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Papers by Manuel Damásio

International Journal of Film and Media Arts, Dec 13, 2022

holds a master's degree in Cinema Studies by the Universidade Lusófona de Lisboa and is currently... more holds a master's degree in Cinema Studies by the Universidade Lusófona de Lisboa and is currently an FCT scholarship recipient for his Ph.D. in Media Arts at the above-mentioned university.

FilmEU opportunities and challenges

International Journal of Creative Media Research

This research statement complements the podcast with the same title and is construed as a steppin... more This research statement complements the podcast with the same title and is construed as a stepping stone towards a sustainable support model for practice based researchers, supervisors and examiners within the FilmEU alliance and, most importantly, beyond it, opening up the debate on the opportunities and challenges facing the topic. For this task, four relevant players from the artistic research arena were interviewed: Till Ansgar Baumhauer, Nico Carpentier, Michelle Teran and Florian Cramer. FilmEU includes Lusófona University, Portugal, Baltic Film and Media School, Estonia, LUCA, Belgium, and IADT, Ireland. In order to create a model with long-term impact for practice and artistic-based research, the alliance is pursuing a common and transdisciplinary research culture on artistic research within the field of Film and Media Arts. A major hurdle identified by the alliance is the upskilling of practitioners to ensure they have the skills and knowledge necessary to perform and super...

Abstract Machine

Interactive film and media journal, May 25, 2022

Journal of Creative Industries and Cultural Studies

The film and audiovisual sectors play a crucial role in the European societies, and by extension,... more The film and audiovisual sectors play a crucial role in the European societies, and by extension, also in Portugal. This paper proposes a conceptual change centered on mapping the film and audiovisual (AV) industries in Portugal as a creative sector instead of a cultural one. We argue that this approach enables a more rigorous measurement of the value of these industries in the creative economy, besides allowing for more accessible connections between the creative industries and other areas. This conceptual change is based on an innovative approach to the “creative trident.” We argue that the value of the film and AV sector must be rooted in a flourishing creative workforce, and we propose that entrepreneurship education can be a path forward in unlocking the sector’s tremendous creative potential. We suggest an innovative research agenda to link all these elements in the context of the audiovisual and film creative industries.

This paper explores the relationship between social media as tools used by public relations profe... more This paper explores the relationship between social media as tools used by public relations professionals and as part of the daily lives of organizations’ stakeholders, identifying emergent practices in public relations and confronting new perspectives, both professional and academic, on public relations functions and on its role within organizational communication. Departing from the agreement shared by academics and professionals on a profound shift in public relations as a consequence of the increasingly widespread, intense and frequent use of social media, this paper intends to clarify the nature and terms of that shift. Two perspectives are confronted: one of them is focused on emergent professional practices and regards social media as tools at the disposal of the PR professional; the other is broader in scope and views social media as a contextual factor that influences both the stakeholders’ behavior patterns and PR practices, thus redefining the role of public relations wit...

Teorias e Práticas dos Media: Situando o Local no Global

Editorial: Animation Documentary

Organising stakeholder dialogues in the Cost TATS Action

Comunicacion Y Sociedad, 2013

Stakeholder theory moves organizational life and existence beyond the mere persecution of economi... more Stakeholder theory moves organizational life and existence beyond the mere persecution of economic goals. The core idea of (the original formulation) of stakeholder theory is that business is (and should be) expected to serve society in ways that goes beyond economic objectives. If this is true for commercially oriented companies, the more it is for those organizations, such as universities, that pursue the common public good. Our main objective in this article is to evaluate the relevance stakeholders have for academia today, more specifically for the field of media and audience studies, and to describe how, and with what consequences, relations between academia and stakeholders are being reshaped. Moreover, the article aims to critically evaluate who is (and can be seen as) stakeholder of universities. The article is based on a general reflection on academia’s role and stakeholder theory, but also draws from 26 individual essays written by the members of Working Group 2 of the COS...

IMECS 2011-International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2011: Preface

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Introdução ao Pensamento Contemporâneo

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cicAnt centro de investigAção em comunicAção AplicAdA, culturA e novAs tecnologiAs -universidAde ... more cicAnt centro de investigAção em comunicAção AplicAdA, culturA e novAs tecnologiAs -universidAde lusófonA de HumAnidAdes e tecnologiAs o capital social é um conceito conhecido e amplamente discutido no contexto das ciências sociais que tem sido explorado no passado em relação com as tecnologias da informação e da comunicação a propósito do potencial das mesmas para denegrirem formas tradicionais de interacção e participação social e assim afectarem negativamente o capital social patenteado por um grupo social. as formas de organização social conhecidas como comunidades virtuais são normalmente apresentadas como exemplos destas novas construções sociais que emergem com a internet, sendo que as redes sociais são paralelamente consideradas como mecanismos potenciadores dessa virtualização da vida comunitária. o presente trabalho discute estes tópicos no contexto da relação entre comunidades face -a -face e comunidades virtuais com especial enfoque no papel que as redes sociais possam ter no reforço do volume de capital social apresentado pelas primeiras quando introduzidas ferramentas deste tipo no seu seio. Capital social; redes sociais; Comunidade. o presente trabalho visa contribuir para uma melhor compreensão do papel do conceito de capital social na explicação da experiência contemporânea de uso da internet e eventuais consequências da mesma. o capital social é um conceito multi-

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This paper discusses the results of a large survey conducted in 2006 on the perception Portuguese... more This paper discusses the results of a large survey conducted in 2006 on the perception Portuguese movies' audiences have of their own locally produced films. Audience's reception of locally produced films is marked by the rejection of the consumption of these objects as a result of a bias against locally produced cultural artefacts. The prejudice shaping this relationship, not only demands for new cultural and social politics, but also raises a number of questions on local and European media industry's ability to cope with its own audiences' expectations. Finally, broader considerations are made on the different ways contemporary audiences are shaping media technologies, and their respective cultural artefacts, through their own use and reception of those technologies and artefacts.

Neste artigo argumenta-se que as simulações numéricas fomentam e exploram relações complexas entr... more Neste artigo argumenta-se que as simulações numéricas fomentam e exploram relações complexas entre o jogador e o sistema cibernético da máquina que com este se relaciona através da jogabilidade, ou seja, da real aplicação às regras de jogo de tácticas e estratégias usadas pelo participante durante o seu trajecto na aplicação lúdica. Considera-se que o espaço mágico imposto pelo tabuleiro de jogo é mais do que um espaço de confusão entre real e artificial mas antes se apresenta como uma cortina ou interface entre o corpo próprio do participante e a simulação digital inerente ao sistema computacional.

Revista Contracampo

O estudo verificou se o uso de recursos audiovisuais em um aplicativo melhora a eficácia de inter... more O estudo verificou se o uso de recursos audiovisuais em um aplicativo melhora a eficácia de intervenções em e-saúde e se aumenta os níveis de conhecimento em saúde em pacientes diabéticos. Foi realizado um estudo experimental, exploratório, com componentes descritivo-qualitativos e quantitativos em grupos de pacientes diabéticos (um grupo controle, outro que testou o aplicativo em Smartphone e outro que o testou em TV digital) de vários níveis socioeconômicos na cidade de Poços de Caldas, MG. Verificou-se a tendência de melhora dos indicadores de alfabetização, principalmente entre os que testaram o conteúdo na TV digital, observou-se que o nível mais alto de alfabetização ajuda na recepção da informação, e que os meios digitais ajudam a melhorar os níveis de alfabetização em saúde.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Dec 16, 2022

El estudio verificó si el uso de recursos audiovisuales en una aplicación mejora la eficacia de l... more El estudio verificó si el uso de recursos audiovisuales en una aplicación mejora la eficacia de las intervenciones de e-salud y si aumenta los niveles de conocimiento sobre salud en pacientes diabéticos. Se realizó un estudio experimental, exploratorio con componentes descriptivo-cualitativo y cuantitativo en grupos de pacientes diabéticos (un grupo control, otro que probó la aplicación en Smartphone y otro que probó en TV digital) de diversos niveles socioeconómicos en la ciudad de Poços de Caldas, MG. Hubo una tendencia de mejora en los indicadores de alfabetización, especialmente entre quienes probaron contenidos en TV digital, se observó que el mayor nivel de alfabetización ayuda en la recepción de la información, y que los medios digitales ayudan a mejorar los niveles de alfabetización en salud.

Observatorio (OBS*)

This paper introduces the concept of belonging and discusses it in the context of online social n... more This paper introduces the concept of belonging and discusses it in the context of online social networking experience and community experience considering social capital and user’s activities as nuclear concepts to understand collective actions and social relationships mediated by online social media technologies. The paper presents an empirical approach based on the study of two local communities and analyses whether interactive social technologies are capable of allowing a greater social involvement and a higher production of social capital, social participation and sense of belonging, encouraging original forms of interaction and social cohesion within communities. The results indicate a positive relationship between the use of social media technology and the increase of social capital and sense of belonging, promoting a discussion about the relationship between virtual and face-to-face communication, the role and influence of social media technologies in communitarian social pra...

Dispositiva

Frontiers in Education

Although the potential of games to foster learning, representation, empowerment, well-being, and ... more Although the potential of games to foster learning, representation, empowerment, well-being, and social inclusion is already documented, some groups seem to remain underrepresented. In the field of disability, this potential is still immersed in a set of barriers and hindrances, arising from the lack of accessibility of this medium and the lack of representation of voices in research and development processes. This problem seems to be exponentiated in the field of Intellectual Disability (ID). The present study describes insights from a case study developed with 14 institutionalized adults with severe ID, with two complementary aims: (a) explore the effectiveness of a PAR gaming approach in the empowerment and well-being of adults with ID living in an institutional setting; and (b) explore the feasibility of promoting accessibility in games through PAR. The proposed intervention included the development of games by higher education students for these individuals, with their active p...

Nowadays, the potential of games to promote well-being and social inclusion is already widely doc... more Nowadays, the potential of games to promote well-being and social inclusion is already widely documented by research. Yet, how this potential can reach out to underrepresented communities, namely those with very specific accessibility needs, ensuring their participation is still somewhat unexplored. The present article discusses accessibility, participation, and inclusion as three pillars to address the relationship between gaming and Intellectual Disability (ID). Through this approach, more participatory models of game development and research are proposed, including the operationalization of the social model of disability and the relevance of the context. Therefore, it proposes concrete models, where accessibility is part of the creative process, to better include the voice of the player with ID into gameplay, and ensure a final media object that, more than accessible, narratively represents the experience of having this disability.