Access to recorded interviews: A research agenda

Recorded interviews form a rich basis for scholarly inquiry. Examples include oral histories, community memory projects, and interviews conducted for broadcast media. Emerging technologies offer the potential to radically transform the way in which recorded interviews are made accessible, but this vision will demand substantial investments from a broad range of research communities. This article reviews the present state of practice for making recorded interviews available and the state-of-the-art for key component technologies. A large number of important research issues are identified, and from that set of issues, a coherent research agenda is proposed

CHORUS Deliverable 2.1: State of the Art on Multimedia Search Engines

Based on the information provided by European projects and national initiatives related to multimedia search as well as domains experts that participated in the CHORUS Think-thanks and workshops, this document reports on the state of the art related to multimedia content search from, a technical, and socio-economic perspective. The technical perspective includes an up to date view on content based indexing and retrieval technologies, multimedia search in the context of mobile devices and peer-to-peer networks, and an overview of current evaluation and benchmark inititiatives to measure the performance of multimedia search engines. From a socio-economic perspective we inventorize the impact and legal consequences of these technical advances and point out future directions of research

The new research techniques in visual communication: a methodological proposal of videography

O objetivo deste trabalho é mostrar a aplicação da videografia na pesquisa em comunicação e especificamente a proposta de um modelo metodológico para produções audiovisuais de não-ficção. Superados os debates sobre a fragilidade epistémica da antropologia audiovisual, podemos adotar essas ferramentas visuais caracterizadas pela diversidade de formatos e suportes à pesquisa social. Para o estudo do documentário, a interdisciplinaridade permite um trabalho flexível baseado na inter-relação de elementos das diversas disciplinas envolvidas. Propomos um modelo metodológico composto pela aplicação de análise visual, entrevista em profundidade e videografia para o estudo do documentário audiovisual. Aplicamos o plano metodológico a uma amostra de documentários em diferentes formatos. A natureza expandida ou imersiva dos documentários que analisamos levou-nos à criação de categorias de análise específicas para esses novos formatos como o interativo, o transmedia ou o imersivo. Além disso, introduzimos o vídeo em 360º num de nossos estudos de caso para conhecer as suas possibilidades. O artigo fornece uma comparação entre os formatos de vídeo e uma reflexão teórica em torno do olhar do pesquisador e da natureza autorreferencial da pesquisa que compartilha o audiovisual simultaneamente como objeto e método.The aim of this paper is to show the application of videography in communication research. Having overcomed the debates on the epistemic weakness of audiovisual anthropology, we can adopt these tools characterized by the diversity of formats and supports for social research. For the study of non-fiction audiovisual production, interdisciplinarity allows flexible work based on the interrelation of elements of the various disciplines involved. We propose a methodological model composed of visual analysis, interview and videography for the study of audiovisual documentary. We have applied the method to a sample of documentaries and to three case studies of documentary productions in different formats. The expanded or immersive nature of the documentaries we analyse have led us to create specific categories of analysis for these new formats. Complementary we have introduced the 360º video in one of our case studies to know its possibilities. Among the results obtained we highlight the creation of a visual, textual and audiovisual material that provides us with information for the study of the documentary. The article fournishes a comparison between video formats and a theoretical reflection around the researcher’s gaze and the self-referential nature of research that shares the audiovisual simultaneously as an object and method

Semiotico-translation-theoretical reverberations revisited

This article examines translating and translations primarily from a sem(e)iotic viewpoint. The focus is, on the one hand, on a semiotic re-reading of certain translationtheoretical suggestions (such as the idea of translation being an inherently semiotic category), and on the other hand, on a translation-theoretical re-reading of certain semiotic suggestions (such as what signs can be used for representing). Other proposals that receive a revisiting discussion include, for instance, Roman Jakobson’s translation typology and Umberto Eco’s notion of semiotics as a theory of the lie. The approach adopted in the present article advocates a serious re-reading and attitude, but even more, a literal reading and sometimes, a less serious attitude as well

Audiovisual preservation strategies, data models and value-chains

This is a report on preservation strategies, models and value-chains for digital file-based audiovisual content. The report includes: (a)current and emerging value-chains and business-models for audiovisual preservation;(b) a comparison of preservation strategies for audiovisual content including their strengths and weaknesses, and(c) a review of current preservation metadata models, and requirements for extension to support audiovisual files

Exactusensu: Marketing plan

The object of study of this project was the company Exactusensu headquartered in Boavista, in the Porto area. Having been in the safety market for over 20 years, it has a wide range of services, from developing self-protection measures, consulting and training. The objective of this professional project was to create a Marketing Plan to improve the company’s internal communication, as well as to create differentiation to make the company stand out from the competiton. To accomplish that, the first stage was the external macroenvironment understanding by using a PESTEL tool and the analysis of the external microenvironment and the company itself (done through a SWOT analysis). As a result, it is believed that the investment in communication, design, and new technologies, not only for content, is the starting point for Exactusensu to differentiate itself from its competitors. In addition, some promotional actions were suggested for the manual “Segurança Contra Incêndio em Edifícios - Volume 2”, and an implementation schedule was drawn up to publish these actions weekly to reach the target audience

Exploring film language with a digital analysis tool: The case of kinolab

This article presents a case study of Kinolab, a digital platform for the analysis of narrative film language. It describes the need for a scholarly database of clips focusing on film language for cinema and media studies faculty and students, highlighting recent technological and legal advances that have created a favorable environment for this kind of digital humanities work. Discussion of the project is situated within the broader context of contemporary developments in moving image annotation and a discussion of the unique challenges posed by computationally-driven moving image analysis. The article also argues for a universally accepted data model for film language to facilitate the academic crowdsourcing of film clips and the sharing of research and resources across the Semantic Web