Jogadores ou Espectadores? Pontos de vista no cinema e nos videojogos

Neste trabalho pretendemos comparar os pontos de vista projectados num videojogo e no cinema. A questão que se põe é se a escala de planos cinematográfica, que procura envolver o espectador na narrativa transmitida ou fotografar as personagens no ecrã, tem alguma relação ou migração com os pontos de vista na primeira pessoa, na terceira ou numa vista superior de um videojogo.

Videojogos: narrativas, espectáculo e imersão

Neste trabalho pretendemos analisar os diferentes modos de nos sentirmos presentes num videojogo. A questão que se coloca é como podemos manipular o espectador em ansiedade nas acções e histórias que se vão desenrolando na progressão de um videojogo. A partir das referências de Agency, Transformation ou Imersion (Murray, 1997), pretendemos analisar se as narrativas ou o ponto de vista do jogador influenciam a sensação de presença que se pode sentir ao interagir no espaço do jogo

Eye tracking data representation and visualization : on information and communication studies at CETAC.MEDIA

Eye tracking has become a preponderant technique in the evaluation of user interaction and behaviour with study objects in defined contexts. Common eye tracking related data representation techniques offer valuable input regarding user interaction and eye gaze behaviour, namely through fixations and saccades measurement. However, these and other techniques may be insufficient for the representation of acquired data in specific studies, namely because of the complexity of the study object being analysed. This paper intends to contribute with a summary of data representation and information visualization techniques used in data analysis within different contexts (advertising, websites, television news and video games). Additionally, several methodological approaches are presented in this paper, which resulted from several studies developed and under development at CETAC.MEDIA - Communication Sciences and Technologies Research Centre. In the studies described, traditional data representation techniques were insufficient. As a result, new approaches were necessary and therefore, new forms of representing data, based on common techniques were developed with the objective of improving communication and information strategies. In each of these studies, a brief summary of the contribution to their respective area will be presented, as well as the data representation techniques used and some of the acquired results.

Museology as a pedagogy for heritage

This essay presents some parameters for the study of Museology and its respective contribution for the constitution of preservationist processes, biased towards heritage education. From the decoding of some parameters that delimit this applied discipline’s action and reflection field, the text presents some paradigms, which have stimulated its epistemological construction and have guided its social functions. These paradigms are considered responsible for a new methodological order within the scope of the museum and, further, for the new commitments that these institutions have taken up.