Date: April and May 2023
Location: Online

In the months of April and May, the Cycle of Online Conferences on Disinformation was held, with the presence of renowned national and international researchers in the field of communication. The event was an initiative of the Postgraduate Program in Social Communication at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (PPGCOM/UFMG) and has the support of the Institute for Advanced Transdisciplinary Studies at UFMG. The cycle is organized by professor Geane Alzamora, from the Department of Social Communication at UFMG and member of the Monitoring Committee of the UFMG Citizen Training Program in Defense of Democracy.

During the cycle, topics such as fake news and deep fakes were addressed in the light of semiotics, the semiotics of disinformation, the communication crisis and disinformation, considerations about contemporary times, disinformation and climate change, and disinformation and populism.