Ana Isabel Gomes Gonçalves Melro

amelro@umaia.pt

https://www.cienciavitae.pt/portal/9410-721D-98BE

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5649-4957

Assistant Professor in Communication Sciences at the University of Maia and researcher at the Center for Research in Arts and Communication (CIAC – UMAIA) and the Center for Communication and Society Studies (CECS) at the University of Minho. She did her postdoctoral studies at the University of Exeter developing research around media practices and digital skills of young people regarding new technologies.

Research Interests

Media and digital literacy, young people, media uses

Latest Publications

[2024] Melro, A., Girão, O., & Carreira, R. (2024). ‘Illegal Youth’: Media representations of young people in Portugal during the first pandemic year. Journal of Youth Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2024.2309892

[2023] Melro, A., Tarling, G., Fujita, T., & Kleine Staarman, J. (2023). What Else Can Be Learned When Coding? A Configurative Literature Review of Learning Opportunities Through Computational Thinking. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 61(4), 901-924. https://doi.org/10.1177/07356331221133822