Dissemination

Trinidad Fortes Martínez to lead a seminar on journalism and disinformation at the University of Algarve

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On 16 November 2026 at 2:00 p.m., Trinidad Fortes Martínez, a lecturer at the University of Málaga, will lead the seminar“Verdade ou manipulação? Géneros jornalísticos e desinformação na era digital”. The seminar will take place in Room 2.20 of the Pedagogical Complex on the University of Algarve’s Gambelas Campus.

The seminar explores the boundary between ethical journalism and techniques used to manipulate information. Drawing on traditional and contemporary journalistic genres, the session will examine the phenomenon of fake news and the fact-checking methods that help combat disinformation in the media.

Trinidad Fortes Martínez holds a degree in Communication Sciences, specialising in Journalism, from the University of Málaga. Her work focuses on research and media literacy, and she currently teaches Corporate Communication in the university’s Department of Journalism. She has delivered training at the Asociación de la Prensa, Fundación General UMA, Prodiversa and ACPP, and has led radio workshops at several schools in the province of Málaga.

Supported by a Formación de Profesorado Universitario (FPU) fellowship, she is working on her doctoral thesis in the University of Málaga’s PhD programme in Education and Social Communication. She is a member of a research group studying communication strategies in women-led startups and contributes to a national project on how Spanish adults use social media as a source of news. The project focuses on incidental news exposure, technological factors and the credibility of online content.

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This seminar is supported by national funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., under the project «UID/04019/2025 – CIAC» (DOI 10.54499/UID/04019/2025).