The development of Post-Graduation in Communication in Rio Grande do Sul

between continuities and ruptures

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2025.1.48873

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Master’s and doctoral programs, Communication field, History of graduate studies, Southern Region

Abstract

At the turn of the 2000s, Rio Grande do Sul went from being a supporting player to a national center for human resources training and knowledge production in the field of Communication. To address this expansion, which occurred with the implementation of doctoral programs, this publication brings together testimonies from Juremir Machado da Silva, Christa Berger, Maria Helena Weber, and Veneza Ronsini. It also features Antonio Fausto Neto and Pedro Gilberto Gomes, who discuss the discontinuation of the UNISINOS program after achieving top marks in the national assessment of the field — a goal now set for PUCRS, UFRGS, and UFSM.

 

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Author Biographies

Juremir Machado da Silva, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Full Professor at PUCRS, having coordinated the Postgraduate Program in Social Communication from 2003 to 2014, and from 2022 to 2025. Vice-President of COMPÓS between 2003 and 2005. CNPq Productivity Researcher (Level A), of which he was a member of its Advisory Committee.

Antonio Fausto Neto, University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil.

Visiting Professor in the Postgraduate Program in Journalism at UFPB, having previously taught at UNISINOS, UFRJ, and others. Vice-President of COMPÓS between 1993 and 1995, and between 1999 and 2001. CNPq Productivity Researcher (Level A), of which he was a member of its Advisory Committee.

Christa Berger, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Retired Professor from UFRGS, having coordinated the Postgraduate Program in Communication and Information between 1998 and 2000. In addition to PUCRS, she was a professor at UNISINOS in the Postgraduate Program in Communication Sciences, having been coordinator from 2007 to 2011.

Maria Helena Weber, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Full Professor at UFRGS, having coordinated the Postgraduate Program at FABICO between 2000 and 2002, and between 2009 and 2010. Vice-President of COMPÓS between 2001 and 2003. Coordinator of the Communication, Information and Museology area at CAPES from 2011 to 2014.

Pedro Gilberto Gomes , University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil

Full Professor at UNISINOS, having served as Vice-Rector and Pro-Rector of Teaching and Research and Academic Pro-Rector for 23 years. Faculty member of the Postgraduate Program in Communication Sciences since 1994. President of the Higher Council of FAPERGS since 2021.

Veneza Ronsini, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.

Full Professor at UFRGS, working in the Postgraduate Program in Communication since 2024. For 38 years, she was a professor at UFSM, integrating the Postgraduate Program in Communication since 2005. Post-Doctorate at NTU and Loughborough University funded by CAPES.

Otávio Daros, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. [Interviewer and organizer].

Collaborating Professor in the Postgraduate Program in Social Communication at PUCRS, while also being a CNPq and CAPES Postdoctoral Researcher since 2023. Visiting Researcher at UdelaR, FU Berlin, UGent, and others. Assistant Editor of the FAMECOS Journal.

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Published

2025-11-18

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Machado da Silva, J., Fausto Neto, A., Berger, C., Weber, M. H., Gomes , P. G., Ronsini, V., & Daros, O. (2025). The development of Post-Graduation in Communication in Rio Grande do Sul: between continuities and ruptures. Revista FAMECOS, 32(1), e48873. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2025.1.48873

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Vol. 32 No. 1 (2025): Single Volume

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30 years of Postgraduate Studies in Communication in RS

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