Nota Introdutória. A Transparência dos Média: Desafios e Limites

Elsa Costa e Silva; Tales Tomaz; Mariana Lameiras

doi:10.17231/comsoc.46(2024).6060

Authors

Elsa Costa e Silva Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7215-6384
Tales Tomaz Department of Communication Science, Universität Salzburgo, Salzburgo, Austria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5492-2727
Mariana Lameiras Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance, United Nations University, Guimarães, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9134-9296

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https://doi.org/10.17231/comsoc.46(2024).6060

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Author Biographies

Elsa Costa e Silva, Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

Elsa Costa e Silva is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences at the University of Minho and a researcher at the Communication and Society Research Centre. She co-coordinates the PolObs - Observatory on Science, Communication, and Culture Policies and is a member of the Executive Committee of IDEA-UMinho, the Centre for Innovation and the Development of Teaching and Learning at the University of Minho. Additionally, she serves as an adjunct professor at the Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance at the United Nations University. With 10 years of experience as a journalist, her research focuses on the political economy of communication, media regulation, and science communication.

Tales Tomaz, Department of Communication Science, Universität Salzburgo, Salzburgo, Austria

Tales Tomaz is an assistant professor of Communication Policy and Economics at the University of Salzburg. His research focuses on media and democracy, media ownership, and the regulation of digital platforms, areas in which he has authored several edited volumes, book chapters, and articles in scientific journals. He has contributed to research projects such as the Media for Democracy Monitor and European Media and Platform Policy, which have also led to publications. He is currently coordinating the Euromedia Ownership Monitor (EurOMo) project, co-funded by the European Commission, which maintains a database on ownership and control structures of major news outlets across European Union countries.

Mariana Lameiras, Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance, United Nations University, Guimarães, Portugal

Mariana Lameiras holds a PhD in Communication Sciences from the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. She currently serves as senior research analyst at the United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance and acts as co-coordinator of PolObs, the Observatory on Science, Communication and Culture Policies of the Communication and Society Research Centre. Her expertise lies in e-participation; community engagement for critical and active citizenship; (local) e-government, including measuring and assessment; digital media; media governance; and public policy. She is currently project manager of a research project on the Assessment of Portugal’s Performance in the Main International Benchmarks on Digital Governance: Analysis, Recommendations, Monitoring, and Capacity Development. She co-leads the group dedicated to “Policies, Regulation and Political Economy of Media” from the Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences and serves as a national collaborator of the European Audiovisual Observatory and the Institute for Information Law (University of de Amsterdam), developing studies and articles for IRIS — Legal Observations of the EAO and Merlin database, along with reporting on national media policies.

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