Os efeitos do progresso comunicacional no desenvolvimento do interior português: um estudo de caso do concelho de Mação

Houve, em Portugal, nas últimas décadas, um forte investimento em infra-estruturas comunicacionais e a uma redução significativa das distâncias relativas que ligam os diversos pontos do país, sobretudo, o litoral ao interior. Ainda que esse progresso comunicacional tenha sido apologizado como uma forma de mitigação das dinâmicas de desertificação e do despovoamento, que acentuam as disparidades demográficas e económicas entre litoral e interior, essas tendências não se inverteram. Este estudo relaciona a questão do progresso comunicacional com essas dinâmicas de mobilidade num concelho do interior português (concelho de Mação), explorando a relação entre a evolução positiva do concelho em termos comunicacionais e as suas tendências demográficas recessivas, recorrendo a horizontes teóricos do campo da teoria da comunicação e das teorias da sociedade em rede, em particular. Foi realizado um diagnóstico da situação do concelho, com base em procedimentos de planeamento estratégico, e uma série de dez entrevistas em modelo semi-directivo a indivíduos que se deslocaram do concelho, procurando-se perceber quais as motivações da sua saída e as suas percepções sobre a sua experiência no concelho, sobre o seu desenvolvimento e a sua situação comunicacional. Os resultados indicam uma significativa mutação dos sentidos dos trajectos pessoais, do seu planeamento e dos mecanismos de construção de uma identidade pessoal e colectiva associada ao concelho. O progresso comunicacional permite uma construção identitária à distância, nos destinos de deslocação, e a diminuição da distância entre o concelho e outros espaços / oportunidades ajuda a compreender as razões da não inversão das tendências demográficas recessivas.Portugal suffered, over the last decades, a strong investment on communicational infrastructures, with a meaningful reduction of the relative distances between various areas of the country, especially the coastal and interior ones. Even though that communicational progress has been presented as an effort to mitigate the desertification and rural flight dynamics, those weren‟t reversed. This study relates the issue of communicational progress with these dynamics on a specific area of the Portuguese interior (concelho de Mação), exploring the relationship between the positive evolution of its communicational situation with the recessive demographic tendencies, based on theoretical contributions of the communication theory and, particularly, of the network society propositions. Using strategic planning procedures, a diagnosis of the concelho‟s situation has been built, along with a group of ten semi-directive interviews to people to people who left Mação, in order to understand the motivations the led to that itineration and how they perceive their life experience on the concelho, its development and communicational evolution. The results point towards a significant change on the meaning of each personal change experience, the way it is planned, and also of the instruments that are used to built an individual and collective identity that connects these people to the concelho. The communicational progress allows the strengthening of that identity at distance, and the decrease of the distance between the concelho and other places / opportunities is an important clue to understand the reasons of the contemporary recessive demographic tendencies

Trust and fake news: Exploratory analysis of the impact of news literacy on the relationship with news content in Portugal

In order to understand the role of contemporary journalism and the media system it is vital to consider consumers’ relationship with news content in terms of trust and perception of dubious content. This analysis is particularly relevant in a context where intense flows of information raise serious questions about individual ability to interpret, validate, and reproduce content. This analysis explores a news literacy scale used by Maskl et al. (2015) and Fletcher (in Newman et al., 2018) to investigate the links between news literacy profiles and their relationship with content, with particular focus on illegitimate/doubtful news pieces. Results suggest individuals with higher news literacy tend to trust news in general but not when content originates in social media. Higher literacy profiles are also associated with increased concern regarding online content legitimacy. These conclusions are particularly relevant in the currently volatile media sphere, highly dependent on a substantially informed public to ensure the legitimacy and importance of journalistic content and to distinguish it from other kinds of content flooding communication networks. These efforts depend not only on the journalistic sphere but also on democratic systems themselves as they rely on a well-informed public to guarantee a healthy and inclusive debate.In order to understand the role of contemporary journalism and the media system it is vital to consider consumers’ relationship with news content in terms of trust and perception of dubious content. This analysis is particularly relevant in a context where intense flows of information raise serious questions about individual ability to interpret, validate, and reproduce content. This analysis explores a news literacy scale used by Maskl et al. (2015) and Fletcher (in Newman et al., 2018) to investigate the links between news literacy profiles and their relationship with content, with particular focus on illegitimate/doubtful news pieces. Results suggest individuals with higher news literacy tend to trust news in general but not when content originates in social media. Higher literacy profiles are also associated with increased concern regarding online content legitimacy. These conclusions are particularly relevant in the currently volatile media sphere, highly dependent on a substantially informed public to ensure the legitimacy and importance of journalistic content and to distinguish it from other kinds of content flooding communication networks. These efforts depend not only on the journalistic sphere but also on democratic systems themselves as they rely on a well-informed public to guarantee a healthy and inclusive debate

Relatório de Estágio Profissinal - " Sobre (a) Vivência

Bert Paul. Arrêté relatif aux retenues exercées sur le traitement des professeurs de ces lycées. In: Bulletin administratif de l'instruction publique. Tome 25 n°477, 1882. p. 205

Retrato geracional do consumo online de notícias em Portugal: contributos para o debate sobre literacias digitais

Com base nos dados de 2019 do Reuters Digital News Report Portugal (n=2010), produzimos um retrato geracional do consumo online de notícias em Portugal com o objetivo de investigar possíveis (des)continuidades do referencial teórico que molda as discussões sobre literacias digitais e os seus subníveis de análise, nomeadamente no que respeita à discussão sobre a divisão digital entre grupos geracionais.Concluiu-se que, no âmbito da consulta online de notícias em Portugal, os mais jovens constituem o grupo geracional mais afastado do perfil tradicionalista, enquanto os mais velhos e seniores ainda estão mais afastados do perfil digitalista, embora a análise dos dados permita observar um esbatimento das diferenças históricas atribuídas pelo discurso estático sobre literacias digitais e divisão digital intergrupos geracionais relativamente à apropriação e ao uso de tecnologias digitais para diferentes fins.According to data from the latest Reuters Digital News Report Portugal 2019 (n = 2010), we produced a generational portrayal of online news consumption in Portugal that allows us to investigate possible (dis)continuities of the theoretical framework that shapes the discussions on digital literacy and its sub-levels of analysis, namely with regard to the discussion of digital divisions between generational groups.The conclusion was that in the context of online news consumption in Portugal, young people constitute the generational group that is positioned farthest from the traditionalist profile, while the elderly are still far from being able to integrate the digitalist profile, although data analysis suggests a blurring of the historical differences attributed by the static discourse on digital literacies and digital divide between generational groups regarding the appropriation and use of digital technologies for different purposes

IBERIFIER Reports – Analysis of Trends and Innovations in the Media Ecosystem in Spain and Portugal (2025-2030)

This report is the result of a prospective analysis among professionals and experts to identify the trends and innovations that will impact the media landscape in Spain and Portugal over the next five years. It is one of the initiatives of the IBERIFIER project to guide the decision-making of media managers, media companies, political leaders and other social actors

IBERIFIER Reports – Legal and Political Aspects of Disinformation in Portugal and Spain

In Portugal and Spain, disinformation is a severe concern for social and cultural reasons. Furthermore, it is a significant concern for politicians and policymakers (Wardle & Derakhshan, 2017; Lanoszka, 2019; Saurwein & Spencer-Smith, 2020; Tenove, 2020; Correyero-Ruiz & Baladrón-Pazos, 2022). According to McKay & Tenove (2021), disinformation can undermine trust in democratic institutions and influence election outcomes, harming the reputation of individuals or institutions (European Commission, 2021; Department of National Security of the Spanish Government, 2022). In Portugal, the Government established a task force to combat disinformation, promoted media literacy, and launched campaigns to raise awareness of the dangers of disinformation. Similarly, in Spain, the Government established a Strategic Communication Office to coordinate efforts to combat disinformation and launched campaigns to promote media literacy

IBERIFIER Reports – Legal and Political Aspects of Disinformation in Portugal and Spain

In Portugal and Spain, disinformation is a severe concern for social and cultural reasons. Furthermore, it is a significant concern for politicians and policymakers (Wardle & Derakhshan, 2017; Lanoszka, 2019; Saurwein & Spencer-Smith, 2020; Tenove, 2020; Correyero-Ruiz & Baladrón-Pazos, 2022). According to McKay & Tenove (2021), disinformation can undermine trust in democratic institutions and influence election outcomes, harming the reputation of individuals or institutions (European Commission, 2021; Department of National Security of the Spanish Government, 2022). In Portugal, the Government established a task force to combat disinformation, promoted media literacy, and launched campaigns to raise awareness of the dangers of disinformation. Similarly, in Spain, the Government established a Strategic Communication Office to coordinate efforts to combat disinformation and launched campaigns to promote media literacy

O lago de todos os recursos : [homenagem a Hélio Osvaldo Alves]

O presente volume de estudos em homenagem ao Professor Hélio Osvaldo Alves é composto por duas partes. A primeira, com o título de ‘Testemunhos’, reúne as palavras com que amigos, colegas e discípulos recordaram a pessoa de Hélio Alves. A segunda parte, ‘Comunicações’, inclui os textos de carácter científico apresentados e debatidos no colóquio, realizado em Novembro de 2003. ‘O lago de todos os recursos’ é uma expressão que o Professor Hélio tomou de empréstimo a E. P. Thompson, e adaptou, para baptizar um dos seus estudos sobre a ideia de Cultura. Escolhemos esse título para o colóquio que deu origem a este volume por ele sugerir as infinitas possibilidades de estudo e análise que se contêm na palavra Cultura, bem como a diversidade de escolhas e aproximações que os estudos de Cultura proporcionam