The Program

Research

The Communication Postgraduate Program of the Federal Fluminense University (PPGCOM/UFF) offers Master and Doctorate degrees.

The MA in Communications was established in 1997 and began in September of the same year. Its faculty members all hold doctoral degrees. Its excellence contributes to inserting alumni quickly into the academic market, and to improving generally their professional skills.

In December 2002, the Doctorate in Communication was accredited by CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior), as a development of the Master Program. In the last CAPES evaluation (CAPES assesses the quality of university research and informs the selective distribution of funds for research), it was graded 5,0 (five), which characterizes it as a program of excellence in the area of Communication.

At the moment, PPGCOM-UFF can count 22 professors, distributed around three thematic units: [Image and Sound Analysis], [Media, Culture and Production of Sense] and [Communication Technologies and Aesthetics].

Coordinator (2009-2013):

Simone Pereira de Sá (simone.sa@media.uff.br)

Vice-coordinator: Fernando Resende (fernandoresende1501@gmail.com)

Disciplines

General Courses

Research Methodology (COM-101)

Theories of Discourse Analysis (COM-102)

Critical Theories of Communication (COM-103)
Communication and Cultural Studies (COM-104)
Theories of the Contemporary (COM-105)
Theories of Communication and Information (COM-106)
Communication and Brazilian Culture (COM-107)
Thematic Seminar I and II (COM-108 e COM-109)

Image and Sound Analysis Courses

Discourse, Image and Sonority (COM-401)

Theories of Spectactoriality (COM-402)
The Photographic Image: Studies of the Medium (COM-403)
The Construction of the Gaze in Cinema (COM-404)
Cinema and Literature (COM-405)
Representation and Exclusion in the Audio-visual (COM-406)
Political Economy and Audio-visual Production (COM-407)
Image and Body (COM-408)

Communication and Mediation Courses

Communication and Politics (COM-201)

Journalism, Culture and Society (COM-202)
Reception Studies (COM-203)
Communication and Cultural Identities (COM-204)
Communication and Public Space (COM-205)
Memory and Narrative in Means of Communication (COM-206)
Communication and Popular Culture (COM-207)

Communication and Information Technologies Courses

Political Economy and Communication Technologies (COM-301)

Virtual Communities (COM-302)
Electronic Textualities (COM-303)
Digital Arts (COM-304)
Virtual Communication, Civil Society and Politics (COM-305)
Communication Technologies and Power (COM-306)
Body, Subject and Communication Technologies (COM-307)