Gil Baptista Ferreira
Biographic Data
| ID | 3683563 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gil Baptista Ferreira |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gil Baptista |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferreira |
| SIGNATURE | FERREIRA G B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5917-1248 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The aestheticisation of surveillance: Visibility, affect, and the moral economy of digital capitalism
This article explores the aesthetic and affective normalisation of surveillance in contemporary digital capitalism. It shows how everyday practices of digital self-presentation such as posting, sharing, and taking selfies shape visibility as a moral and economic value. Drawing on Walter Benjamin’s notion of aura, Zygmunt Bauman’s concept of liquidity, and Byung-Chul Han’s reflections on transparency, the analysis examines how ideals of productivi…
Digital Genealogy: Aura, Liquidity, and Burnout in Online Identity
This article develops the concept of digital genealogy as a critical lens for understanding contemporary subjectivity in environments structured by platforms and algorithms. Building on Benjamin’s aura, Bauman’s liquidity, and Han’s burnout, the analysis traces how digital selfhood is produced through practices of performative presence, memory curation, and visibility. Empirical studies of selfies, ephemeral stories, and Bitmojis illustrate how a…
The Polarization Paradox: Social Media, Young Voters, and the Challenges to the Open Society
The ideal of the open society, grounded in rational deliberation and pluralism, faces growing challenges in the digital age. This study examines how affective polarization—characterized by emotional hostility and antagonism across political identities—and populist sentiments among young Portuguese voters (ages 18–21) reshape democratic discourse, with a focus on the role of social media platforms. Based on a sample of 130 first-time voters in the…
Dewey, comunicación y democracia: Repensando las estrategias comunicativas y los nuevos conflictos sociales
This essay examines John Dewey’s thought as an analytical framework for understanding contemporary challenges in communication and democracy. Based on his pragmatist conception, we analyze communication as a dynamic process of social experimentation, contrasting it with the deliberative democracy model, which prioritizes discursive rationality and consensus. We explore the relationship between creativity, imagination, and democracy, highlighting …
The Algorithmic Aesthetic: Psychopower, Attention, and the Crisis of the Public Sphere
This article argues that the contemporary crisis of the public sphere is fundamentally aesthetic. Beyond disinformation or declining trust, the transformation of publicity in digital capitalism involves a reorganisation of the sensible that reshapes how communication is felt, perceived, and shared. Drawing on John Dewey’s pragmatist aesthetics and Byung-Chul Han’s critique of psychopower, the analysis interprets algorithmic mediation as an aesthe…
As redes sociais e o viés da negatividade. As fontes de informação e a satisfação com a democracia entre estudantes do ensino superior
O presente artigo descreve a importância do viés da negatividade nos media, e como essa dimensão surge hoje com novas formas e um alcance mais profundo. A partir de uma amostra composta por 160 adultos jovens, aprecia a relação existente entre interesse por assuntos políticos e a escolha da principal fonte de informação, para questionar, face a essa escolha, as diferenças de satisfação com a democracia que os indivíduos apresentam. Parte da hipót…
Teorias da Conspiração em Tempos de Pandemia Covid-19: Populismo, Media Sociais e Desinformação
As plataformas de media sociais são há muito reconhecidas como grandes disseminadoras de desinformação sobre saúde. Estudos anteriores encontraram uma associação positiva entre a utilização dos media sociais como fonte principal de informação e a aceitação de formas de desinformação, como teorias da conspiração. Encontra-se ainda descrita a associação entre atitudes populistas e a valorização da informação através dos media sociais. A partir de u…
Gatekeeping Changes in the New Media Age: The Internet, Values and Practices of Journalism
This article re-evaluates the relevance of the concept of gatekeeping in the 21st century. Sustained in the literature on this subject, it argues that, in an age marked by new media and digital journalism, a classical understanding of the concept of gatekeeper will narrow the scope of the study of journalism and its relationship with the public. Taking into account the predominant trends and lines of research, and analyzing practices and events t…
Gatekeeping Changes in the New Media Age: The Internet, Values and Practices of Journalism
This article re-evaluates the relevance of the concept of gatekeeping in the 21st century. Sustained in the literature on this subject, it argues that, in an age marked by new media and digital journalism, a classical understanding of the concept of gatekeeper will narrow the scope of the study of journalism and its relationship with the public. Taking into account the predominant trends and lines of research, and analyzing practices and events t…
Teorias da Conspiração em Tempos de Pandemia Covid-19: Populismo, Media Sociais e Desinformação
As plataformas de media sociais são há muito reconhecidas como grandes disseminadoras de desinformação sobre saúde. Estudos anteriores encontraram uma associação positiva entre a utilização dos media sociais como fonte principal de informação e a aceitação de formas de desinformação, como teorias da conspiração. Encontra-se ainda descrita a associação entre atitudes populistas e a valorização da informação através dos media sociais. A partir de u…
Gatekeeping Changes in the New Media Age: The Internet, Values and Practices of Journalism
This article re-evaluates the relevance of the concept of gatekeeping in the 21st century. Sustained in the literature on this subject, it argues that, in an age marked by new media and digital journalism, a classical understanding of the concept of gatekeeper will narrow the scope of the study of journalism and its relationship with the public. Taking into account the predominant trends and lines of research, and analyzing practices and events t…
As redes sociais e o viés da negatividade. As fontes de informação e a satisfação com a democracia entre estudantes do ensino superior
O presente artigo descreve a importância do viés da negatividade nos media, e como essa dimensão surge hoje com novas formas e um alcance mais profundo. A partir de uma amostra composta por 160 adultos jovens, aprecia a relação existente entre interesse por assuntos políticos e a escolha da principal fonte de informação, para questionar, face a essa escolha, as diferenças de satisfação com a democracia que os indivíduos apresentam. Parte da hipót…
Teorias da Conspiração em Tempos de Pandemia Covid-19: Populismo, Media Sociais e Desinformação
As plataformas de media sociais são há muito reconhecidas como grandes disseminadoras de desinformação sobre saúde. Estudos anteriores encontraram uma associação positiva entre a utilização dos media sociais como fonte principal de informação e a aceitação de formas de desinformação, como teorias da conspiração. Encontra-se ainda descrita a associação entre atitudes populistas e a valorização da informação através dos media sociais. A partir de u…
Digital Genealogy: Aura, Liquidity, and Burnout in Online Identity
This article develops the concept of digital genealogy as a critical lens for understanding contemporary subjectivity in environments structured by platforms and algorithms. Building on Benjamin’s aura, Bauman’s liquidity, and Han’s burnout, the analysis traces how digital selfhood is produced through practices of performative presence, memory curation, and visibility. Empirical studies of selfies, ephemeral stories, and Bitmojis illustrate how a…
The Polarization Paradox: Social Media, Young Voters, and the Challenges to the Open Society
The ideal of the open society, grounded in rational deliberation and pluralism, faces growing challenges in the digital age. This study examines how affective polarization—characterized by emotional hostility and antagonism across political identities—and populist sentiments among young Portuguese voters (ages 18–21) reshape democratic discourse, with a focus on the role of social media platforms. Based on a sample of 130 first-time voters in the…
Dewey, comunicación y democracia: Repensando las estrategias comunicativas y los nuevos conflictos sociales
This essay examines John Dewey’s thought as an analytical framework for understanding contemporary challenges in communication and democracy. Based on his pragmatist conception, we analyze communication as a dynamic process of social experimentation, contrasting it with the deliberative democracy model, which prioritizes discursive rationality and consensus. We explore the relationship between creativity, imagination, and democracy, highlighting …
The Algorithmic Aesthetic: Psychopower, Attention, and the Crisis of the Public Sphere
This article argues that the contemporary crisis of the public sphere is fundamentally aesthetic. Beyond disinformation or declining trust, the transformation of publicity in digital capitalism involves a reorganisation of the sensible that reshapes how communication is felt, perceived, and shared. Drawing on John Dewey’s pragmatist aesthetics and Byung-Chul Han’s critique of psychopower, the analysis interprets algorithmic mediation as an aesthe…
The aestheticisation of surveillance: Visibility, affect, and the moral economy of digital capitalism
This article explores the aesthetic and affective normalisation of surveillance in contemporary digital capitalism. It shows how everyday practices of digital self-presentation such as posting, sharing, and taking selfies shape visibility as a moral and economic value. Drawing on Walter Benjamin’s notion of aura, Zygmunt Bauman’s concept of liquidity, and Byung-Chul Han’s reflections on transparency, the analysis examines how ideals of productivi…
Humanities (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social Media and Politics (3 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Digital Media and Philosophy (2 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Media Studies and Communication (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)