Patricia Bandeira de Melo is an assistant professor at the Higher School of Social Communication, at the Polytechnic of Lisbon Institute (ESCS-IPL). She holds a PhD in Sociology at the Federal University of Pernambuco, on 2010/02/25, acknowledged by the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE), and a master's degree in Communication on 2003/10/17 at the same university. She published articles in specialized and indexed journals. She has book chapters and books organized and published. She has published complete articles in congress annals, besides expanded and simple abstracts. She works in the Social Sciences area, emphasizing Communication Sciences and Sociology, with studies in media discourse, culture, discourse analysis, political economy of communication, cultural industries, media literacy, and education. She has coordinated some research teams and held positions on the social research board at the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation, where she was a professor at the graduate level. She has also lectured at the Federal University of Pernambuco, the Higher School of Public Relations, and the Maurício de Nassau Faculty, at the undergraduate level. She was an invited lecturer on the PhD and Master in Sociology at the Federal University of Pernambuco. She supervises doctoral, master's, scientific initiation, and undergraduate students' research. All academic and professional backgrounds are likewise available in the Lattes curriculum (Brazil) http://lattes.cnpq.br/4263428043620385.