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Caterina Foa

Caterina.Foa@iscte-iul.pt

Department of Sociology

Office C4.09

Telephone 210464123

(ext:) 291507

Research Fields

Communication science; Media and Journalism; Digital Platforms; Social Media; Arts, Culture and Cultural Industries; Marketing and management; Fundraising and crowdfunding; Entrepreneurship; Methods social sciences

Research Group

Media and Culture

Educational Qualifications

Licenciate In Laurea Triennale in Scienze Umanistiche per la Comunicazione, Università Statale degli Studi di Milano, In 2007

M.Sc. In Laurea Magistrale in Comunicazione Politica e Sociale, Università Statale degli Studi di Milano, In 2011

Other type of qualification In Formaçao Avançada em Empreendedorismo e Industrias Criativa, AUDAX ISCTE-IUL, In 2013

PhD In Ciências da Comunicação, ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa, In 2022

Post-Doc In Media e Jornalismo, USI- Universitá della Svizzera Italiana, In 2025

Projects

Cri-IA Med-IA

AFROPRENEURS.PT

Iberian Digital Media Research and Fact-Checking Hub

European Media Platforms: Assessing Positive and Negative Externalities for European Culture

Portuguese Observatory on Cultural Activities

National Museums Visitors Survey: edition of results (second phase)

National Museums Visitors Survey: edition of results

Business Development Laboratory Study Module for Creative Industries

Recent Publications

Scientific journal paper

Couraceiro, P., Foá, C. & Pinto-Martinho, A. (2025). Challenges and needs in algorithmic literacy for journalists: Uncovering the reality of Portuguese newsrooms. Journalism Practice. N/A

Foá, C. (2024). Datification of the wisdom of the crowd: A comparative analysis of innovation strategies in four European crowdfunding platforms. Observatorio (OBS*). 17 (5), 118-153

Paisana, M., Foá, C., Vasconcelos, A., Couraceiro, P., Ferro-Santos, S., Margato, A....Crespo, M. (2024). Uma taxonomia para a literacia para os media em Portugal - Caracterização de atores, iniciativas e linhas de intervenção. Observatorio (OBS*). 18 (5), 58-82

Foá, C., Couraceiro, P. & Pinto-Martinho, A. (2024). Decoding algorithmic literacy among journalists: Methodological tool design and validation for preliminary study in the Portuguese context . Observatorio (OBS*). 18 (5)

Foá, C., Tomé, V., Margato, A., Paisana, M., Crespo, M. & Cardoso, G. (2023). Roles of journalists in media literacy initiatives: Trainees and trainers. Continuity, collaboration, and sustainability of media literacy trainings to mitigate disinformation in Portugal. Profesional de la información. 32 (6)

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Foá, C. & Geada, N. (2024). Navigating the Portuguese Digital Landscape: Martech systems' adoption, Digital Intensity, Transition and Transformation. Balancing Traditional and Innovative Marketing Strategies. In José Luís Reis, Jiří Zelený, Beáta Gavurová, José Paulo Marques dos Santos (Ed.), ICMarkTech'23 - The 2023 International Conference on Marketing and Technologies. (pp. 69-85). Prague: Springer.

Foá, C. (2023). Platformization of cultural production and crowdfunding: Co-creation dynamics and the multiple roles of digital platforms shaping the Portuguese cultural crowdfunding ecosystem. In Arts and humanities in digital transition: Book of abstracts. (pp. 37-38). Lisboa: Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas .

Foà, C. & Godinho, C. P. (2023). Behind the scenes of the matchmaking between private for-profit sector and cultural and creative sectors during pandemic. Added value, motivations, and companies’ benefits to join the Portugal #Entraemcena platform. In Oliveira, E., and Gonçalves, G. (Ed.), Proceedings of the ECREA Organisational and Strategic Communication Section Conference: The normative imperative sociopolitical challenges of strategic and organizational communication. (pp. 169-176). Lisboa: LabCom Books.

Cardoso, G., Alturas, B. & Foà, C. (2023). The Big Brother experience: Oportunidades e ameaças de um sistema de videovigilância no concelho da Amadora. In 2023 18th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI). Aveiro, Portugal: IEEE.

Crespo, M., Pinto-Martinho, A. & Foa, C. (2018). Internal innovation in the Portuguese media: Case study of 3 media outlets in search for the best practices for media survival and development. In 2018 Annual Conference of the European Media Management Association (emma). Warsaw: European Media Management Association.

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