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Director: Moisés de Lemos Martins :: Vice-Directors: Luís António Santos e Rita Ribeiro :: Editor: Vítor de Sousa, Ricardina Magalhães, Fábio Ribeiro
CECS researchers unveil a practical guide of Media Education
Patrícia Silveira, Clarisse Pessôa, Diana Pinto, Simone Petrella (all from CECS – University of Minho) and Amália Carvalho have just published an online toolkit for Media Education practices in schools. Tratar os Media por Tu – Guia prático de Educação para os Media [Handling wisely with Media – a Practical Media Education Guide], edited by the Portuguese Minister of Education, addresses both children and teachers from early stages of education up to mandatory levels. DGE and CECS have been partners in the publication of several books in the literacy and media field.
“The World is an imprisoned place”
Joaquim Costa is a Lecturer in the Sociology Department of the University of Minho and a researcher at CECS, thus integrating the Cultural Studies research group. Costa has recently published “Delirium Literarium”, by Chiado Editora. This is a novel based on an alter ego, according to a Madeira-born character called Ramiro, also serving as a Lecturer. Ramiro felt that his university was no longer a good place to work, so he got fired, which he saw it as a real joy. Ramiro gets involved in several funny situations, posed by the author as a very accurate critic to society and to certain social standards.
Ulrike Felt delivers keynote in the upcoming 3rd Conference “Paths in the Knowledge Sociology, Science and Technology in Portugal”
Ulrike Felt, Lecturer in the University of Wien and President of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST), will deliver her keynote “Academic line-ups: On life-lines, time-lines and trajectories towards the future” on 7th September, in the Social Sciences Institute of the University of Minho, in Braga, on the framework of the 3rd Conference “Paths in the Knowledge Sociology, Science and Technology in Portugal". The event will take place between 7th and 8th September in the University of Minho, and will be organised by CECS, APS and INL.
III International Congress on Cultures: Interfaces of Lusofonia, from 23 to 25 November at UMinho
CECS will organize the III International Congress on Cultures: Interfaces of Lusofonia that will be held at the University of Minho from November 23 to 25, 2017. The congress results of a partnership between the University of Minho-CECS, the University of Beira Interior (Portugal) and the Federal University of Bahia (Brazil), and will have 275 proposals for presentation, where researchers from European and Portuguese-speaking countries will be present.
Transmedia Literacy International Conference: call for proposals until 31 October
It is now open until October 31st, the call for papers to the Transmedia Literacy International Conference, which will be held in Barcelona (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) from March 22th to 24th, 2018. It is already guaranteed as keynote speakers the presence of David Buckingham, Divina Frau-Meigs, and Alejandro Piscitelli. This initiative ends the European Transliteracy project, which began in June 2016 and intends to understand the relevance of media practices in the adolescents lives from eight countries. The Portuguese team includes Sara Pereira, Manuel Pinto (CECS researchers), Pedro Moura, Andreia Lobo and Joana Fillol.
2CN-CLab Meeting held in Évora
“Cultural Mediation”, in the framework of the 2CN-CLab Meeting "Culture, Cooperation and Networks", was held on 13 and 14 July at the Regional Directorate of Culture of Alentejo, in Évora. Organized by CECS, this is part of the Post-Doctoral Research project conducted by Manuel Gama, in collaboration with Spanish and Brazilian cultural institutions. The next meeting will be in Viana do Castelo and Vila Nova de Cerveira, on 7 and 8 September, and will be co-promoted by Municipality of Viana do Castelo and Cerveira Biennial Art Foundation.
CECS researchers participate in the Digital Literacy and Education Report published by the European Literacy Network
As part of the ongoing COST Action IS1401, CECS researchers Maria José Brites (coordinator) and Luís Pereira participated in the publication of the latest Digital Literacy and Education Report, an outcome of the European Literacy Network. The document provides insights on the history, concepts and practices of digital literacy in six countries - Spain, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Serbia and UK.
CECS was present at the Science Meeting’17
The CECS was present at the Encontro Ciência'17, which was held at the Lisbon Congress Center, from July 3 to 5. The participation of the center was made in two moments: one, in which the researcher Elsa Costa e Silva spoked about Communication of Science; And another on the theme "Literacy for the Media as a value for communication and citizenship", by Sara Pereira. Ciência 2017 was supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, and was organized by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia in collaboration with Ciência Viva - Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica, and the Education and Science Parliament Committee.
Open call for 3 research master grants for the SHARE research project
It is now open the process for the admission of one vacancy for research grant for a degree holder (12 months) based on the CECS, within the framework of the Project SHARE-Portugal, Financed by the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) in the framework of the call for proposals for Research Infrastructures Projects included in the National Roadmap for Research Infrastructures of Strategic Interest and by FCT through national funds (PIDDAC), Regional Operational Program of the North and Regional Operational Program of Lisbon, AAC Nº 01/SAICT/2016, Application nº 022209 - DATALAB. The competition (Refª SHARE - concurso SHARE_BI2017b) is open between August 4, 2017 and August 18, 2017.
Open call for 1 research grant for the SHARE research project
It is now open the process for the admission of 1 vacancy for research grant for a degree holder (12 months) in the research project SHARE-Portugal, based on the CECS, Financed by the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) in the framework of the call for proposals for Research Infrastructures Projects included in the National Roadmap for Research Infrastructures of Strategic Interest and by FCT through national funds (PIDDAC), Regional Operational Program of the North and Regional Operational Program of Lisbon, AAC Nº 01/SAICT/2016, Application nº 022209 – DATALAB. The competition (Refª SHARE – concurso SHARE_BI2017b) is open between August 4, 2017 and August 18, 2017.
“Comunicação e Sociedade”, 33: call for papers until November 30, 2017
It is open until November 30 the call for papers for Comunicação e Sociedade journal nº33, a thematic number about "Epistemology and Methodology in Communication", that will be edited by Sandra Marinho (CECS-University of Minho) and Miguel Vicente Mariño (University of Valladolid, Spain). Comunicação e Sociedade is an indexed double blind peer-review journal. The journal will accept academic work resulting from fundamental and/or applied research, essays, and reviews of relevant publications for the proposed theme. The issue number will be published in June 2018.
eBook “Opinião pública nos média em Portugal: quem participa e porquê?” is now available
The ebook Opinião pública nos média em Portugal: quem participa e porquê? [Public opinion in the media in Portugal: who participates and why ?], by Fábio Ribeiro, researcher at CECS, is now available. Based on the author's doctoral thesis, this ebook seeks to identify a profile of participants in public opinion formats, from cases such as the Fórum TSF [TSF Forum], from TSF - Radio Notícias, Opinião Pública [Public Opinion], SIC Notícias, the Cartas do Leitor [Letters of the Reader], Jornal de Notícias, and the comments to online news, of the digital version of Público newspaper. The ebook, that is edited by the CECS, has a foreword written by Madalena Oliveira (CECS), and a afterword written by Juan José Perona (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona).
Call for Papers: Journal “Comunicação e Sociedade”, nº32
The deadline for submitting articles to issue 32 of the "Comunicação e Sociedade" journal, dedicated to the theme 'Photography and Gender', coordinated by Maria da Luz Correia and Carla Cerqueira was extended until the next 16 August. Edited by CECS, "Comunicação e Sociedade" is a peer reviewed journal and operates in a blind double review process. Each submitted paper will be distributed to two reviewers previously invited to evaluate it, according to the academic quality, originality and relevance to the objectives and scope of the theme of this issue of the journal. Each accepted article will be published in Portuguese and English.
vista, nº 2 | Call for Papers | Cultural memory, image and archive
Encontra-se aberta até 8 de setembro a chamada de trabalhos para o segundo número da vista, publicação semestral na área das Ciências da Comunicação e no domínio dos estudos da imagem. Este número temático é editado por Isabel Macedo (CECS) e por José Gomes Pinto (CICANT) e procura explorar o papel dos média e dos arquivos materiais, textuais, fotográficos, audiovisuais, digitais, etc., na reconstrução da memória. Criada em 2015 pelo Grupo de Trabalho de Cultura Visual da SOPCOM, a vista é uma revista eletrónica que pretende promover o debate transdisciplinar em torno dos processos de mediação visual da cultura.
Alexandra Leandro: new PhD in Communication Sciences
Alexandra Leandro is the new PhD in Communication Sciences, havind defended her doctoral exams on July 24 (2:30 p.m.), in the ICS (Social Sciences Institute) Sala de Atos of the University of Minho, in Braga. The thesis is supervised by Teresa Ruão, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communication Sciences at University of Minho and a researcher in CECS, and is entitled "The Communication of Socially Responsible Organizations: an analysis of social responsibility reports". The new PhD stresses that "this study has been focused in the will of understanding the value of internal corporate social responsability on what encompasses the strategic choices in communication that must be made by companies".
Brasilino da Costa Godinho: PhD in Cultural Studies
Brasilino da Costa Godinho defended his doctoral exams in Cultural Studies, on July 5, at 2:30 p.m., in the Room of Academic Acts, in the building of the Rectory of the University of Aveiro. The thesis is entitled "Patriotism, iberism, internationalism in the work of Antero de Quental", and was supervised by Maria Manuel Baptista (University of Aveiro). The Doctoral Program in Cultural Studies results from a partnership between the CECS (University of Minho) and the University of Aveiro.
Sara Pereira re-elected as Director of the Communication Sciences Department of University of Minho
Sara Pereira, researcher at CECS and member of the Media and Journalism Group, was elected for the third time as Director of the Communication Sciences Department of the University of Minho (Social Sciences Institute). Sara Pereira was elected with 14 out of 19 possible votes. This is a two-year mandate. The voting took place on 5th July 2017.©Universidade do Minho. Todos os direitos reservados. Com apoio do FCT.
