Biography
João Gonçalves is Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands). His research relates to artificial intelligence, democracy and the impacts of digitalization. He investigates topics such as online hate speech, discrimination from artificial intelligence algorithms and developed the Erasmian Language Model, an open-source and sustainable alternative to ChatGPT. Together with Jason Pridmore, he was awarded the Horizon Europe SEISMEC (Supporting European Industry Success Maximization through Empowerment Centered development) project funded with 10 million euros by the European Commission, leading a consortium of 31 partners in 17 countries. He also received a VENI talent grant worth €280,000 from the Dutch Research Council to investigate data quality in artificial intelligence using social science methods. He has published in international journals such as New Media & Society, Journalism, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Political Communication and AI & Society. He is also co-lead theme for The Digital Society in the SSH-Breed programme.
Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
Associate professor | Department of Media and Communication
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Work
- M. A. Palacios Barea, D. Boeren & J. F. Ferreira Goncalves (2025) - At the intersection of humanity and technology: a technofeminist intersectional critical discourse analysis of gender and race biases in the natural language processing model GPT-3 - AI and Society, 40 (2), 461-479 - doi: 10.1007/s00146-023-01804-z - [link]
- Ina Weber, João Gonçalves, Gina M. Masullo, Marisa Torres da Silva & Joep Hofhuis (2024) - Who Can Say What? Testing the Impact of Interpersonal Mechanisms and Gender on Fairness Evaluations of Content Moderation - Social Media and Society, 10 (4) - doi: 10.1177/20563051241286702 - [link]
- Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves, Nick Jelicic, Michele Murgia & Evert Stamhuis (2024) - The advantages of context specific language models: the case of the Erasmian Language Model - doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2408.06931
- Abdul Rasheed Ottun, Rasinthe Marasinge, Toluwani Elemosho, Mohan Liyanage, Mohammad Ragab, Prachi Bagave, Marcus Westberg, Mehrdad Asadi, Michell Boerger, Chamara Sandeepa, Thulitha Senevirathna, Bartlomiej Siniarski, Madhusanka Liyanage, Vin Hoa La, Manh Dung Nguyen, Edgardo Montes de Oca, Tessa Oomen, Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves, Illija Tanascovic, Sasa Klopanovic, Nicolas Kourtellis, Claudio Soriente, Jason Pridmore, Ana Rosa Cavalli, Drasko Draskovic, Samuel Marchal, Shen Wang, David Solans Noguero, Nikolay Tcholtchev, Aaron Yi Ding & Huber Flores (2024) - The SPATIAL Architecture: Design and Development Experiences from Gauging and Monitoring the AI Inference Capabilities of Modern Applications - [link]
- Joep Hofhuis, Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves, Pytrik Schafraad & Biyao Wu (2024) - Examining strategic diversity communication on social media using supervised machine learning: Development, validation and future research directions - Public Relations Review, 50 (1) - doi: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2024.102431
- Magdalena Wojcieszak, Ericka Menchen-Trevino, Bernhard Clemm von Hohenberg, Sjifra de Leeuw, João Gonçalves, Sam Davidson & Alexandre Gonçalves (2024) - Non-News Websites Expose People to More Political Content Than News Websites: Evidence from Browsing Data in Three Countries - Political Communication, 41 (1), 129-151 - doi: 10.1080/10584609.2023.2238641 - [link]
- Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves (2024) - DivPSM - [link]
- Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves (2024) - Erasmian Language Model - [link]
- Palesa Mashigo, Jacco van Sterkenburg, Teresa De la Hera & Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves (2024) - One rotten apple or a rotten tree: football leaders’ perceptions of racism in European football - Ethnic and Racial Studies - doi: 10.1080/01419870.2024.2343936 - [link]
- Tessa Oomen, João Gonçalves & Anouk Mols (2024) - Rage Against the Artificial Intelligence?: Understanding Contextuality of Algorithm Aversion and Appreciation - International Journal of Communication, 18, 609-633 - [link]
- Anouk Mols, Jorge Pereira Campos & João Fernando Ferreira Gonçalves (2024) - “Those blimmin Ts and Cs”: a mixed methods analysis of how people manage personal information, privacy, and impressions - Human-Computer Interaction - doi: 10.1080/07370024.2024.2325340 - [link]
- João Gonçalves & Ina Weber (2023) - Algorithmic moderation: Contexts, perceptions, and misconceptions - doi: 10.4337/9781803928562.00055 - [link]
- Jane Cronin, João Fernando Ferreira Gonçalves, Magdalena Wojcieszak, Bernhard Clemm von Hohenberg & Ericka Menchen-Trevino (2023) - The (null) over-time effects of exposure to local news websites: Evidence from trace data - Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 20 (4), 407-421 - doi: 10.1080/19331681.2022.2123878 - [link]
- Gina M. Masullo, Claudia Wilhelm, Taeyoung Lee, Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves, Martin J Riedl & Natalie J Stroud (2022) - Signaling news outlet trust in a Google Knowledge Panel: A conjoint experiment in Brazil, Germany, and the United States - New Media & Society, 26 (9), 5379-5402 - doi: 10.1177/14614448221135860
- Magdalena Wojcieszak, Ericka Menchen-Trevino, Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves & Brian Weeks (2022) - Avenues to News and Diverse News Exposure Online: Comparing Direct Navigation, Social Media, News Aggregators, Search Queries, and Article Hyperlinks - International Journal of Press/Politics, 27 (4), 860-886 - doi: 10.1177/19401612211009160 - [link]
- Jorge Pereira Campos, Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves & Jason Pridmore (2022) - Data Donation as e-Participation: How Citizens Construct the Risks of Donating Personal Data to Smart Cities
- Jorge Pereira Campos, Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves & Jason Pridmore (2022) - Sensitive sensors: exploring social identity as a method to improve communication of engineering innovation
- Jorge Pereira Campos, Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves & Jason Pridmore (2022) - Promoting Reflexivity Amongst Smart City Intermediaries: A Speculative Approach
- Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves, Marisa Torres da Silva, Maria José Brites & Pedro Coelho (2021) - Discurso de Ódio, Jornalismo e Participação das Audiências - Enquadramento, Regulação e Boas Práticas - [link]
- Nadia Mentzel, Phuong Hoan Le, Sarah Young & Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves (10 April 2024) - Responsible Engagement with AI in Organisations: First cross-cluster meeting of REACT and ROCCS
- Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves (3 January 2024) - Drie Nederlandse topwetenschappers over het komende jaar: ‘Ik wil een verschil maken in de wereld’
- Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves (3 June 2019) - O insulto dá-se bem nas caixas de comentários da Política
- Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves (18 March 2019) - Os comentários nos jornais online
- Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves (2024) - Defense of Rafael Delfino Rodrigues Alves (Examiner)
Activity: Examination › Academic - Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves (2024) - The Erasmian Language Model (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Professional - Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves (2024) - Generative AI in Education: Creativity or Cheating? (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Academic - Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves (2024) - How to Create Your Own Chat-GPT (Organiser)
Activity: Organising and contributing to an event › Professional - Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves (2023) - A human-centric approach to data quality: ethical, procedural and social dimensions of data (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Professional - Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves (2023) - Launch of the Erasmian Language Model (Organiser)
Activity: Organising and contributing to an event › Professional - Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves (2023) - Who’s in Charge of What you See Online? (Organiser)
Activity: Organising and contributing to an event › Professional - Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves (2023) - Big Data and Society (Journal) (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic - Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves (2023) - Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (Journal) (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic - Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves (2022) - Journal of Computational Social Science (Journal) (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic
- Joao Fernando Ferreira Goncalves & Tessa Oomen (2024) - ESHCC Societal Engagement Award
Media and Business Transformations
- Level
- MA
- Year Level
- MA
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CM4101
Unboxing the Algorithms
- Year Level
- MA, MA
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CM4606
ArtificiaI Intelligence and Societal Imp
- Level
- Minor
- Year Level
- Minor
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CM9007
Master Thesis
- Year Level
- MA, MA, MA, MA, MA
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CM5000
Master Thesis Project
- Year Level
- MA, MA, MA, MA, MA
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CM5050
