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Privacy in the age of the internet of things: perceptions and practices in hous...

Scientific and media discourse on the Internet of Things (IoT) emphasizes privacy concerns as a possible hurdle to widespread adoption. Drawing on a study conducted with users of home IoT devices and stakeholders, this article examines their perceptions, attitudes, and practices through the framework of privacy concerns, privacy rationales, and privacy work. The results show that users are ambivalent regarding ...

“What is your digital identity?” Unpacking users’ understandings of an evolving...

Digital identity has become a central concept in understanding how people’s online presence is shaped and made sense of. Although extensively studied, the prevailing focus has been on how online identities are shaped by digital platforms or how users curate and perform these identities. How users perceive and assess this concept, however, has received comparatively less attention. In this article, we take a qua...

Care and surveillance of children through domestic Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a range of technologies through which mundane objects are connected to the internet, collecting data about their environment and being able to be remotely operated. In domestic settings, they can be used to provide care for children but devices can also be used by them. This article aims to present an integrated analysis of IoT uses within the family context, particularly with re...

Personal Epistemologies and Science Information: Exploring the Role of Scientif...

This chapter is based on a consultation on science communication organised in Portugal, in November 2019, in the context of the EU-funded project CONCISE (Communication Role on Perception and Beliefs of EU Citizens about Science). The main goal of the project was to provide qualitative knowledge through citizen consultation on the sources/channels by which EU citizens acquire their science-related knowledge and...

Comunicação de ciência em Portugal: A perspetiva dos comunicadores e dos seus p...

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Reception practices of science communication in Portugal

Science communication is a crucial activity for informing the public about scientific discoveries, the processes of scientific research, or the risks and benefits of various technologies. As part of a European project, this article, based on qualitative data (a consultation with a hundred Portuguese citizens), explores how people access scientific information, what they know about science communication in Portu...

Zines de divulgação científica, SciComPt - rede de comunicação de ciência e tec...

What do citizens want?

Fontes de informação em saúde

Dimensões sociais da Internet das coisas em contexto doméstico