NUCOP - Center for Public Communication and Politics

Coordination: Prof. Dr. Maria Helena Weber (UFRGS)

The Public and Political Communication Nucleus, linked to the Graduate Program in Communication and Information at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (PPGCOM/UFRGS), aims to develop research and teaching activities aimed at the production of knowledge about public communication processes, political actions and products. Nucop comprises doctoral students, master's students, graduates and researchers mobilized by reflection and discoveries on the relationship between the state, the media and society. In this direction, intellectual production is marked by the tension provided by the paradigms "public interests and private interests", which allow analyzing contents, structures and processes related to public events; communication of public and governmental institutions; circulation of sensitive topics in communication networks; visibility and public image; public debates; public media and power exercises.

Researchers: Alexandre Freitas Haubrich, Ana Javes Luz, Bruno Kegler, Camila Moreira Cesar, Denise Avancini Alves, Fiorenza Zandonade Carnielli, Leandro Stevens, Marcelo Xavier Parker , Marlise Viegas Brenol, Marja Pfeifer Coelho e Sandra Bi tencourt Genro

PhD students: Carlos Rocha Jr., Laura Ferreira Guerra and Patrícia Augsten

Masters: Ângelo Jorge Neckel, Bruna Santos de Almeida Andrade, Fernanda Bastos Pires e Muriel Felten Pinheiro

Master's students: Josiel Rodrigues, Taíse Barfknecht and Thiane Silveira De Avila.