Ilo Alexandre

Ilo Alexandre is an Assistant Professor at Lusófona University and holds visiting assistant professor positions at Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and Universidade Europeia. He serves as a research scientist at CICANT (Lusófona University) and is a research member at iNOVA Media Lab (ICNOVA) and UT Austin's Computational Media Lab.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Digital Media (specializing in Journalism) from Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (UT Austin Program), Portugal
• Master's in Novos Media e Práticas Web
• Bachelor's in Comunicação Social - Jornalismo

His research focuses on data journalism and audience interaction with data visualizations in news media, combined with digital methods for innovative media analysis. Key areas include performance evaluation of data-driven journalism, historical development of data journalism in Portugal, and contemporary social media dynamics in political communication.

Recent publications (2020-2025) reveal three dominant trends: computational analysis of social media during global events (World Cup, protests), data visualization performance metrics in journalism, and historical studies of data journalism in 19th century Portuguese press. His work spans Portuguese media contexts with increasing focus on TikTok, Facebook, and Twitter analytics.

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Research labs:

• CICANT (Communication and Society Research Centre) at Lusófona University
• iNOVA Media Lab (ICNOVA)
• Computational Media Lab at UT Austin