Peer-reviewed journal articles
Magalhães, J.C. (2018 Do algorithms shape character? Considering algorithmic ethical subjectivation. Social Media + Society.
Cammaerts, B., DeCillia, B., & Magalhães, J. C. (2017). Journalistic transgressions in the representation of Jeremy Corbyn: From watchdog to attackdog. Journalism. DOI: 1464884917734055.
Articles under preparation for submission
Anstead, N., Magalhães, J.C., Stupart, & R., Tambini, D. Facebook advertising in the 2017 United Kingdom General Election: The Uses and Limits of User-Generated Data.
Araújo, W., & Magalhães, J.C. Me, myself and “the algorithm”. How Twitter users employ the notion of “the algorithm” as a self-presentation frame.
Magalhães, J.C., & Yu, J. (2017). Algorithmic visibility – Elements of new regime of visibility.
Professional report
Cammaerts, B., Decilia, B., Magalhães, J.C., Jimenez-Martínez, C. (2016). Journalistic Representations of Jeremy Corbyn in the British Press. Retrieved from
Blog entries
Tambini, D., Anstead, N., & Magalhães, J.C. (2017). The final days of Labour’s Facebook GE2017 campaign. Retrieved from
Tambini, D., Anstead, N., & Magalhães, J.C. (2017). Is the Conservative Party deliberately distributing fake news in attack ads on Facebook? Retrieved from
Tambini, D., Anstead, N., & Magalhães, J.C. (2017). Labour’s advertising campaign on Facebook (or “Don’t Mention the War”). Retrieved from
Tambini, D., Anstead, N., & Magalhães, J.C. (2017). How the Liberal Democrats are using Facebook ads to court ‘remainers’. Retrieved from
Magalhães, J.C. (2017). Will a different Brazil emerge from its political crisis? Retrieved from
Magalhães, J.C. (2016). Have the mass media fuelled Brazil’s turmoil? Retrieved from
Magalhães, J.C. (2014). A curious case – The Brazilian Internet Bill of Rights. Retrieved from
Magalhães, J.C., Lubianco, J. (2014). Argentinian law highlights tensions between government and the media. Retrieved from
Van der Spuy, A., Magalhães, J.C. (2014). ICANN50: Just Olympics for geeks or steps towards global governance? Retrieved from
Master’s dissertation
Magalhães, J.C. (2015). . Media@ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ MSc Dissertation Series 2014
Journalistic publications (selected)
During my career at Folha de S.Paulo, I published more than 1,000 journalistic articles. An exhaustive list of them can be found here:
Conference presentations
Doctoral Summer School, Oxford Internet Institute
“’The algorithm is like an interaction’: Sociomaterial imaginaries of Facebook’s visibility regime.” Oxford, UK (2018).
ICA 2018 (peer-reviewed, with Jun Yu)
“The moral paradox of recognition on algorithmic social media.” Prague, Czech Republic (2018).
Workshop on social media and micro-targeting, University of Perugia
“Facebook advertising in the 2017 United Kingdom general election: The uses and limits of user-generated data”. Perugia, Italy (2018).
ECREA Symposium Digital Democracy: Critical Perspectives in the Age of Big Data (peer-reviewed).
“My Lovely seless Facebook bubble: Ambiguous perceptions of algorithm-driven political homophily and the emergence of a liminal political recognition in Brazil.” Stockholm, Sweden (2017).
Connected Life, Oxford Internet Institute (peer-reviewed, with Jun Yu)
“Algorithmic visibility: Elements of new regime of visibility”. Oxford, UK (2017).
IAMCR 2017 (peer-reviewed)
“My lovely useless Facebook bubble: Ambiguous perceptions of algorithm-driven political homophily and the emergence of a liminal political recognition in Brazil”. Cartagena, Colombia (2017).
ECPR Joint Sessions (peer-reviewed, with Jun Yu)
“Algorithmic visibility: Elements of new regime of visibility”. Nottingham, UK (2017).
ICA 2016 preconference Big Data Alternatives (peer-reviewed)
“The Regime of Ethics of Big Data”. Fukuoka, Japan (2016).