João Manuel Rocha

Assistant professor at Faculty of Human Sciences of Universidade Católica Portuguesa (FCH- Católica), collaborator researcher at CEsA (Centre for African and Development Studies, ISEG, Universidade de Lisboa). He’s preparing his PhD thesis defense in Communication Sciences at ISCTE- University Institute of Lisbon. Full time professional journalist for more than three decades, he teaches in higher education since 2000, previously having taught mainly at Autonomous University of Lisbon and at School of Communication and Media Studies.

Works in the field of the colonial press 
(2021). Rocha, João Manuel. "Looking at Africa with Lisbon eyes - The 'wind of change' in the colonial press of Luanda". Media History, 27, 331-349.

(2021). Rocha, João Manuel. "ABC-Diário de Angola - um baluarte da oposição possível na imprensa colonial portuguesa dos anos 1960".  Revista de História das Ideias, 39, 301-324. 

(2019). Rocha, João Manuel. "Os jornais diários de Luanda em vésperas da guerra colonial". Ler História, 74, 213-238.

Fields of interest
Journalism; journalism history, colonial press; Lusophony issues; characters in journalism; media, politics and democracy; media literacy; ethics of communication.

Key words
press; history of the press and journalism; journalism; colonialism.