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The EUMEPLAT project aims at analyzing the role of media platforms in fostering or dismantling European identity. The assumption we will draw on is that European dimension has rarely been dominant in media history. In most cases – i.e., movie – market shares are mainly divided among national productions and importations from the most influential country. In broadcasting both regional and national patterns emerge, with properly European exchanges being the exception more than the rule. Web platforms are usually owned by US companies, with a new threat appearing in our media landscape. We will focus on the “platformization” process, as the rise of new closed Web architectures, so as to inquire its positive and negative externalities, functional and dis-functional consequences. Positive externalities are beneficial to society at large, in a way that explains the overall ambition of the project. Detecting the insurgence of negative effects is a fundamental duty for scholars and policy-makers, as externalities of both kinds tend to reinforce themselves, giving rise to positive loop feedbacks and critical vicious circles. Negative externalities include misinformation, toxic debate, exclusion of independent voices; positive externalities encompass European co-productions, or practices able to bring people out of the information bubble. For this purpose, we will run a multidisciplinary analysis of platformization in three fields: news, video sharing, media representations, with the final goal to offer a theoretical synthesis. The research question is whether or not new platforms – YouTube, Netflix, NewsFeed - are making European culture more European, based on indicators related to production, consumption and representation. Patterns will be detected by comparing national, regional and European and level. Advanced methods will be applied for data analysis, so as to provide guidelines for decision-makers (i.e., fake news prevention; best practices in co-productions).
| Research Centre | Research Group | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIES-Iscte | -- | Partner | 2021-03-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| Institution | Country | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . (.) | Germany | Partner | 2021-03-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| New Bulgarian University (NBU) | Bulgaria | Partner | 2021-03-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| Unione delle Università del Mediterraneo (UNIMED) | Italy | Partner | 2021-03-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| Fundació per a la Universitat Oberta de CatalunyaUOC (FUOC) | Spain | Partner | 2021-03-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione (IULM) | Italy | Leader | 2021-03-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| University of Gent (UGent) | Belgium | Partner | 2021-03-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| Bilkent – Bilkent University Bilim Kenti (Bilkent ) | Turkey | Partner | 2021-03-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| National and Kapodistrian University (NKUA ) | Greece | Partner | 2021-03-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (UNIVE ) | Italy | Partner | 2021-03-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| International Organisation for Knowledge Economy and Enterprise Development (IKED) | Sweden | Partner | 2021-03-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| Charles University in Prague (CU ) | Czech Republic | Partner | 2021-03-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| Name | Affiliation | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gustavo Cardoso | Professor Catedrático (DS); Integrated Researcher (CIES-Iscte); | Local Coordinator | 2021-03-01 | 2023-05-04 |
| Cláudia Álvares | Professora Associada (com Agregação) (DS); Integrated Researcher (CIES-Iscte); | Local Coordinator | 2023-05-05 | 2024-03-01 |
| Caterina Foa | Professora Auxiliar (DS); Integrated Researcher (CIES-Iscte); | Researcher | 2021-03-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| Gustavo Cardoso | Professor Catedrático (DS); Integrated Researcher (CIES-Iscte); | Researcher | 2023-05-05 | 2024-03-01 |
| Joana Fonseca França Azevedo | Professora Associada (DS); Integrated Researcher (CIES-Iscte); | Researcher | 2022-09-30 | 2022-11-30 |
| Jorge Vieira | Professor Auxiliar (DS); Integrated Researcher (CIES-Iscte); | Researcher | 2021-03-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| Cláudia Álvares | Professora Associada (com Agregação) (DS); Integrated Researcher (CIES-Iscte); | Researcher | 2021-03-01 | 2023-05-04 |
| Mali Üzelgün | Professor Auxiliar Convidado (DS); Associate Researcher (CIES-Iscte); | Researcher | 2022-10-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| Rita Sepúlveda | Associate Researcher (CIES-Iscte); | Researcher | 2021-03-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| Tiago Lapa | Professor Auxiliar (DS); Integrated Researcher (CIES-Iscte); | Researcher | 2021-03-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| Sofia Ferro Santos | Associate Researcher (CIES-Iscte); | Research Assistant | 2022-08-18 | 2024-03-01 |
| António Vasconcelos | PhD Scholar (CIES-Iscte); | Research Assistant | 2022-09-13 | 2024-03-01 |
| José Moreno | Research Assistant (CIES-Iscte); | Research Assistant | 2021-03-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| Miguel Crespo | Research Assistant (CIES-Iscte); | Research Assistant | 2021-03-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| Reference/Code | Funding DOI | Funding Type | Funding Program | Funding Amount (Global) | Funding Amount (Local) | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2020-SC6-TRANSFORMATIONS | -- | Contract | Comissão Europeia - H2020 | 3023375.50 | 296487.50 | 2021-03-01 | 2024-03-01 |
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