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Vol. 40

Comunicar em saúde em tempos de pandemia

15 de fevereiro

Editores

Felisbela Lopes (CECS, Universidade do Minho, Portugal), Rita Araújo (CECS, Universidade do Minho, Portugal) e Peter Schulz (Universidade de Lugano, Suíça)

Temática

A Comunicação em Saúde é uma área científica interdisciplinar, que se caracteriza pelo cruzamento entre as Ciências da Comunicação e as Ciências da Saúde, nomeadamente a Medicina, mas também a Saúde Pública, a Enfermagem e a Psicologia (Zoller & Kline, 2008). Embora existam várias definições de Comunicação em Saúde, a influência de comportamentos é frequentemente apontada como um dos principais objetivos. De facto, a Comunicação em Saúde pretende envolver, capacitar e influenciar os indivíduos e as comunidades (Schiavo, 2014).

O Jornalismo de Saúde é, de acordo com a Organização Mundial de Saúde (1998), uma área da Comunicação em Saúde, tal como a comunicação interpessoal, a media advocacy ou a comunicação organizacional. Mas é também uma especialização do jornalismo. E, na verdade, embora se possa entender o Jornalismo de Saúde como uma pequena parte do jornalismo, este tem as suas especificidades, tal como acontece com o jornalismo económico, político ou desportivo. Hallin e Briggs (2014) defendem que o jornalismo médico e de saúde é, de certo modo, diferente do restante, pelo que os jornalistas que a ele se dedicam revelam frequentemente conceções mais didáticas e instrumentais do seu papel. Este carácter “híbrido” do Jornalismo de Saúde é uma das características que faz deste campo um objeto de estudo interessante para os estudos do jornalismo (Hallin & Briggs, 2014).

Nas últimas décadas, a emergência das doenças infeciosas e o aumento das doenças crónicas vieram reforçar o papel do jornalismo de saúde, na medida em que os media ocupam um lugar social central no retrato destas estórias. Os recentes surtos à escala mundial, de que são exemplo a Gripe A (2009) ou o Ébola (2014), e a pandemia de Covid-19 que atualmente atravessamos, vêm comprovar a necessidade de investir na Comunicação e Jornalismo em Saúde. Estes podem constituir-se como ferramentas essenciais de “combate” às epidemias, contribuindo para uma população mais informada e capacitada em termos de saúde e influenciando comportamentos individuais e coletivos. De facto, a Comunicação e o Jornalismo em Saúde podem ter um impacto significativo na população em geral, especialmente num contexto de crise de saúde pública, contribuindo para a promoção da saúde e a prevenção da doença.

Este volume da Comunicação e Sociedade debruça-se sobre a pandemia de SARS-Cov-2 e pretende juntar académicos de vários pontos do globo numa reflexão em torno da Comunicação e Jornalismo em Saúde no âmbito de uma crise sanitária global. Atualmente, a multiplicidade de plataformas de media, a alteração dos hábitos de consumo mediático, ou o aumento das notícias falsas e desinformação trazem renovados desafios ao campo da Comunicação e Jornalismo em Saúde. Neste sentido, é importante perceber o que está a ser feito, em termos nacionais e internacionais, para lidar com estes desafios e reforçar o papel da Comunicação em Saúde e do Jornalismo em Saúde.

Tópicos:

– Comunicação em Saúde e a pandemia de Covid-19;
– Jornalismo de Saúde e a pandemia de Covid-19;
– As relações entre os media e as fontes de informação em tempos de pandemia;
– Qual o impacto do confinamento no jornalismo?
– Covid-19 e desinformação/notícias falsas;
– A importância da literacia em saúde no âmbito da saúde pública;
– O papel do Jornalismo e da Comunicação em Saúde na mudança de comportamentos.

DATAS IMPORTANTES

Data limite de submissão: 15 de fevereiro de 2021
Notificação das decisões de aceitação: 30 de abril de 2021
Data limite para envio da versão completa e traduzida: 30 de junho de 2021
Data de publicação da revista: dezembro de 2021

LÍNGUA

Os artigos podem ser submetidos em Inglês ou Português. Findo o processo de revisão por pares, os autores dos artigos selecionados para publicação deverão assegurar a tradução do seu artigo para Português ou Inglês, respetivamente, cabendo aos editores a decisão final sobre a publicação do mesmo.

EDIÇÃO E SUBMISSÃO

Comunicação e Sociedade é uma revista académica de acesso livre, funcionando de acordo com exigentes padrões do sistema de revisão de pares e opera num processo de dupla revisão cega. Cada trabalho submetido será distribuído a dois revisores previamente convidados a avaliá-lo, de acordo com a qualidade académica, originalidade e relevância para os objetivos e âmbito da temática desta edição da revista.

Os originais deverão ser submetidos através do website da revista. Se está a aceder à Comunicação e Sociedade pela primeira vez, deve registar-se para poder submeter o seu artigo (indicações para se registar aqui).

O guia para os autores pode ser consultado aqui.

Para mais informações, contactar: comunicacaoesociedade@ics.uminho.pt

Call for Chapters

Editors
Lídia Oliveira, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Call for Chapters
Proposals Submission Deadline: March 10, 2021
Full Chapters Due: July 8, 2021

Objective
This book will aim to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the area. It will be written for researchers who want to improve their understanding of the strategic role of new digital technologies in the field of cultural tourism. This book will aims to publish innovative research results within the scope of the interdisciplinary cross between Digital Communications, Internet of Things, and Cultural Tourism.

Target Audience
The target audience of this book will be composed of:
Researchers and students in the field of new media and Cultural Tourism.
Cultural tourism managers and facilitators.
Government entities responsible for defining strategic plans and decisions at the level of Cultural Tourism.
Responsible / managers for museums, archaeological fields, architectural heritage, tourism regions, etc.

Recommended Topics
Big Data and Cultural Tourism
Big Social Data for Planning Cultural Tourism
Cultural Heritage
Cultural Heritage and Mobile Applications
Cultural Heritage Dissemination
Cultural Literacy
Cultural Tourism
Cultural Tourism in a Digital Era
Digital Communications and Cultural Tourism
Digital Cultural Heritage
Digital Humanities and Cultural Tourism
Digital Mediation of Culture and Heritage
Digital transformation and Tourist experience
Geospatial Technology for Tourist
Heritage Digital Platforms
Heritage Tourism
Intangible Cultural Heritage
Intangible Cultural Heritage and Mobile Applications
Internet of Things and Cultural Heritage
Internet of Things and Cultural Tourism
Internet of Things and Playfulness Contexts to Promote Cultural Heritage
New Media and Cultural Tourism
Serendipitous Cultural Tourist
Serious Games and Cultural Heritage
Serious Games and cultural tourism
Slow Tourism and Digital Communications
Social Internet of Things and Cultural Heritage
Social Internet of Things and Cultural Tourism
Social Media and Cultural Tourism
Tangible Cultural Heritage
Tourism Flows
Transmedia Storytelling and Cultural Tourism
Ubiquitous and mobile computing and cultural tourism

Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before March 10, 2021, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by March 24, 2021 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines.Full chapters are expected to be submitted by July 8, 2021, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Important Dates
March 10, 2021: Proposal Submission Deadline
March 24, 2021: Notification of Acceptance
July 8, 2021: Full Chapter Submission
September 5, 2021: Review Results Returned
October 17, 2021: Final Acceptance Notification
October 31, 2021: Final Chapter Submission

Inquiries
Lídia Oliveira
University of Aveiro
lidia@ua.pt

More information available HERE.

Call for Articles and Reviews

Journal of Digital Media & Interaction

ISSN 2184-3120

The Journal of Digital Media & Interaction is an open access, international peer-reviewed research journal, published by DigiMediaUniversity of Aveiro.

JDMI is calling for articles and reviews within the scope of the Journal for the Number 10.

Articles

Articles should follow the Template Guidelines, and should be between 4000 and 7000 words.

Articles should be anonymized for double-blind peer review.

Reviews

JDMI also accepts reviews of books/films/games/apps of interest within the scope of the Journal.

Reviews should be between 1000 and 2500 words.

Review texts are published in the Reviews section and are not subject to peer-review.

Important Dates
Submission of full articles and reviews: 1 May 2021
Notification of revision: 15 June 2021
Revised version: 30 June 2021
Publication: 30 July 2021

Guidelines for authors
Articles and Reviews can be submitted in English, Portuguese, French or Spanish.
All submissions must be made through the OJS platform of the journal JDMI. Follow the authors’ guidelines and use our .doc template.

Call for Research Dossiers or Thematic Number

Journal of Digital Media & Interaction

ISSN 2184-3120

The Journal of Digital Media & Interaction is an open access, international peer-reviewed research journal, published by DigiMediaUniversity of Aveiro.

JDMI  is calling for Research Dossiers, meaning, calls to publish a collaborative and comprehensive series of essays (between 4 and 8 articles, 4,000 to 7,000 words each) under a shared theme, for example: a specific theoretical or methodological approach; a technological advancement; a historical design analysis; a specific conference or festival, etc.

Dossiers/Thematic number should aim to make a clearly defined intervention within the rubric of the overall theme and will usually have a curated aspect that is explicitly discussed in a critical introduction.

If you wish to submit a dossier to JDMI, follow the guidelines below, and submit your proposal, to our e-mail: deca-jdmi@ua.pt (cc lidia@ua.pt; nzagalo@ua.pt )

Research Dossiers Guidelines
Journal of Digital Media & Interaction invites senior researchers to present research dossiers, following the below rules:

1 – At least one of the coordinators must have a PhD and work widely published. Also, they can’t be more than three.

2 – Dossier/Thematic number coordinators submit proposal to deca-jdmi@ua.pt (cc lidia@ua.pt; nzagalo@ua.pt ) of one to two pages, explaining the domain and focus, as the objectives and expected types of papers.

3 – After approval by the journal editors, coordinators can publish a Call for the Dossier, and the Journal will also publish a general public call for the number in which the dossier will be published.

4 – The process of submission and peer-review, is done by the journal, and follows all internal steps, e.g. double blind refereeing procedures.

5 – The coordinators will then use the results of the peer-review to do the final selection of papers to appear in the Dossier/Thematic number, which passes through a discussion with the journal editors. The articles not accepted in the Dossier/Thematic number, if complying with editorial guidelines and accepted by the scientific peers can be published outside of the dossier/Thematic number, depending on Editors decision.

6 – The coordinator can’t have more than one paper in the dossier.

7 – The coordinator writes a critical introduction to the dossier, which is published with the dossier.

8 – Situations omitted in this guide will be decided by the Editors.

More information for authors: Authors | Journal of Digital Media & Interaction (ua.pt)

Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220; CODEN: SENSC9) is the leading international peer-reviewed open access journal on the science and technology of sensors. Sensors is published semimonthly online by MDPI.

The Special Issue “Simplified Sensing for Ambient Assisted Living in Smart Homes”, that belongs to the section “Sensor Networks” is open for submission until 31 May 2021. Jorge Ferraz de Abreu (DigiMedia member) and Ángel García Crespo (member of the Advisory Board of DigiMedia) are Guest Editors of this special issue.

This Special Issue invites researchers to carry out studies and identify potential avenues to expand the studies on existing and develop new systems to improve the quality of life of older people in single-person households and also promotes the use of sensors and the Internet of Things (IoT) in a non-invasive way, in order to make elderly people feel safe, but at the same time comfortable at home.

Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Keywords
Sensors and IoT for AAL and smart homes
Sensors and IoT for indoor and outdoor active aging
Sensors and IoT for rehabilitation and telemedicine and telecare in smart homes
Security and privacy in AAL applications
Machine Learning for advanced AAL applications
Prototypes and experiments in real scenarios
Social aspects of the use of AAL, considering patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals

The 9th Iberoamerican Conference on Applications and Usability for Interactive TV (jAUTI’2020) will be hosted by the SocialiTV group of the DigiMedia Research Centre  in the University of Aveiro with the special participation of the Network on Applications and Usability of Interactive Digital Television (RedAUTI). Due to the current situation with Coronavirus (COVID-19), the conference will be held online on December 18, 2020 (FREE).

Call for papers

Expected types of paper

jAUTI 2020 accepts papers 4-6 pages (in the LNCS/CCIS one-column page format), both for ongoing work with preliminary results and mature or concluded research.

Topics

The main thematic issues, but not limited to these, are:

  • technologies, services and applications for interactive digital TV
  • smart TV applications
  • OTT and IPTV services
  • media and distribution
  • environments and interaction techniques
  • crossmedia and transmedia content
  • new video formats
  • user interfaces and interaction in the TV ecosystem
  • multisensory interaction
  • second screen applications
  • online video
  • TV related media studies
  • usability and UX evaluations
  • recommendation systems
  • smart TV ecosystems

  Guidelines for authors

 Admitted languages: English, Portuguese or Spanish.

All accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the conference under ISBN reference.

A selection of the best papers will be chosen and their authors will be invited to send an extended version of it for its checking and later publication in Springer CCIS, Communications in Computer and Information Scienceindexed in Scopus.

The submissions of papers is carried in the online platform: https://ocs.springer.com/ocs/home/jAUTI2020.

Important dates

  • Abstract: 18 Nov 2020
  • Upload (preliminary version): 25 Nov
  • First Review: 26 Nov- 11 Dec
  • Decision: 12 Dec
  • Event: 18 Dec (virtual conference)
  • Final version for proceedings / Invitations extensions CCIS Springer: 28 Dec
  • Extensions CCIS Springer Upload: 28 Jan 2021
  • Extensions CCIS Springer Review: 1 Feb – 28 Feb 2021
  • Final version CCIS Springer: 17 March 2021

Call for Articles

Journal of Digital Media & Interaction

ISSN 2184-3120

Call for Articles for the Special Issue on eHealth and Wellbeing

The Journal of Digital Media & Interaction is an open access, international peer-reviewed research journal, published by DigiMedia, University of Aveiro.

JDMI is inviting articles for the Special Issue on eHealth and Wellbeing, which is scheduled to be published on October 30, 2020. The deadline for submission of full articles is July 20, 2020. The Guest Editors are Ana Margarida Almeida, Rita Oliveira and Rita Santos.

This special issue is intended to promote a discussion of eHealth and wellbeing and its connection with the digital media field. We welcome papers that describe, from the technological, communicational and societal perspectives, innovative digital media solutions to improve health, wellbeing, quality-of-life, accessibility and active ageing, acknowledging the role of digital inclusion and the diversity of populations and health conditions that frame this topic.

Looking forward to receiving your contribution and creating a special issue that will provide readers with innovative insights on how eHealth and wellbeing are being explored by the digital media field.

Important Dates
Submission of full articles: 20 July 2020
Notification of acceptance: 30 September 2020
Revised version: 15 October 2020
Publication: 30 October 2020

Topics

Adaptive interfaces, Assistive technologies, Accessibility and Universal design;
Active and Assisted living;
eHealth Inclusion and Literacy;
Healthy communities, Social media-based interventions and Connected health;
Games and Gamification for Health and Wellbeing;
Mobile Health (m-health);
Sensors, IoT and embodied solutions for Health and Wellbeing;
Privacy and security issues in e-Health and Wellbeing;
Health Promotion and Public Health campaigns;
New Trends in e-Health and Wellbeing and in New media health.

Expected types of papers

Original Research Papers or Review Papers that describe original studies that follow user-centric approaches in any of the phases of the Research & Development cycle (Understand, Design, Prototype and Validate).

Guidelines for authors

Articles and Reviews can be submitted in English, Portuguese, French or Spanish.

More information available HERE.

For any questions, please contact deca-jdmi@ua.pt

DATE

23 – 24 September 2016

SHORT DESCRIPTION

Our goal is to gather talented designers and front-end developers from all over the globe in one event, bridging these two worlds and engaging them to share their experiences and their stories
With a lineup that covers a wide range of subjects, from UX to Accessibility and Project Management, Mirror Conf is the place to be for those who shape the web every day. Held by Gen Design Studio and Subvisual, two companies with over 10 years of combined web experience, you can be certain that Mirror Conf is being carefully thought out and curated.Our goal is to have developers and designers share their input about the industry, in a conversational, laid-back environment.

More information: http://mirrorconf.com/practical-details/

LOCATION

Auditório Vita, Braga.

DATE

December 1-3

SHORT DESCRIPTION

Welcome to TISHW, the 1st International Conference on Technology and Innovation is Sports, Health and Wellbeing. TISHW will take place in December 1-3, 2016 at University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal. TISHW 2016 is co-located with DSAI 2016

Sports, Health and Wellbeing play a crucial role in our lives. More than that, Sports and Wellbeing means Health. In this 21st century, these three areas cannot work without technology and innovation. Smartphone or wearables are two of so many products that increase the way that we made sports or live a better life.  To live we need to maintain a healthy life, with a regular sport habits.  This is one of the most important fields of research and work of our time.

More information: http://www.tishw.ws/2016/

LOCATION

University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real

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