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Thais Sarda

Thais Sardá

Senior Lecturer

School of Social Sciences

Staff Group(s)
Criminology and Criminal Justice

Role

Dr Thais Sardá is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Year 1 Tutor for the BA (Hons) Criminology. Her research interests are related to the impact of new technologies and the media on criminological issues. In addition to her research activities as a member of Critical Criminology and Social Justice Research group, Dr Sardá is the module leader for the Media & Crime module. She also teaches the Constructing Crime module.

Career overview

Before starting her position at NTU, Dr Thais Sardá was a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the TECHNGI Project at the School of Business and Economics of Loughborough University, researching artificial intelligence and the insurance industry. She holds a PhD in Media Studies (Loughborough University), a masters' degree in Information, Social Networks and Technology (UFRGS, Brazil), a bachelor degree in Social Communication and Journalism (UFRGS, Brazil), a post-graduate degree in Criminology (PUCRS, Brazil), and an MBA in People Management (FGV, Brazil). Moreover, she has a background working as a professional journalist (newspaper and online news) and with advertising (social media, BI and PR).

Research areas

  • Media representation of crime
  • New technologies and crime
  • Cybercrime
  • Research methods

External activity

Dr Thais Sardá is an External Examiner for the BA Criminology course at the University of Plymouth.

Publications

Sardá, T., & Nordnes Skoglund, K. (2024). A Cycle of Online Radicalisation, Attacks and Extremist Content: A Case Study of Terrorist Acts in Norway. In: Victimisation in the Digital Age An Online/Offline Continuum Approach. Munk, T, & Kennedy, M. (eds.). Routledge.


Sardá, T. (2023). An Onion with Layers of Hope and Fear: A Cross-Case Analysis of the Media Representation of Tor Network Reflecting Theoretical Perspectives of New Technologies. Security and Privacy. https://doi.org/10.1002/spy2.296


Sardá, T., Natale, S., & Downey, J. (2022). Inventing the dark Web: Criminalization of privacy and the apocalyptic turn in the imaginary of the Web. First Monday, 27(11). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v27i11.12691


Gomes, S., Sardá, T., & Granja, R. (2022). Crime, Justice and Media: Debating (Mis)representations and Renewed Challenges. Comunicação e Sociedade, 42, 7–24. https://doi.org/10.17231/comsoc.42(2022).4467


Sardá, T. (2020). The dark side of the internet: a study about representations of the deep web and the Tor network in the British press. PhD thesis. Loughborough University. Available at: https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/thesis/The_dark_side_of_the_internet_a_study_about_representations_of_the_deep_web_and_the_Tor_network_in_the_British_press/12668612


Sardá, T., Natale, S., Sotirakopoulos, N., & Monaghan, M. (2019). Understanding online anonymity. Media, Culture & Society, 41(4), 557-564. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443719842074


Graeff, B., Gutierrez, D. M., Sardá, T., Bretherton, P., & Bettine, M. (2018). Capable, splendorous and unequal: international media portrayals of Brazil during the 2014 World Cup, Third World Quarterly, 40(4), 796-814. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2018.1526070


Sardá, T. (2015). The identity management on social networking sites: strategies to presentation of self on Facebook and LinkedIn. Masters’ dissertation. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul State. Available at: https://www.academia.edu/15218752/The_identity_management_on_social_networking_sites_strategies_to_presentation_of_self_on_Facebook_and_LinkedIn


Sardá, T., Lupinacci, L., Cornutti, C., Zago, G., Valiati, V., & Araújo, W. (2015) A buzzfeedização do jornalismo: 5 coisas que você precisa saber sobre o caso Zero Hora. Lumina, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.34019/1981-4070.2015.v9.21171


Sardá, T. (2012). New strategy in people selection on RBS Group. MBA dissertation. Getulio Vargas Foundation. Available at: https://www.academia.edu/15241373/New_strategy_in_people_selection_on_RBS_Group


Sardá, T. (2009). Media and guarantees — A proposed comparative model for analysis of news about Isabella Nardoni's death. Criminology post-graduate degree dissertation. Pontifical University of Rio Grande do Sul State. Available at: https://www.academia.edu/15358648/Media_and_guarantees_An_proposed_comparative_model_for_analysis_of_news_about_Isabella_Nardonis_death

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Course(s) I teach on

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    COURSE

    Criminology - BA (Hons)

    Undergraduate | Full-time

    https://www.ntu.ac.uk/course/social-sciences/ug/ba-hons-criminology