NEW PUBLICATION

HUMAN SCIENCES JOURNAL PUBLISHES ARTICLE BY CIAC RESEARCHERS

“Zoom out / Zoom in às redes sociais digitais do Plano Nacional de Cinema (PNC): um visionamento em tempos pandémicos” [Zoom out / Zoom in to the digital social networks of the National Film Plan (PNC): a vision in pandemic times] is the title of the work of CIAC researcher João Pinto, co-authored with professors Teresa Cardoso (UAb) and Ana Isabel Soares (UAlg), published in the dossier “The contemporary seen through the screen: politics, cultures, memories and identities” of the Revista Ciências Humanas [Human Sciences Journal].

The article proposes a vision of the presence of the PNC in digital social networks during the closing of schools, decreed in Portugal as one of the responses to the pandemic caused by COVID-19. “Zoom out / Zoom in às redes sociais digitais do Plano Nacional de Cinema (PNC): um visionamento em tempos pandémicos” [Zoom out / Zoom in to the digital social networks of the National Film Plan (PNC): a vision in pandemic times] reflects on the tools of the social web (such as digital social networks) as a valid working tool for PNC initiatives, in a complementary virtualization to its physical presence in schools.

This publication is the first of a trilogy of articles by the authors with the aim of addressing the presence of the PNC on social networks during the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular, during the period when schools are closed. It is a work developed within the scope of João Pinto’s ongoing research project on “Education, Cinema, Social Networks: a study on the National Film Plan”, funded by the FCT and hosted by CIAC, as part of the PhD in Digital Media-Arts (UAb/UAlg) and under the scientific guidance of the co-authors.