Transmedia storytelling aplicado ao marketing turístico projeto de aplicação móvel

O Turismo é cada vez mais um dos maiores setores económicos do mundo e aliado às novas tecnologias, que neste princípio de século têm vindo a desenvolver-se, há cada vez mais formas interessantes de interagir com o espaço visitado. O storytelling tem sido cada vez mais utilizado nos últimos anos como uma ferramenta de marketing, e a banda desenhada (comics) tem vindo a ganhar terreno e a passar para outras plataformas (transmedia). Este projeto combina storytelling, banda desenhada (comics) e novas tecnologias aplicadas ao Turismo, tem como base uma aplicação móvel para a cidade de Lisboa (digital storybook), onde através de uma história em banda desenhada (comics) o turista tem a possibilidade conhecer a cidade de uma forma inovadora e ao mesmo tempo vive uma experiência incomparável e singular. O turista participa e faz parte de experiências únicas que surgem através das novas tecnologias, estas proporcionam diferentes formas do turista vivenciar a sua visita, alterando a sua perceção do destino e tornando-se ele próprio uma ferramenta de marketing. Pois hoje em dia vivemos num mundo de partilha, a criação de identidades é uma cocriação. Experienciar uma história causa um envolvimento. Os turistas sentem o local experienciando a história e assim sentem-se parte dela. Esta aplicação é revolucionária na forma como dá a conhecer a cidade ao turista, é única, diferenciadora, interessante e inteligente. Lisboa foi a cidade escolhida para esta “história” com o nome de Secret City app.

A quantitative and qualitative evaluation of reports of clinical trials published in six Brazilian dental journals indexed in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO)

INTRODUCTION: Open access publishing is becoming increasingly popular within the biomedical sciences. SciELO, the Scientific Electronic Library Online, is a digital library covering a selected collection of Brazilian scientific journals many of which provide open access to full-text articles.This library includes a number of dental journals some of which may include reports of clinical trials in English, Portuguese and/or Spanish. Thus, SciELO could play an important role as a source of evidence for dental healthcare interventions especially if it yields a sizeable number of high quality reports. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify reports of clinical trials by handsearching of dental journals that are accessible through SciELO, and to assess the overall quality of these reports. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Electronic versions of six Brazilian dental Journals indexed in SciELO were handsearched at www.scielo.br in September 2008. Reports of clinical trials were identified and classified as controlled clinical trials (CCTs - prospective, experimental studies comparing 2 or more healthcare interventions in human beings) or randomized controlled trials (RCTs - a random allocation method is clearly reported), according to Cochrane eligibility criteria. CRITERIA TO ASSESS METHODOLOGICAL QUALITY INCLUDED: method of randomization, concealment of treatment allocation, blinded outcome assessment, handling of withdrawals and losses and whether an intention-to-treat analysis had been carried out. RESULTS: The search retrieved 33 CCTs and 43 RCTs. A majority of the reports provided no description of either the method of randomization (75.3%) or concealment of the allocation sequence (84.2%). Participants and outcome assessors were reported as blinded in only 31.2% of the reports. Withdrawals and losses were only clearly described in 6.5% of the reports and none mentioned an intention-to-treat analysis or any similar procedure. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study indicate that a substantial number of reports of trials and systematic reviews are available in the dental journals listed in SciELO, and that these could provide valuable evidence for clinical decision making. However, it is clear that the quality of a number of these reports is of some concern and that improvement in the conduct and reporting of these trials could be achieved if authors adhered to internationally accepted guidelines, e.g. the CONSORT statement.

Australian Newspaper History Group Newsletter

Current findings related to the history of Australian newspapers.

Australian Newspaper History Group Newsletter

Current findings, news and announcements related to the history of Australian newspapers.

Australian Newspaper History Group Newsletter

Current findings, news and announcements related to the history of Australian newspapers.

The interaction between technologies and society: Lessons learnt from 160 evolutionary years of online news services

In mapping the evolutionary process of online news and the socio-cultural factors determining this development, this paper has a dual purpose. First, in reworking the definition of “online communication”, it argues that despite its seemingly sudden emergence in the 1990s, the history of online news started right in the early days of the telegraphs and spread throughout the development of the telephone and the fax machine before becoming computer-based in the 1980s and Web-based in the 1990s. Second, merging macro-perspectives on the dynamic of media evolution by DeFleur and Ball-Rokeach (1989) and Winston (1998), the paper consolidates a critical point for thinking about new media development: that something technically feasible does not always mean that it will be socially accepted and/or demanded. From a producer-centric perspective, the birth and development of pre-Web online news forms have been more or less generated by the traditional media’s sometimes excessive hype about the power of new technologies. However, placing such an emphasis on technological potentials at the expense of their social conditions not only can be misleading but also can be detrimental to the development of new media, including the potential of today’s online news.

Australian Newspaper History Group Newsletter

Current findings, news and announcements related to the history of Australian newspapers.

Australian Newspaper History Group Newsletter

Current findings, news and announcements related to the history of Australian newspapers.

Ending the affair: The decline of television current affairs in Australia

Examines the state of current affairs television in Australia today by pondering the future, while drawing lessons from the past. The book questions the social and political value of what we now think of as current affairs journalism.