.), Brazil Emerging: Inequality and Emancipation New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-83704-0.
- Matos, C. (2012). Globalization and the mass media. Encyclopedia of Globalization Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Matos, C. (2015). The crisis of public communications and quality journalism in comparative perspective. Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies, Latin American Journalism edition.
- Matos, C. (2009). Comparing Media Systems: the role of the public media in the digital age. The Global Studies Journal, 2(3).
Publications by category
Books (3)
- Matos, C. (2016). Globalization, gender politics and the media. Maryland, USA: Rowman and Littlefield/Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1-4985-1244-2.
- Matos, C. (2008). Jornalismo e política democrática no Brasil. Sao Paulo: Publifolha. ISBN 978-85-7402-928-3.
- Matos, C. Gender, health communications and online activism in the digital age. London: McGill-Queen's University Press.
Chapters (4)
- Matos, C. (2014). Public communications and regulation. In Guerrero, M.A. and Ramirez, M.M. (Eds.), Globalization, Media Policies and Markets in Latin America London: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Matos, C. (2013). Brazil Emerging: inequality and emancipation. In Nederveen Pieterse, J. (Ed.), Brazil Emerging: inequality and emancipation London: Routledge.
- Matos, C. (2001). Isaac Julien. In Allon, Y. (Ed.), Contemporary British and Irish Film Directors New York: Wallflower Press. ISBN 978-1-903364-21-5.
- In Riggirozzi, P. and Wylde, C. (Eds.), Handbook of South American Governance. In Routledge.
Conference papers and proceedings (6)
- Matos, C. (2013). Inequality and emancipation: Brazil’s changing role in the world. Pre-ICA London Conference London.
- Matos, C. (2013). Television, entertainment and the public interest. ICA London Conference London.
- Matos, C. (2013). Gender politics, blogging and the 2010 Brazilian elections. Political Studies Association (PSA) Conference Cardiff.
- Matos, C. (2013). Public service broadcasting and media reform in Brazil in comparative perspective. 2013 IAMCR Conference Dublin.
- Matos, C. (2008). Between crisis and cultural emancipation: re-evaluating the role of the public media in the digital age. 5th year anniversary of the Media and Communications Department LSE, London.
- Matos, C. (2008). Partisanship and professionalism: the role of the journalist in the democratization process. US-Brazil (BRASA IX) conference Tulane University, New Orleans USA.
Internet publication
Journal articles (17)
Professional activities
Editorial activity (3)
- Review of articles for a series of top journals, including the American Political Science Review, Global Media and BLAR (Bulletin of Latin American Research)..
- Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of Digital Television:
http://www.intellectbooks.ac.uk/journals. - Book review for BLAR (Bulletin of Latin American Research), Brandellero, Sara (ed) (2013) The Brazillian Road Movie: Journeys of (Self) Discovery,
University of Wales Press (Cardiff), xix+288 pp. £90.00 hbk.
Events/conferences (4)
- King's College: Where now for Brazil? http://www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/worldwide/newsevents/newsrecords/Whats-Next-for-Brazil-From-the-turmoil-to-the-near-future.aspx (2016).
- Globalization, gender politics and the media. Gender & Sexualities Research Forum, City (2014).
Description: http://www.city.ac.uk/events/2014/jun/gender-and-sexualities-research-forum - LSE/Oxford - Brazil Forum UK. http://brazilforum.co.uk/index.php/speakers/
- Pre-BSA (British Sociological Association) conference. Birmingham
Description: https://bsapgforum.wordpress.com/2015/12/08/sociological-explorations/
Keynote lectures/speeches (7)
- Delivered the lectures “Gender and social development” and “Gender equity and citizenship”. Institute for Parliamentary Studies (2015). Delivered lectures as part of the course Professional Certificate in Gender Planning
- Reuter's Institute University of Oxford. http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/challenges-media-democratization-brazil-and-latin-america
- International Journalism Week, 2012 - University of Sheffield. http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/journalism/events/ijw2012/programme
- Interrogating the Economics in the Public Sphere -. http://www.econpublic.hps.cam.ac.uk/events/workshop-interrogating/
- Women Festival - University of Southampton. Southampton https://portal.solent.ac.uk/events/events-articles/2016/january/women-festival.aspx?ContensisTextOnly=true
- Universidade Metodista. Sao Paulo http://portal.metodista.br/cienciameto/noticias/midia-e-democracia-e-experiencia-da-emissora-britanica-bbc-e-tema-de-debate
- Media and Governance in Latin America. University of Leeds http://mgla.leeds.ac.uk/about-the-conference/
Media appearances (7)
- Is David Cameron really commited to promote more women? http://www.city.ac.uk/news/2014/jul/city-university-london-academics-comment-ahead-of-rumoured-cabinet-re-shuffle
- Al Jazeera Listening Post. http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2016/03/dilma-rousseff-caught-media-firestorm-160319130043686.html
- CCTV America - The Heat is on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGf-KaByG1w
- Financial Times. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d15a8694-f621-11e5-9afe-dd2472ea263d.html#axzz4Gw2F9AEk
- The World Weekly. http://www.theworldweekly.com/reader/view/magazine/2016-04-21/after-rousseff/7618
- Faculti Media. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Haoj6ktcDCI
- Al Jazeera Listening Post. http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2014/07/an-alternative-angle-world-cup-201475134952225371.html
Online articles (4)
- The colourful reality of Brazilian society is more than football and samba. (2014). The Conversation https://theconversation.com/the-colourful-reality-of-brazilian-society-its-more-than-football-and-samba-28161
- Gender politics, blogging and the 2010 Brazilian elections. The Political Studies Association http://www.psa.ac.uk/sites/default/files/975_496.pdf
- How Brazil's media is hounding. The Conversation
- Unesco World press freedom 2016 Finland. World celebrates 250 years of freedom of information
Production activity
- Globalization, gender politics and the media (Rowman and Littlefield/Lexington Books, 2016)
Other (5)
- International Centre for Parliamentary Studies - Professional Trainer on the Certificate in Gender Planning
http://genderequity.parlicentre.org/trainersDetails.php?name=carolina-matos. - Unesco - http://en.unesco.org/world-press-freedom-day-2016/carolina-matos.
- Academia - https://city.academia.edu/CarolinaMatos.
- Research Gate - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carolina_Matos2.
- City magazine 2015 - https://issuu.com/cityuniversitylondon/docs/7158_cityuni_citymagazine_sp_web.