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Seven Research Grants open

“Media Education in Portugal: Experiences, Actors and Contexts”
The object of activity is the collection, classification and analysis of relevant information, management of the survey and data collection, construction of the database, processing and analysis, transcription of interviews; project secretariat. The scientific orientation belongs to PhD Manuel Pinto.
All applications must be delivered or sent by mail, between 25/01/2010 and 8/02/2010.
More information here.

“The illustrated postcards. Towards a sociosemiotics and of imaginarium”
The object of activity is the categorization of data image processing, preparation of graphic material, editing work text, advice on the preparation of lectures and scientific meeting under the scientific orientation PhD Moisés de Lemos Martins.
All applications must be delivered or sent by mail, between 18/01/2010 and 29/01/2010.
More information here.

“Identity narratives and social memory: the (re)making of lusophony in intercultural contexts”
The object of activity is to ensure research tasks of the project in question (literature search, interviews, their transcription and analysis, surveys by questionnaire, and their statistical analysis, analyzes content sites and blogs), directed by reports of research and development of dissemination, under the coordination of PhD Rosa Cabecinhas.
All applications must be delivered or sent by mail, between 28/01/2010 and 10/02/2010.
More information here.

"Media Regulation in Portugal: The ERC´s Case"
The object of activity is to ensure research tasks (literature search, interviews, their transcription and analysis, their treatment and review analyzes of the websites content and blogs), development of reports, development of scientific activities and dissemination (seminars, content management of the project site) and collaboration in the production of scientific texts under the scientific supervision of the Project Principal Investigator, PhD Helena Sousa.
All applications must be delivered or sent by mail, between 29/01/2010 and 11/02/2010.
More information here.

"Television Journalism and Citizenship: the challenges of the digital public sphere"
The object of activity is to ensure research tasks of the project in question: implementation of research reports, development of scientific activities and dissemination and collaboration in the production of scientific texts, under the scientific orientation of PhD Felisbela Lopes.
All applications must be delivered or sent by mail, between 05/02/2010 and 22/02/2010.
More information here.

"The disease in the news"
The object of activity is to ensure research tasks of the project in question: production of a newsletter, conducting research reports, development of scientific activities and dissemination and collaboration in the production of scientific texts, under the scientific orientation of PhD Felisbela Lopes and PhD Teresa Ruão.
All applications must be delivered or sent by mail, between 05/02/2010 and 19/02/2010.
More information here.

"Navigating with ‘Magalhães’: Study on the Impact of Digital Media in Children" The object of activity is to ensure research tasks of this project, development of research reports, development of dissemination and project secretariat under the scientific orientation of PhD Sara Pereira.
All applications must be delivered or sent by mail, between 05/02/2010 and 19/02/2010.
More information here.

 

IAMCR'10 presented in Mexico



The 28th annual conference of IAMCR ended last July 24, in Mexico City, with the presentation of the university and the country that in 2010, will receive the next edition (University of Minho, Braga, Portugal).
The Director of the Communication and Society Research Centre, Manuel Pinto (see speech and powerpoint), and the Head of the Communication Sciences Department, Helena Sousa accompanied by the president of the Association, Annabelle Sreberny (left in photo), presented the proposal to general theme (Communication and Citizenship), logistics and details about the event's visual identity.

For more information please visit the IAMCR2010 official website.

You can also follow IAMCR2010 via Twitter.

Click here to see the IAMCR2010 visual identity's conference.

 


Communication and Society Research Centre

Director:
Manuel Pinto

This unit is a permanent research structure affiliated with the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Minho. It was created in September 2002 to provide an institutional framework for integrating the growing body of research and the increasing number of researchers in the Department of Communication Sciences. CECS aims to promote and strengthen the status of Communication Sciences within the framework of Social Sciences; to develop research on Communication Sciences within the Portuguese Speaking Countries; and to reinforce relations with similar organisations in Portugal and abroad.

More information about Communication and Society Research Centre

Communication and Society Research Centre spreads its action through two main research groups:

 
   CECS :: Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade
Tel: +351.253604280 :: Fax: +351.253604696 :: E-mail: cecs@ics.uminho.pt