This thesis analyses the categorisation of adult persons who need help to cope in everyday life as either older persons or persons with a disability. Despite the development of social services in the Scandinavian countries being guided by the principles of universalism and equality, adults in need of care have different rights to support depending on their current age and at which age disability occurs. This thesis aims to explore how age-based differences in access to care, support and service are legitimised. In the thesis, the concept of help is used to refer to care, support and service. Using a discourse analytic approach, Swedish elderly and disability policies and websites through which providers of help market their services were examined. The analysis, inspired by the theoretical framework of governmentality, draws attention to how users of help and helpers are constituted in two age-related discourses on help. The first discourse, help to maintain, is used mainly in relation to older persons. In this discourse older persons are constituted as subjects in need of safety, comfort and company while the helpers are represented as caring and knowing. The second discourse, help to change, constitutes younger persons with a disability as citizens in becoming. Help aims to improve the situation for younger help users in varying ways: the opportunity to fully determine the tasks performed by helpers is essential to users of personal assistance whereas personal development as regards both practical and social skills is the key to change for persons with an intellectual or mental disability. While help for younger persons is represented as a means to enhance the individual’s self-determination and ability to participate in society, help for older persons is represented as aiming to maintain past patterns of life, not aspiring towards change or improvement. It is argued that these representations support a lower ambition for eldercare than for disability services.

Proefschrift Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

Το Διαδίκτυο, γνωστό συνήθως και με την αγγλική άκλιτη ονομασία Internet, ανήκει στα μέσα μαζικής επικοινωνίας (ΜΜΕ). Ως μέσο έχει διπλή υπόσταση: υλική (που αποτελείται από τον συνδυασμό δικτύων βασισμένων σε λογισμικό και υλικό), και άϋλη (αυτό, δηλαδή, που "κάνει" / προσφέρει στην κοινωνία το Διαδίκτυο ως μέσο). Ο σκοπός αυτής της μελέτης είναι να παρουσιαστούν τα κριτήρια με τα οποία μπορεί ν’ αξιολογηθεί η ποιότητα μιας ιστοσελίδας με περιεχόμενα Ακτινολογίας και Γενικής Ιατρικής και ο σχεδιασμός ενός πρότυπου ιστοτόπου που να παρέχει ακτινολογικές πληροφορίες στον Γενικό Ιατρό, έχοντας σαν βάση τον ιστότοπο της Εταιρείας Γενικής Ιατρικής. Το υλικό της ερευνητικής μελέτης αποτέλεσαν επτά (7) ιστότοποι που είναι σχετικοί με περιεχόμενο Γενικής Ιατρικής και Ακτινολογίας. Επελέγησαν με βάση την επισκεψιμότητά τους. Αξιολογήθηκαν με βάση πρώτον τα κριτήρια της ποιότητας ενός site σχετιζόμενο με ιατρικό περιεχόμενο, δεύτερον με τα τεχνικά κριτήρια και τρίτον με τα κριτήρια ποιότητας ενός ιστοτόπου από το Ίδρυμα Health on Net Fountation (HON). Επίσης αξιολογήθηκαν με βάση την επισκεψιμότητά τους παγκοσμίως – αλλά και στη χώρα τους. Παράλληλα παρατηρήθηκε η δημοτικότητά τους από τον αριθμό των sites που τα έχουν ως link. Επιπλέον καταμετρήθηκε το upstream link των υπό παρακολούθηση ιστοτόπων με κάποιες από τις παγκόσμιες μηχανές αναζήτησης. Αξιολογήθηκε επίσης το επίσημο site της Ελληνικής Εταιρείας Γενικής Ιατρικής (ΕΛΕΓΕΙΑ) για στοιχεία ακτινολογικής υφής στο συγκεκριμένο ερώτημα που υπήρξε και στα διεθνή sites, που ήταν η ύπαρξη ακτινογραφίας θώρακα σε λοίμωξη αναπνευστικού. Μόνο 3 ιστότοποι πληρούσαν τα 18 από τα 19 κριτήρια. Και τα 7 sites πληρούσαν τα τεχνικά κριτήρια και τα κριτήρια του HON. Βάση επισκεψιμότητάς και δημοτικότητάς τους, πρώτο βρέθηκε το site του British Medical Journal με δεύτερο της Αμερικανικής Ακαδημίας των Οικογενειακών Ιατρών. Το site της ΕΛΕΓΕΙΑ δεν παρείχε καμία πληροφορία ακτινολογικού περιεχομένου. Παρατηρείται θετικότατη εφαρμογή στα τεχνικά κριτήρια αξιολόγησης και ποιότητας καθώς και στα κριτήρια του HON. Μεγάλη είναι και η επισκεψιμότητα και η δημοτικότητα των υπό αξιολόγηση sites. Εύκολη και χρηστική η λειτουργικότητα τους με άμεση παρουσίαση στοιχείων – απαντήσεων. Το μόνο αρνητικό που παρουσιάστηκε στην πλειοψηφία των sites (έξι στα επτά) ήταν η αποχή παρουσίας εικόνας ως πληροφορίας. Οι προτάσεις για δημιουργία πρότυπου ιστοτόπου βασιζόμενες στο site της ΕΛΕΓΕΙΑΣ (αφού δεν παρείχε καμία πληροφορία) είναι η συνεργασία με τους Ακτινολόγους (Ελληνικής Εταιρείας Ακτινολογίας) για την συγγραφή θεμάτων κοινού ενδιαφέροντος. Παρουσίαση του συνόλου των ακτινολογικών εξετάσεων για κάθε πιθανό παθολογικό – χειρουργικό θέμα. Παράλληλα αναφορά στην σωστή χρήση των σκιαγραφικών, στην σωστή συνταγογράφησή τους, στην σωστή προετοιμασία (αν χρειαζόταν και πότε) του ασθενούς, σε πιθανά προβλήματα από την χρήση των σκιαγραφικών (π.χ. αλλεργία), στις εν δυνάμει παρενέργειες στον ασθενή και στο περιβάλλον του κλπ. Η ανακοίνωση νέων τεχνολογιών και μεθόδων απεικόνισης. Δημιουργία e-learning (συνεχιζόμενη ιατρική εκπαίδευση) για ειδικευόμενους και ειδικευμένους Γενικούς Ιατρούς. Επίσης δημιουργία link με παροχή πληροφοριών με θεωρία και εικόνες, ημερομηνία τελευταίας ενημέρωσης, δημιουργία μηχανής αναζήτησης, χωρίς log in, καταμέτρηση επισκεπτών του link ημερησίως και ετήσια. Ένα τέτοιο link θα βελτίωνε την καθημέρα πράξη των Γενικών / Οικογενειακών Ιατρών. / The Internet, commonly known with the English name Internet, belongs to the media. As an instrument has a dual personality: the material (which consists of a combination of network-based software and hardware) and intangible (that is, to "do" / offers society the Internet as a medium). The purpose of this study is to present the criteria which can be evaluated by the quality of a website with content Radiology and General Medicine and design a standard website. The research material consisted of seven (7) sites that are relevant to content Radiology and General Medicine. Selected based on their trafficing. Evaluated on the basis of firstly quality criteria for a site related to medical content, secondly the technical criteria and thirdly, the quality criteria of the website of the Health on Net Fountation (HON). Also evaluated based on their traffic worldwide - and at home. Occurred while the popularity of the number of sites who have them as a link. Moreover surveyed upstream link of the monitored sites with some of the world's search engines. Also evaluated the official site of the Greek Society of General Medicine (ELEGEIA) for X-ray texture data on this question has been, and international sites, as was the presence of chest radiography in a respiratory infection. Only three (out of 18 met the 19 criteria) from 7 sites did not meet in full the 19 quality criteria. And 7 sites met the technical criteria and criteria of HON. Base traffic and popularity, first found the site of the British Medical Journal in second the American Academy of Family Physicians. The site's ELEGEIA provided no information radiological nature. There is a very positive implementation of the technical evaluation criteria and quality criteria and the HON’s criteria. Great is the traffic and the popularity of the evaluated sites. Simple and utilitarian functionality with immediate display of data - responses. The only negative that occurred in most sites (six out of seven) was present abstinence as the image information. Proposals to create a standard site in the site of ELEGEIA (having provided no information) is a collaboration with radiologists (Greek Society of Radiology) for writing topics of common interest. Presentation of all radiological examinations every possible pathological - surgical issue. Also reference to the proper use of contrast substances, the right prescription, the proper preparation (if needed and when) the patient to possible problems with the use of contrast substances (eg allergy), the potential side effects to the patient and the environment etc. The announcement of new imaging technologies and methods. Create e-learning (continuing medical education) for junior and qualified general practitioners. Also creation a link with information theory and images, date of last update, creation of a search engine, free log in, counting visitors to link daily and annual. Such a link would improve the daily lives of General practice / Family Physicians.

Ce mémoire de thèse propose une analyse des pratiques de communication intercommunales. Notre objectif est de cerner quels enjeux renferment le recours aux Tic pour les établissements intercommunaux. En effet, l'émergence de politiques de communication intercommunales renvoie au renforcement du pouvoir intercommunal favorisé par le processus de décentralisation engagé par l'État. Conformément à ce pouvoir d'action, les communautés tentent de construire des échanges sociaux avec les individus. Elles visent la reconnaissance de leur autorité publique et l'adhésion à leur « projet territorial ». Les Tic sont associées à cet objectif de construction territoriale s'inscrivant dans un contexte de concurrence à l'échelle locale. Par le recours aux Tic, les structures intercommunales investissent la sphère publique en proposant une symbolisation de leur action. L'analyse des pratiques de communication nous permet d'aborder les Tic dans leur double dimension : d'un point de vue technique en pointant leurs caractéristiques et d'un point de communicationnel en s'intéressant aux discours produits. Nous avons pu noter que les responsables intercommunaux ont très tôt associés ces techniques à une vision déterministe par l'usage des termes «territoires numériques» ou «cyberterritoires». En lien avec cette vision déterministe, nous avons relevé une structuration de l'activité communicationnelle autour du site internet. En l'espace de quelques années, l'éventail des supports de communication intercommunaux s'est progressivement réduit au profit des sites internet. La gestion du site web dévoile une rationalisation et spécialisation dans la production des contenus communicationnels. De ce fait, notre recherche s'intéressera à l'éditorialisation des contenus dans la mesure où elle contribue à introduire une nouvelle gestion de l'information au niveau intercommunal. / This PhD thesis analizes communication practices of intercommunal structures. Our aim is to identify the stakes of the use of ITC for intercommunal structures. The emergence of intercommunal communication shows the consolidation of intercommunal authority at local scale. The intercommunal consortia intend to build social interactions with individuals. They aim for the recognition of their public authority and win support in the accomplishment of their « territorial project». At local scale, the ICT are associated to the purpose of territorial building in a competitive context. By the use of ITC, intercommunal structures invest the public sphere offering a symbolisation of their action. The analyse of communication pratices allows us to study ITC in a double dimension : as technicals objects pointing out their specifications and as communication support focusing on their messages. We pointed out that intercommunal officials elected associated these techniques to a determinist vision, using the expressions « digital territories » or « cyberterritories ». In link with this vision, we can note the structuring communication on the website. In a few years, the amount of communication tools has reduced in favour of websites. The management of website reveals a rationalization and specialization in the production of communicative contents. Therefore our research will focus on editorialisation of contents in so far as it contributes to introduce a new management of information in these structures.

Cette thèse porte sur comment les publics de théâtre sont représentés au sein du discours des politiques culturelles tant en France qu’au Chili. Ceci est mis en rapport aux figures des publics destinataires des sites internet (y compris les réseaux sociaux numériques) de quatre théâtres publics de référence qui déclarent avoir une programmation dite « contemporaine » et « classique ». La question principale est d’identifier comment ces représentations circulent dans ces dispositifs. L’hypothèse centrale souligne le fait qu’il y a un rapport entre les conditions sociales et symboliques des discours des politiques culturelles qui s’actualisent dans les écris d’écran (Bonaccorsi, 2013) par des signes langagiers, visuels et numériques. L’approche théorique et méthodologique est principalement sémiodiscursive toujours à l’égard des nouvelles catégories émergentes des nouveaux corpus provenant d’internet (Rouquette, 2009). Cette recherche a permis de conclure que les politiques culturelles des deux pays tiennent un discours sur l’accès pour « tous » à la culture, « tous » étant, d’une part, la figure d’un « public plus citoyen » et d’autre part la figure d’un « public plus consommateur ». D’ailleurs les sites internet compris dans l’étude, même s’ils partagent une scène englobante et générique, actualisent (par des signes langagiers, visuels et numériques) différemment leur scénographie (Maingueneau, 2013) en fonction de l’éthos (Charaudeau, 2009) de chaque théâtre. Pourtant, les figures d’un « public national » et « potentiel acheteur » circulent comme traces des discours des politiques culturelles parmi les sites et au sein de réseaux sociaux où en plus, on observe une prise de parole profane (Pasquier, 2009), c’est-à-dire, des spectateurs. / The subject of this thesis concerns how the audience of theatre is represented within the discourse of cultural policies in France and Chile. This is related to the audience of internet websites (including social networks) of four public theatres of reference who report to have both a « contemporary » and « classical » program. The main question is to identify how these representations are transmitted amongst these devices. The principal hypothesis underlines the fact that there is link a between the social and symbolic conditions of the discourses of cultural policies which appear in « les écrits d’écran » (Bonaccorsi, 2013) through linguistic, visual and digital signs. The theoretical and methodological approach is primarily semiotic-discursive with regard to new categories emerging from Internet-based corpus (Rouquette, 2009).This research led to the conclusion that the cultural policies of these two countries have a discourse on access to culture for « everybody »; « everybody » being, on one hand, a « more citizenly audience » and, on the other hand, a « more consumer audience ». Moreover, the internet websites in this study update their scenography differently (through linguistic, visual and digital signs), even if they share a generic and global scene (Maingueneau, 2013), all of which is dependent on the ethos (Charaudeau, 2009) of each theatre. However, the « national audience » and the « potential buyer » appear as traces of the discourses of cultural policies among websites and social networks where, we can additionally observe a profane speech (Pasquier, 2009), namely, from the audience.

Submitted by Duarte Zeny (zenydu@gmail.com) on 2013-01-13T14:34:24Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Versão Final - Dissertação José Carlos Sales.pdf: 1426527 bytes, checksum: 5b4370e820a67a35f807a9a977de0dcf (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-01-13T14:34:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Versão Final - Dissertação José Carlos Sales.pdf: 1426527 bytes, checksum: 5b4370e820a67a35f807a9a977de0dcf (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia – FAPESB / A internet, associada às tecnologias da informação, interfere diretamente nos setores públicos e na sociedade civil, configurando-se em objeto de especulação no campo político. Com o potencial de interatividade e compartilhamento em rede, os governos procuram disponibilizar para os indivíduos condições diversas para o acesso às informações governamentais, visando a resolver o déficit de participação política dos indivíduos – importante iniciativa para a consolidação do processo democrático. A partir da centralidade das tecnologias da informação na esfera política, para a consecução de conteúdos informacionais e participação política em rede, a presente pesquisa investigou como os websites dos deputados da Assembléia Legislativa da Bahia – ALBA condicionam a participação política, a partir de canais interativos, para a consecução de informação pública em rede. Como objetivo principal, procurou analisar as condições de participação política nos sítios parlamentares; os objetivos secundários corresponderam às atividades de perfilar os websites dos deputados registrados no sítio institucional da ALBA; identificar os instrumentos com potenciais interativos destes websites e descrever as simulações direcionadas aos dispositivos de interatividade identificados nestes sítios para a consecução de conteúdos informacionais públicos. A seção destinada ao referencial teórico, contudo, procurou os subsídios essenciais para responder à pergunta de partida e alicerçar a malha argumentativa do pesquisador, e na seção dos procedimentos metodológicos delineou-se o escopo da pesquisa. O método de abordagem constituiu a dialética (materialismo histórico) de Marx e Engels, e o método de procedimento assentou no monográfico (estudo de caso). Como pesquisa descritiva, o investigador procurou descrever as características dos websites dos deputados (população ou fenômeno), incluindo na seção metodológica as técnicas e instrumentos de coleta de dados (observação, entrevistas e formulário de pesquisa). As seções subsequentes conferiram à apresentação e à análise dos dados coletados para, na conclusão, apresentar as considerações derradeiras da investigação. A conclusão evidenciou que a disponibilidade de dispositivos dos websites orientados à interatividade entre agentes governamentais e os cidadãos não afiança que as demandas sejam respondidas e as sugestões efetivem a plataforma política dos deputados. A pesquisa confirmou que estes sítios, e como consequência, os deputados e as Assessorias, não apresentaram indícios administrativos e estruturais dos Gabinetes para responder às demandas ou sugestões dos cidadãos. / Salvador

Submitted by Oliveira Louise (soulouise@gmail.com) on 2013-08-12T12:34:09Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação completa 25.03.13.pdf: 9892219 bytes, checksum: f17cc19aa0c58db87b277a81e67ca1a8 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Urania Araujo(urania@ufba.br) on 2013-08-13T21:24:34Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação completa 25.03.13.pdf: 9892219 bytes, checksum: f17cc19aa0c58db87b277a81e67ca1a8 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-08-13T21:24:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação completa 25.03.13.pdf: 9892219 bytes, checksum: f17cc19aa0c58db87b277a81e67ca1a8 (MD5) / A cultura participativa, que emerge no ciberespaço, possibilita à Ciência da Informação, mais especificamente, à Arquivologia uma extensão da concepção “do acervo ao acesso”, passando-se “do acesso a participação”. A imersão das instituições arquivísticas no mundo digital exige que sejam estabelecidas condições aos usuários para identificar, acessar, usar e colaborar com a migração para a web dos registros arquivísticos. As instituições arquivísticas, seguindo tendência mundial, vêm buscando a adoção da filosofia da web 2.0 em seus sítios, incentivando, entre outras coisas, o uso de ferramentas no relacionamento com os usuários. A partir do contexto sublinhado, esta dissertação se constitui em um estudo exploratório e descritivo que tem como objetivo identificar o nível de uso das ferramentas web 2.0 pelos gestores das instituições arquivísticas nacionais de países de tradição ibérica. A pesquisa se desenvolveu em três fases: 1) Aprofundamento teórico e discussão dos conceitos utilizados na literatura acadêmico-científica nacional e internacional do campo da Ciência da Informação e da Arquivologia, para definir a relação das instituições arquivísticas e a web 2.0; 2) Análise sistemática dos sítios das instituições arquivísticas nacionais de tradição ibérica; 3) Questionário aplicado aos gestores de Arquivos Nacionais de tradição ibérica. Como resultados da pesquisa, a partir da visita aos sítios de instituições arquivísticas de tradição ibérica, identificou-se que dos 41 países analisados, 11 não potencializam a transferência e acesso às informações por não possuírem páginas na web ou ainda manterem suas páginas fora do ar. Por outro lado, 30 países possuem suas páginas na web, mas ainda identifica-se uma fraca utilização das ferramentas web 2.0. Tais resultados apontam para a necessidade de reflexão sobre a importância da utilização de ferramentas web 2.0, como espaços cada vez mais interativos e participativos, que incentivam os usuários a acessar, usar e a estabelecer uma associação interativa com as instituições arquivísticas. Revelam como as instituições arquivísticas nacionais de tradição ibérica utilizam seus sítios e as ferramentas web 2.0 como recurso que permite uma relação mais próxima com os usuários, além de potencializar a relação desses com a informação. Conclui-se que, em função de um contexto emergente e fortemente marcado pela necessidade do acesso à informação e pela participação dos usuários através da web, as políticas de gestão das instituições arquivísticas nacionais necessitam permanecer firmemente vinculadas ao estabelecimento de diretrizes voltadas à web 2.0.

Dissertação (mestrado) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, 2010 / Bibliografia: f. 117-123 / A acelerada evolução da tecnologia traz consigo novos desafios educacionais e exige que seja realizada uma reorganização da sociedade. Neste contexto, este estudo pretendeu verificar a relevância de analisar websites educacionais que tratem da temática Pe / The fast tecnology evolution comes with new educational challenges and require that be done a society reorganization. On this context this study prupose an analysis how the nacional educational sites avaliables on web shall contribute on professors format

Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Hospitality Management / Junehee Kwon / With the advancement of the Internet and information technology, consumers have access to a massive amount of information before purchase. In the hospitality industry, consumers frequently search online information to make decisions. However, there has been limited hospitality research exploring the actual information search behaviors in the online setting. The purpose of this research was to assess the actual information search behaviors of consumers when choosing restaurants through consumer review websites. To accomplish the purpose, three mixed-methods were used including eye-tracking experiments (Phase I), qualitative, retrospective think-aloud (RTA) interviews (Phase II), and a scenario-based survey (Phase III). In the eye-tracking experiments, 30 participants were recruited and instructed to conduct restaurant search tasks. Variables included fixation duration, fixation count, and visit count, indicating how long and how often consumers’ attention had been attracted to certain information areas. The eye-tracking data was also visualized through heat maps and gaze plots. Following eye-tracking experiments, RTA interviews were conducted to investigate the underlying thinking process of consumers. A playback of the recorded eye-tracking video was presented to each participant while participants verbalized their thinking process and reasoning of information search behaviors. The interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed through grounded-theory model to identify important information elements. To overcome the limited generalizability of the eye-tracking experiments and interviews, a scenario-based survey was created, and seven hypotheses were developed to evaluate impacts of online reviews, images, and advertisements on consumers’ interests and restaurant visit intentions based on the results of Phases I and II. Restaurant selection scenarios were provided to the participants to look through screenshots of webpages in order to mimic the online environment. The online survey company Amazon MTurk was used for data collection. A total of 406 usable survey responses were collected and analyzed using descriptive statistics, one-sample Chi-square tests, and visualized heat maps. Eye-tracking experiment results revealed that images, consumer reviews, and filter functions were the top information areas to which consumers paid considerable attention. Advertisements in Yelp also received much attention from participants, but during RTA interviews, advertisements were found to be less impactful for consumers’ decision-making than the number of reviews, images with food items, and consumer reviews. Five out of seven hypotheses in Phase III were supported, indicating that it was mostly consistent with findings of the eye-tracking experiments and interviews (Phase I and II). Specifically, consumers’ interests and intentions to visit restaurants were greater for restaurants with a higher number of reviews, food images, and without advertisements. Consumers also were more interested in extremely rated reviews and preferred evenly-distributed image groups. This study contributes to the existing hospitality literature related to consumer behavior with the utilization of the innovative, combined methods of eye-tracking technology, RTA interviews, and scenario-based survey. This approach allowed the researcher to obtain a holistic view of actual consumer behavior, thinking process accompanying the behavior as well as the verification with large sample. Consumer review websites and restaurateurs were provided with specific recommendations to enhance the online user experience and improve customer satisfaction, respectively.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / Esta dissertação apresenta uma pesquisa que teve por objetivo descobrir qual a relação das crianças com a Internet e mais especificamente com os sites. Tendo como interlocutores cinco crianças que moram em uma mesma Vila Residencial, a pesquisa, que aconteceu neste espaço, pautou-se em questões do cotidiano, para investigar os usos que as crianças fazem dos sites que acessam. Os desafios de pesquisar em espaços particulares, onde questões como amizade, autoridade e metodologia de pesquisa ganharam destaque, fizeram-se presentes em todo o processo: do campo à escrita do texto. Uma grande questão que perpassa a discussão metodológica é sobre como, ao pesquisar através dos jogos, surge o desafio em conciliar os papéis de pesquisadora e jogadora. As reflexões sobre a construção de uma metodologia de pesquisa em espaços particulares contou com a contribuição de autores como Nilda Alves, Mikhail Bakhtin, Marília Amorim, Angela Borba, Fabiana Marcello dentre outros. As questões do cotidiano foram feitas a partir do debate principalmente com Michel de Certeau. As reflexões mais específicas sobre a Internet foram feitas a partir do que emergiu em campo, com as crianças, e contaram com o auxílio de, entre outros, André Lemos, Edméa Santos, Lucia Santaella e Marco Silva. / This dissertation presents research on the relationship between children and the Internet, specifically their relationship with websites. It interviewed children living in a Vila Residencial (Residential Village) about their day-to-day lives in order to investigate how they used the websites they access. Researching private spaces where questions of friendship, authority and research methodology played a central role provided challenges that were present throughout the process; from field work to writing the results. An additional issue which goes beyond methodological discussions involved how to manage the roles of researcher and playmate when conducting research through games and play. The reflections on how to create an appropriate research methodology in private spaces received contributions from authors such as Nilda Alves, Mikhail Baktin, Marília Amorin, Angela Borba, Fabiana Marcello, and others. The questions about the childrens daily life were built mainly from the debate with Michel de Certeau. More specific reflections on the Internet emerged from the work in the field and with the children, and were assisted by André Lemos, Edméa Santos, Lucia Santaella, Marco Silva and others.