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Roles of journalists in media literacy initiatives: Trainees and trainers. Cont...
Foá, C.; Tomé, V.; Margato, A.; Paisana, M.; Crespo, M.; Cardoso, G.This paper aims to foster the debate on Media Literacy (ML) projects with a focus on disinformation. We analyse initiatives carried out locally in Portugal, considering the principles of ML, the necessary development of skills and competences, as well as the importance of the journalistic action and the consequences of platformization on professional practices. Mixed methods are applied to collect and analyse q...
Journalism for voice-activated assistants and devices
Crespo, M.; Pinto-Martinho, A.; Cardoso, G.; Andrade, W.Speech was human’s first great tool for communication. By developing sounds capable of creating meaning for a group, human beings were able to exchange important information, such as threats to the group. Writing has emerged only very recently in human history: about 5,500 years ago . The opposite was true in the history of the Internet: writing came first, then sound. The big leap only arrived in the 21st cent...
Innovative business models
Pinto-Martinho, A.; Crespo, M.; Cardoso, G.One of the biggest challenges media businesses are facing is the redefinition of distribution and consumption patterns, shifting from traditional channels such as print, real time radio and TV to online, including digital formats like on-demand videos and podcasts. This digital revolution demands media workers and managers to consider a change from the former one-size-fits-all business model to a panoply of tai...
AI and journalism, robot journalism and algorithms
Pinto-Martinho, A.; Cardoso, G.; Crespo, M.Automated journalism is also known as algorithmic journalism or robot journalism and consists of news articles generated by computer programmes. Through artificial intelligence (AI) software, stories are produced automatically by computers rather than human reporters. These programmes interpret, organise, and present data in human-readable ways. The process involves an algorithm that scans large amounts of data...
The challenges of podcasting platformization: Exploratory analysis on podcast a...
Paisana, M.; Crespo, M.This paper aims to reflect upon the origins of podcasting and to place the format’s contemporary relevance within wider market shifts towards platformed business models. Platforms have been rapidly evolving, absorbing previously untouched spheres such as the news or entertainment industry. Being data-oriented structures, we materialize in this contribution the underlying threat platformization may pose to genet...
Content creation for voice assistants and smart speakers: A challenge for non-e...
Crespo, M.; Andrade, W.In the last decade, voice assistants are becoming more and more popular. First with smartphones, artificial intelligence driven voice assistants become common for many persons. But with the launch of Amazon’s Alexa home devices, and then Google Nest, a new category of smart speakers started to invade our homes, always ready to answer their owners voice commands. In the last two years the use of smart devices al...
Implementation of the European mediacoach initiative in Portugal
Lapa, T.; Vieira, J.; Guerreiro, C.; Crespo, M.; Branco, S.This chapter illustrates the implementation of the training activities of the European MediaCoach Initiative in Portugal by the project’s national partner, the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE Instituto Universitario de Lisboa). The chapter begins with an introduction to media literacy in Portugal and highlights the European MediaCoach Initiative goals in Portugal. Furthermore, it describes the methods use...
Online dating em tempos de COVID-19: práticas de uso e dinâmicas comunicacionai...
Sepúlveda, R.; Crespo, M.; Vieira, J.As plataformas de online dating, que progressivamente se têm multiplicado e migrado do formato website para o de aplicação móvel e crescido em número de utilizadores, oferecem uma crescente variedade e multiplicidade de formas de socialização, que se desdobra, tipicamente, em três etapas: construção de perfil, correspondência com outros utilizadores e descoberta. Mesmo que os seus utilizadores procurem mais do ...
Business models of journalistic startups in Portugal: an analysis of product in...
Crespo, M.; Pinto-Martinho, A.; Foa, C.; Paisana, M.; Pais, P. C.Purpose: Journalistic startups are thriving around the world, bringing new approaches to the news media environment in terms of concepts, contents, dissemination, internal organisation, and business models. This research is relevant to create a prospective view on the evolution of the news media business in the next years, also allowing us to identify some trends and experiences which can be useful to future re...
How to develop internal innovation in the media: A case study of best practices...
Crespo, M.; Pinto-Martinho, A.; Foa, C.The goals intended are to analyze media outlets from the inside, to provide some guidelines on the best practices for media companies that want to shape/reshape their business to survive and grow in the currently troubled media ecosystem. The main questions are to understand how legacy media in Portugal are facing the changing media ecosystem, in special how are they using any kind of internal innovation strate...