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, US. Matos' research is the area of gender, media and development and international communicatio... more , US. Matos' research is the area of gender, media and development and international communications. She investigates the role of communications for social change in processes of development, paying particular attention to structural inequalities of gender, race and class. A previous journalist, Matos is the author of four books, various chapters and articles, including the book Gender, health communications and reproductive health in international development (McGill Queen's University Press, 2023).

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International Journal of Media and Cultural Politicstics, 2024

How do young members of disadvantaged communities in countries like Brazil, which have been affec... more How do young members of disadvantaged communities in countries like Brazil, which have been affected by attacks from far-right populist politicians on women's rights, make sense of messages on reproductive health in the misinformation age? Two focus groups were conducted in 2021 in collaboration with the Brazilian NGO Reprolatina to assess how disadvantaged women's groups from Campinas, Sao Paulo, were making sense of messaging on reproductive health within a highly politically polarised local context. The findings revealed also how many women from lower income groups are exposed to a lack of information, as well as even 'myths', around fertility treatments and reproductive health matters in the mediated public sphere. The results showed how these groups of women from different age groups felt that there is need for better coverage of reproductive health, and of 'scientific' information on health matters more generally, both in the mainstream media as well as online. This study concludes in favour of improving health literacy approaches, as well as the overall communications on sexuality and reproductive health.

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Book review, 2023

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Revisita de Comunicacao Dialogica, 2021

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November, 2020

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Rosalind Gill: " we don't just want more cake, we want the whole bakery! " 1 Rosalind Gill: " não... more Rosalind Gill: " we don't just want more cake, we want the whole bakery! " 1 Rosalind Gill: " não queremos só mais bolo, queremos a padaria inteira! "

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Books by Carolina Matos

McGill Queen's University Press, 2023

To this day, women globally are subjected to forms of control over their bodies, and their abilit... more To this day, women globally are subjected to forms of control over their bodies, and their ability to exercise their reproductive rights in particular is still constrained. Amid a rise of challenges to the advancement of women’s rights, including the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade in the United States, sexual and reproductive health rights are at the forefront of conversations about the advancement of gender equality.

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This study examined how women from lower income groups from Campinas Brazil responded to health m... more This study examined how women from lower income groups from Campinas Brazil responded to health messages on sexuality and reproductive health rights (SRHR). As part of the expansion of a larger GCRF i project, two focus groups with various women were conducted in 2021 by the researcher in collaboration with Reprolatina. Applying a feminist standpoint, the study argues for the relevance of focus groups as an important method for 'empowering' participants, connecting individual circumstances to wider societal influences (

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Media and Politics in Latin America, 2012

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International Journal of Media and Cultural Politicstics, 2024

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Revisita de Comunicacao Dialogica, 2021

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McGill Queen's University Press, 2023

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Media and Politics in Latin America, 2012

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As transformacoes ocorridas na sociedade e na politica desde a decada de 1980 sao tema de "J... more As transformacoes ocorridas na sociedade e na politica desde a decada de 1980 sao tema de "Jornalismo e Politica Democratica no Brasil". O livro apresenta a importância da imprensa nessas mudancas e aborda a contribuicao do jornalismo no processo democratico brasileiro. A autora examina quatro periodos politicos distintos do pais: a manifestacao das Diretas Ja em 1984, as eleicoes de 1989, o Plano Real e o governo FHC, em 1994 e, por fim, a disputa presidencial de 2002.

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With the ongoing re-democratization of the social and political institutions in Brazil since the ... more With the ongoing re-democratization of the social and political institutions in Brazil since the mid-80's onwards following the end of the dictatorship (1985), the discussion concerning the strengthening of the public media platform has gained in importance in the last years, ...

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This article focuses on the achievements in the field of media democratization in Brazil, underli... more This article focuses on the achievements in the field of media democratization in Brazil, underlining the current challenges that public communication systems face in the light of the persistence of the misuse of these structures by politicians for their own interests. The role that the public media platform can have in the democratic project is examined, including how it can assist policymakers concerning vital national as well as global issues. The slow democratization of Brazil during recent decades, however, has taken place while not altogether disassociated from the authoritarian legacy that has characterized the formation of Brazilian society. Nonetheless, the acknowledgement that the mainstream media have become more professional, including wider voices in the mediated sphere, is not reason enough to proclaim the end of the struggles for media democratization

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DESCRIPTION The rise of the BRIC countries, and where does Brazil fit into this?

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Feminist media studies in the US and the UK have built a strong tradition of research, which has ... more Feminist media studies in the US and the UK have built a strong tradition of research, which has aimed to look at the correlation between structural gender inequalities in society and how these have been played out in the media. These range from classic studies on soap operas to debates on the sexualization of culture and the construction of forms of femininity within a postfeminist context (i.e. Gill, 2006; McNair, 2002; Ang, 1985; Tuchman at el, 1978). Research on the relationship between gender and the media has arguably become an important arena of inquiry in Latin America. Feminist media studies in countries like Brazil nonetheless is still in need of strengthening and becoming a more robust area of research, despite the emergence of some important work in the field in the last decade (i.e. Ferreira, 2015; Alvarez, 2015: Escosteguy and Messa, 2012). The aim of this paper is to provide a brief critical sketch of some of the research in the field, examining potentialities for fur...

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Feminist Media Studies, 2020

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Mediapolis – Revista de Comunicação, Jornalismo e Espaço Público, 2018

This article provides a critical summary of feminist theoretical perspectives on the potential of... more This article provides a critical summary of feminist theoretical perspectives on the potential of online communications for women’s rights, further sketching abrief case study of contemporary Brazilian feminism and the mobilization around women’s rights, particularly in the year 2015. This is done through a discussion of the discursive online practices of websites like Blogueiras Feministas and the NGO Think Olga, part of a wider project (Matos, 2017). Questions asked include how the media can better contribute to assist in gender development, and how online platforms can make a difference. I argue that despite constraints and setbacks, the seeds of a wider transformative influence in the offline world are slowly being planted in a highly fragmented, heterogeneous and erratic blogosphere.

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Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, 2011

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Choice Reviews Online, 2009

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International Sociology, 2017

In the last decades, the region of Latin America has been through many changes, with the reductio... more In the last decades, the region of Latin America has been through many changes, with the reduction of inequality levels and a political trend which has seen the election of female politicians throughout the continent, including a revival of gender politics and feminist movements. Countries like Brazil are still home to gender discrimination and inequality, with high levels of domestic violence towards women, low levels of political representation, a culture of machismo and the predominance still of stereotypical gender representations in the media. Questions asked include how the media can better contribute to assist in gender development and nation-building. How can online platforms make a difference? This article provides a critical summary of feminist theoretical perspectives on the potential of online communications for the advancement of women’s rights, further providing a brief case study of contemporary Brazilian feminism and the mobilization around women’s rights, particular...

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The International Political Economy of Communication, 2014

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Global Media and National Policies, 2016

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Part I-Women and globalization: equality and emancipation " I shall not go back to the remot... more Part I-Women and globalization: equality and emancipation " I shall not go back to the remote annals of antiquity to trace the history of woman; it is sufficient to allow that she has always been either a slave, or a despot, and to remark, that each of these situations equally retards the progress of reason. The grand source of female folly and vice has ever appeared to me to arise from narrowness of mind; and the very constitution of civil governments has put almost insuperable obstacles in the way to prevent the cultivation of female understanding – yet virtue can be built on no other foundation! " Wollstonecraft, M. (1792, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman)

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Women in developing and developed countries can still suffer from constraints on their ability to... more Women in developing and developed countries can still suffer from constraints on their ability to exercise their reproductive rights, being subject to gendered norms and forms of control over their bodies and encountering various difficulties to accessing healthcare services. Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) thus continue to matter for the advancement of gender equality, whilst communications when strategically used can shape support for progressive policies. This project seeks to advance research on gender development and advocacy communications for social change. A core question asked here is how can communications be better used for advocacy on SRHR? Making use of a mixed methods approach, this research engages with a sample of 52 feminist and health NGOs, located in both the North and the South. In depth interviews with gender experts from the organizations were combined with a survey applied to the communication professionals, followed by content and discourse analysis of their institutional websites and social media engagement. This paper provides a condensed examination of early research findings and of core theoretical frameworks, arguing over the need to deconstruct discourses around SRHR under challenging times and concluding that NGOs need better communication strategies and practices in their advocacy communication efforts.

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