User expectations for media sharing practices in open display networks

Open Display Networks have the potential to allow many content creators to publish their media to an open-ended set of screen displays. However, this raises the issue of how to match that content to the right displays. In this study, we aim to understand how the perceived utility of particular media sharing scenarios is affected by three independent variables, more specifically: (a) the locativeness of the content being shared; (b) how personal that content is and (c) the scope in which it is being shared. To assess these effects, we composed a set of 24 media sharing scenarios embedded with different treatments of our three independent variables. We then asked 100 participants to express their perception of the relevance of those scenarios. The results suggest a clear preference for scenarios where content is both local and directly related to the person that is publishing it. This is in stark contrast to the types of content that are commonly found in public displays, and confirms the opportunity that open displays networks may represent a new media for self-expression. This novel understanding may inform the design of new publication paradigms that will enable people to share media across the display networks.

Perceptions of Amazonian deforestation in the British and Brazilian media

The Amazon rainforest stretches across more than six million square kilometers and nine countries. Of the original forest area it is thought that 18 per cent has been cleared, mainly for farming purposes. In Brazil, the main drivers of deforestation are beef ranching and soya production that together occupy more than 75 per cent of newly deforested land. The situation in the Amazon illustrates a fundamental dilemma facing environmentalists around the world: how to reconcile economic development with biodiversity conservation. In this paper the representation of this dilemma in the British and Brazilian news media is assessed. The results indicate that there were far more articles referring to deforestation in the Brazilian press (816 Brazilian to 29 UK) but that many of these make no mention of what factors are responsible for deforestation. The patterns of representation of the proximate (direct) causes of Amazonian deforestation were very similar in the two countries, with soya and beef cattle ranching commanding the most press attention. The ultimate (indirect) causes of deforestation, however, are treated very differently, with the Brazilian media seemingly far more aware of the role of economic development needs than the UK press. Interestingly, the role of international demand for soya, beef, and forest products in driving deforestation was highlighted primarily in the UK press. These findings are critically discussed in the context of media influence on public understandings of Amazonian deforestation.

Os media e a crise dos refugiados: Agenda de actividades

(Excerto) �� pelos media que temos acesso a informa����o relevante sobre o mundo. O problema da crise dos refugiados, que parece novo porque nos bateu em cheio �� nossa porta, n��o foge �� regra. Nesse sentido, os media s��o e ser��o imprescind��veis. Temos hoje acesso a uma evidente quantidade e aparente diversidade de informa����es. A Internet e as redes sociais possibilitam o acesso a um grande n��mero de fontes, ainda que de valia vari��vel. Mas �� inquestion��vel que a informa����o que nos chega procede esmagadoramente de ag��ncias e de meios que v��em o mundo a partir de determinados ��ngulos: do seu lugar geogr��fico, que condiciona, como sabemos, a relev��ncia das mat��rias escolhidas; das fontes a que os media t��m mais facilmente acesso ou daquelas que se organizam para fazer valer determinados pontos de vista e interpreta����es sobre a realidade junto dos media; e, naturalmente, das estrat��gias e interesses dos grandes grupos medi��ticos que det��m e controlam os media. Por exemplo, constata-se que as televis��es, r��dios e jornais focam muito mais o problema humanit��rio dos refugiados e os impactos que eles provocam em diferentes regi��es da Europa do que a complexa e dram��tica situa����o da gigantesca ���m��quina que produz refugiados��� que, em certos aspectos, a pr��pria Europa alimenta. Apesar de tudo, os media n��o s��o todos iguais. Em muitos deles, h�� profissionais que procuram fazer um trabalho de qualidade. E atrav��s das redes sociais temos, com alguma frequ��ncia, acesso a dados que repercutem os grandes ��rg��os de informa����o ou d��o visibilidade a vozes e vis��es alternativas. Por��m, tudo somado, n��o podemos estar seguros de ter, �� partida, acesso a informa����o relevante, rigorosa e completa sobre uma mat��ria t��o complexa e delicada como a que est�� por detr��s da crise dos refugidos. Isso exige procura em fontes diversas, trabalho comparativo, an��lise cr��tica, acompanhamento atento, debate. O Semin��rio Permanente de Educa����o para os Media, que tem funcionado no quadro do Centro de Estudos de Comunica����o e Sociedade da Universidade do Minho procura, com esta Agenda de Atividades, proporcionar algumas pistas e ferramentas para esse posicionamento cr��tico e esclarecido. Para isso, contou com contributos de diversos quadrantes, que corresponderam ao desafio que lhes foi lan��ado.

Sustentabilidade no Design: uma abordagem aos res��duos limpos das ind��strias do cal��ado

Disserta����o de mestrado em Design e Marketing

Comunica����o Android com c��maras ONVIF e gest��o de Perfis de Media

Disserta����o de mestrado integrado em Engenharia de Telecomunica����es e Inform��tica

Kids Media Lab: Tecnologias e a aprendizagem da programa����o em idade Pr��-escolar

Sabedores da realidade tecnol��gica que envolve as crian��as, sentimos necessidade de conhecer aprofundadamente como �� que as crian��as aprendem, ou seja, como estruturam e desenvolvem o seu pensamento, nesta rela����o com as tecnologias e atrav��s da programa����o. A presente investiga����o revela-se inovadora, quer no contexto em que vai ser implementado, quer nos objetivos da pr��pria investiga����o. Pretendemos consolidar conhecimento sobre as teorias de aprendizagem, atrav��s da introdu����o da programa����o de forma l��dica e criativa nas atividades no jardim de inf��ncia. Compreender como as crian��as reagem na utiliza����o das tecnologias e da programa����o revela-se importante para conhecer o seu comportamento, o seu estilo de aprendizagem e permitir aos profissionais de educa����o antecipar ou n��o esta integra����o, nos seus contextos educativos. Conhecer como todo este processo de aprendizagem �� vivenciado pelas crian��as ir�� permitir avaliar quais os benef��cios e riscos da utiliza����o das tecnologias e da aprendizagem da programa����o em idade pr��-escolar.

Economia Pol��tica dos Media: Relat��rio do programa, conte��do e m��todos de ensino

Relat��rio e li����o completa apresentados como requisito para Provas de Agrega����o, no Ramo de Ci��ncias da Comunica����o, ��rea de conhecimento de Sociologia da Informa����o, ao abrigo do Decreto-Lei n�� 239/2007 de 19 de Junho.

Uso dos media e envolvimento com as altera����es clim��ticas

Ser�� que existe congru��ncia entre o n��vel de conhecimento sobre as altera����es clim��ticas, as percep����es de risco, o n��vel de preocupa����o e as inten����es comportamentais para mitigar as altera����es clim��ticas? E ser�� que o consumo de informa����o mediatizada influencia significativamente o conhecimento e o envolvimento afectivo com a quest��o das altera����es clim��ticas? Os resultados de um question��rio com uma amostra portuguesa mostram um n��vel de conhecimento moderado, e preocupa����o e percep����o de risco elevadas, que influenciam parcialmente o comportamento face ��s altera����es clim��ticas. Os media s��o a fonte principal de informa����o sobre as altera����es clim��ticas e as pr��ticas de uso das fontes de informa����o t��m um impacto significativo em algumas dimens��es do envolvimento pessoal com a quest��o ��� Preocupa����o e, em menor grau, conhecimento das causas, ac����es de mitiga����o e inten����es comportamentais. Contudo, o grau de utiliza����o das fontes de informa����o parece ter pouco impacto nas percep����es de risco e na val��ncia afectiva das imagens associadas ��s altera����es clim��ticas.

Perplexidades e incertezas da regula����o dos media na Europa

A regula����o dos media tem ganho relevo nas agendas nacionais e internacionais mas nem sempre a utiliza����o corrente do conceito �� consistente, correndo o risco de significar tudo e nada em simult��neo. Independentemente do intenso e prof��cuo debate concetual que o tema suscita na comunidade acad��mica, julgamos pertinente o estudo das estruturas de regula����o medi��tica que operam no terreno da Uni��o Europeia. Este trabalho reflete sobre as entidades de regula����o medi��tica que atuam na defesa do interesse p��blico, ainda que existam as mais diversas modalidades de enuncia����o e de defesa desse interesse pelos v��rios estados, e decorre de um esfor��o de investiga����o coletivo, enquadrado no projeto ���Regula����o dos Media em Portugal: O Caso da ERC���, que agregou elementos sobre os organismos reguladores dos media na Europa.

Challenges and confusion in media regulation: a four-country comparison

[Excerto] ln this chapter we discuss recent developments and challenges in European media and communication policy, focusing on the period following the 2008 global financial crisis. We are especially interested in the implications of the financial crisis and its political repercussions nationally (austerity measures and cuts to public services, growing anti-politics sentiments and widespread dissatisfaction with free-market capitalism and representative democracy) for media and communication policy, understood here in a broad sense, so as to include ali electronic communications, such as the Internet, mobile communications, social media etc. Our overarching concern is with the implications of developments in media and communication policy for the democratic functions of the media in Europe (...).

An interactive web-based tool for breast reduction surgery simulation

In this work, we present a 3D web-based interactive tool for numerical modeling and simulation approach to breast reduction surgery simulation, to assist surgeons in planning all aspects related to breast reduction surgery before the actual procedure takes place, thereby avoiding unnecessary risks. In particular, it allows the modeling of the initial breast geometry, the definition of all aspects related to the surgery and the visualization of the post-surgery breast shape in a realistic environment.

Synthesis of five-membered heterocycles by indirect electrochemical approach in "Green" media

Radical cyclization continues to be a central methodology for the preparation of natural products containing heterocyclic rings. Hence, some electrochemical results obtained by cyclic voltammetry and controlled-potential electrolysis in the study of electroreductive intramolecular cyclization of ethyl (2S, 3R)-2-bromo-3-propargyloxy-3-(2���,3���,4���,6���-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy) propanoate (1a), 2-bromo-3-allyloxy-3-(2���,3���,4���,6���-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy)propanoate (1b), 2-bromo-[1-(prop-2-yn-1-yloxy)propyl]benzene (1c) and [1-bromo-2-methoxy-2-(prop-2���-yn-1-yloxy)ethyl]benzene (1d) promoted by (1,4,8,11-tetramethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane)nickel(I), [Ni(tmc)]+, electrogenerated at glassy carbon cathodes in ethanol and ethanol:water mixtures containing tetraalkylammonium salts, are presented. During controlled-potential electrolyses of solutions containing [Ni(tmc)]2+ and bromoalkoxylated compounds (1) catalytic reduction of the latter proceeds via one-electron cleavage of the carbon���bromine bond to form a radical intermediate that undergoes cyclization to afford the substituted tetrahydrofurans.

Electrosynthesis of heterocyclic compounds by radical cyclization in environmentally friendly media

We investigated the reductive intramolecular cyclization of bromopropargyl ethers derivatives, catalyzed by electrogenerated (1,4,8,11-tetramethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraaza-cyclotetradecane)nickel(I), [Ni(tmc)]+ as the catalysts in N,N,N-trimethyl-N-(2- hydroxyethyl)ammonium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide,[N1 1 1 2(OH)][NTf2] and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, [C2mim][NTf2] by cyclic voltammetry and controlled-potential electrolysis. The results show that the reaction leads to the formation of the expected cyclic compounds, which are important intermediates in the synthesis of natural products with possible biological activities.

Quantity or quality? The professionalization of social media communication in Portugal and Germany: a comparison

As the worldwide growth of social media usage and institutionalization by organizations rise worldwide little is known about the degree of professionalization that has occurred. By comparing data between two asynchronous countries this research project offers insights into its strategic usage as well as discovering an interesting dynamic between activity and professionalization.