Based on the perspectives of Information and Communication interdisciplinary research, we seek to better understand the relationship between emerging technologies/new media and social, cultural, physical and virtual spaces through digital methods and data science analytics and visualization
December, 2024
Professor and researcher Alan Angeluci, leader of the Smart Media & Users research group and faculty member at ECA/USP, will embark on an academic collaboration period at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands, in January 2025. Welcomed by the researcher Richard Rogers, Angeluci will participate in the Winter School of the Digital Methods Initiative, exploring the theme “Chatbots for Internet Research?” and investigating new data collection methodologies in media. Following this, he will attend an event at King’s College in London, hosted by Professor Jana Omena, to engage in discussions on Digital Methods and foster knowledge exchange with international scholars. More updates for our research group will follow soon.
November, 2024
The Smart Media & Users research group, with the participation of researchers Gustavo Moreira Calixto, Carlos Henrique Sabino Caldas, and Alan César Belo Angeluci, has published the article titled “Interactive Practices in Live Digital Platform Broadcasts: A Case Study of CNN Brazil on YouTube” on Galáxia Journal (https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/galaxia/). The study aimed to examine the interactive practices in live broadcasts on digital platforms. For this purpose, approximately 14,000 chat comments were collected during CNN’s live broadcast on YouTube, held on February 25, 2024, during a pro-Bolsonaro demonstration on Avenida Paulista.
September, 2024
On September 30, 2024, the research group hosted an insightful open meeting at the ECA/USP auditorium, featuring Professor Elias Bitencourt from the University of Bahia. The event brought together researchers, students, and digital enthusiasts for a rich exchange of ideas on data visualization and digital methods, fostering meaningful discussions about interdisciplinary research and future collaborations.
June, 2024
The Data and Cultural Analytics Seminas 2024, held on June 7 at University of São Paulo, celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Smart Media & Users research group. The event brought together experts to explore the transformative impact of big data on various sectors, emphasizing its role in shaping modern practices and decisions.
The Seminar features a panel discussion titled “How Big Data Analysis Has Been Changing Practices and Decisions in Your Area of Practice?”, moderated by Gustavo Calixto (SMU).
SMU research group was founded in 2014 and operated within the vibrant atmosphere of the Municipal University of São Caetano do Sul (USCS), in São Caetano do Sul, right in the powerful industrial pole of ABC region of São Paulo metropolitan area, Brazil.
In 2022, SMU became part of the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA-USP) – the best university in Latin America and the Caribbean and among the top one hundred in the world according to the QS World University Rankings. The new house in São Paulo and the contemporary technological transformations, combined with the group’s tradition, brought with greater force the demands for applied research that seek to better understand the relation between emerging technologies/new media and social, cultural, physical and virtual spaces through digital methods and data science analytics and visualization.
Over ten years, SMU has collaborated with the scientific training of more than fifty students, researchers and professionals, who have worked and work permanently or intermittently with the group’s projects.
SMU is deeply interested in international partnerships for R&D with companies, research institutions and universities. If you want to be a R&D partner or sponsor, contact us: [email protected].
SMU is a formally registered group in the directory of CNPq research groups.