About

The Observatory of Journalistic Ethics (objETHOS) is carried out by the Department of Journalism and the Postgraduate Program in Journalism (PPGJOR) of the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil.

The project started in september 2009 as a research initiative, accompaniment and monitoring of ethics practiced by journalists and media. Our team consists of experienced researchers from five renowned brazilian universities (UFSC, UFF, UFBA, Feevale and UFPel), and researchers in training at the doctoral, masters and graduation level.

We develop researches for doctoral and masters theses, besides specific studies about journalistic ethics, media criticism, professional identity, technologies associated with journalism, new business models, alternative models of journalistic production, independent media, and new configurations of the information environment.

In objETHOS website are gathered studies about conduct and values in journalism, with an emphasis on reflections about professional ethics and deontology, as well as reviews of films, papers and research reports, e-books, videos, interviews, codes of ethics and other materials.

Our researches are supported by Extension of UFSC, Capes and CNPq. The objETHOS is a member of the National Network of Press Observatories (Renoi), which brings together academic brazilian initiatives and media monitoring professionals. The objETHOS is a member of Portuguese-Speaken Network for the Quality of Information (RLQI), Forum on the Right to Access Public Information, Rights Coalition on the Network (CDR) and National Network to Combat Disinformation (RNCD).

We maintain partnerships and cooperation agreements with Red Ética Segura (Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano, Colombia), with Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga (Colômbia), with Ceis20 (University of Coimbra, Portugal), and with the Observatório de Imprensa.

Our team:

Founders:
Dr. Francisco José Castihos Karam & Dr. Rogério Christofoletti

Coordination:
Kalianny Bezerra de Medeiros (CV)
Natália Huf (CV)
Dr. Samuel Lima (CV)

Associated Researchers:
Dr. Álisson Coelho (CV)
Andressa Oliveira (CV)
Dr. Carlos Castilho (CV)
Dr. Carlos Nascimento Marciano (CV)
Dra. Janara Nicoletti (CV)
Dra. Juliana de Amorim Rosas (CV)
Dra. Livia de Souza Vieira, Ielusc (CV)
Dra. Magali Moser,FURB (CV)
Dr. Ricardo José Torres (CV)
Dra. Silvia Meirelles, UFPel (CV)
Dra. Vanessa Pedro (CV)

Doctoral Researchers:
Aline de Oliveira Rios (CV)
Dairan Mathias Paul (CV)
Denise Becker (CV)
Luiza Mylena Costa Silva (CV)
Mariane Nava (CV)
Raphaelle C. Batista de Lima (CV)

Masters Researchers:
Carolina Monteiro Alves (CV)
Clarissa do Nascimento Peixoto (CV)
João Victor Gobbi Cassol (CV)
Tânia Regina de Faveri Giusti (CV)
Vinícius Augusto Bressan Ferreira (CV)

Master Students:
César Orlando Valente (CV)
Marco Britto (CV)
Vanessa Rocha Gonçalves (CV)
Vitória Peraça Ferreira (CV)

Our former researchers:
Alessandro Moreira, Andressa Kikuti Dancosky; Bianca Anacleto Francisco, Cândida de Oliveira, Carlos Henrique Costa, Carolina Dantas, Carolina Pompeo Grando, Cesar Soto, Daniel Giovanaz, Francisco José Castilhos Karam, Elaine Manini, Evandro de Assis, Flavio Toassi Crispim, Giulia Oliveira Gaia, Giuliana Kelly Butkenicius de Arruda, Guilherme Longo Triches, Gustavo Lacerda Falluh, Isabel Cristina Silveira, Isabela Petrini Moya, Isadora Mafra, Jacques Mick, Jeana Santos, Jéferson Silveira Dantas, João Paulo Mallmann, João Somma Neto, Juliana Freire Bezerra, Juliana Naime Ferrari, Lauriano Atílio Benazzi, Leonel Camasão, Lucas Pasqual, Luis Alberto Fernández Silva, Klay Karen, Mariana da Rosa Silva, Marianne Oliveira Ternes, Melissa Bergonsi, Milena Lumini, Rogério Christofoletti, Siliana Dalla Costa, Sofia Mayer Dörner, Sylvia Moretzsohn, Thiago Amorim Caminada, Vanessa Hauser, Yolanda Cardoso.

Contact:
Observatory of Journalistic Ethics (objETHOS)
Departamento de Jornalismo – Centro de Comunicação e Expressão
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Campus Universitário – Trindade
Florianópolis (SC), Brazil

Site: https://objethos.wordpress.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/objethos
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/objethos
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/objethos_ufsc/
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/objethos
CNPq: here
E-mail: objethos@gmail.com