Proceedings of the VI International Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies 2026 (ICOMTA 2026)
VI International Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies 2026 (ICOMTA 2026)
📍João Pessoa, Brasil🗓️ 8-10 September 2026
Conference: VI International Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies 2026 (ICOMTA 2026)
Date: 8-10 September 2026
Location: João Pessoa, Brazil (Hybrid)
Website: https://icomta.me This book is composed of the selected papers written in English and accepted for presentation and discussion at the VI International Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies 2026 (ICOMTA 2026). This conference had the support of the Universidade Federal da Paraíba (Brazil), Universidade de Vigo (Galicia, Spain), Equipo de Investigaciones Políticas (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain), Universidad de Sevilla (Spain), Universidad Yachay Tech (Ecuador), World Association for Public Opinion Research Latin America, Palabra Clave Journal, and Red Internacional de Investigación de Gestión de la Comunicación (XESCOM). It will take place in João Pessoa, Brazil, during September 8–10, 2026, with mixed mode (face-to-face and virtual). The VI International Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies 2026 (ICOMTA 2026), invited all those within the scientific, academic and professional communities to present and discuss the latest innovations, results, experiences and concerns in the various fields of communication and technologies related to it. The Program Committee of ICOMTA 2026 was composed of a multidisciplinary group of 115 experts and those who are intimately concerned with communication and technologies. They have had the responsibility for evaluating, in a “double-blind review” process, the papers received for each of the main themes proposed for the conference: A) digital communication and processes; B) communication, health, politics and technology. The other pandemic: disinformation in the age of coronavirus, automation, bots and algorithms; C) fact-checking experiences in Europe and Latin America at the service of journalism: a comparative perspective; D) persuasion and emotion: language and con- tent analysis and artificial intelligence; E) freedom of speech, ethics and transparency in digital society; F) digital social media; G) software, big data, data mining and intelligent systems; H) innovation, university and technology; I) miscellaneous (journalism, communication, advertising and public relations, political science and other aspects of social and human sciences derived from the information and communication technologies). ICOMTA 2026 received 336 contributions from 18 countries around the world. The selected papers (28) written in English and accepted for presentation and discussion at the conference will be published by Atlantis Press (this book) in the proceedings series Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities. Paulo Carlos López-López
Marcelo Rodrigo da Silva
Kellyanne Carvalho Alves
Daniel Barredo Ibáñez
Date: 8-10 September 2026
Location: João Pessoa, Brazil (Hybrid)
Website: https://icomta.me This book is composed of the selected papers written in English and accepted for presentation and discussion at the VI International Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies 2026 (ICOMTA 2026). This conference had the support of the Universidade Federal da Paraíba (Brazil), Universidade de Vigo (Galicia, Spain), Equipo de Investigaciones Políticas (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain), Universidad de Sevilla (Spain), Universidad Yachay Tech (Ecuador), World Association for Public Opinion Research Latin America, Palabra Clave Journal, and Red Internacional de Investigación de Gestión de la Comunicación (XESCOM). It will take place in João Pessoa, Brazil, during September 8–10, 2026, with mixed mode (face-to-face and virtual). The VI International Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies 2026 (ICOMTA 2026), invited all those within the scientific, academic and professional communities to present and discuss the latest innovations, results, experiences and concerns in the various fields of communication and technologies related to it. The Program Committee of ICOMTA 2026 was composed of a multidisciplinary group of 115 experts and those who are intimately concerned with communication and technologies. They have had the responsibility for evaluating, in a “double-blind review” process, the papers received for each of the main themes proposed for the conference: A) digital communication and processes; B) communication, health, politics and technology. The other pandemic: disinformation in the age of coronavirus, automation, bots and algorithms; C) fact-checking experiences in Europe and Latin America at the service of journalism: a comparative perspective; D) persuasion and emotion: language and con- tent analysis and artificial intelligence; E) freedom of speech, ethics and transparency in digital society; F) digital social media; G) software, big data, data mining and intelligent systems; H) innovation, university and technology; I) miscellaneous (journalism, communication, advertising and public relations, political science and other aspects of social and human sciences derived from the information and communication technologies). ICOMTA 2026 received 336 contributions from 18 countries around the world. The selected papers (28) written in English and accepted for presentation and discussion at the conference will be published by Atlantis Press (this book) in the proceedings series Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities. Paulo Carlos López-López
Marcelo Rodrigo da Silva
Kellyanne Carvalho Alves
Daniel Barredo Ibáñez