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This study seeks to establish whether news sharing in social media is a mature field of research by using bibliometrics as a tool. The Web of Science database was searched for articles that contained the term ‘news sharing’ in titles, keywords, and abstracts. A total of 133 articles was obtained, which enabled us to address the question of whether there are well-established journals and authors that cover the subject. The results show a certain ambiguity, which could explain why the chosen subject matter is often studied in fields outside of Communication Studies; however, while studies on news sharing are conducted by researchers from heterogeneous fields, this has not translated into greater interdisciplinarity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In a world where the development of Science and Technology is prioritized with little to no attention in its social implications, an education method that seeks a broad formation of the students to live in this world is one of the greatest contemporary challenges. In this perspective, the Science-Technology-Society (sts) approach associated with Professional and Technological Education (pte) can be viable to the promotion of a scientific-technological education based on criticality and citizenship. Thus, this article aimed to conduct an exploratory study, of State of the Art type, regarding the academic production that discusses sts in periodicals that pte approach, Technological Education and Work and Education. To achieve that, we conducted research for scientific papers in the databases of 12 Brazilian periodicals that debate professional and technological education, encompassing the period of 1995 to 2020. The data was evaluated by the Bardin content analysis (2002) and the textual statistics supported on Iramuteq. The results showed that there is a predominance of theoretical works directed at higher education, divided in four themes, with the most cited authors being Bazzo, Auler, Santos and Mortimer and Von Linsingen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: the systematic review of this article aimed to present the applications and consequences of using Blockchain for public administration. Method: from researching articles in the Scopus, Web of Science, SSRN and Science Direct databases, and following the PRISMA method, 16 articles were selected that contain the following themes: Blockchain, direct government participation or as the main regulator, public policy. Results: the main applications used were related to: data processing and public data security, required new applications and institutional organization. As for the impacts, we highlight the improvement in data management, reduction of bureaucracy and the need for a relationship between the State, society, and market. Conclusion: blockchain is a technology capable of renewing management processes, creating new challenges for public administration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An editorial to the journal is presented which discusses the limits and the scope of Open Access (OA) discussed in the book by, Peter Suber, Open Access, published in the year 2015. Other topics discussed in the editorial are the new dynamics of scientific output and communication, gaps created in accessing scientific databases and journals by higher costs, democratization of access to knowledge and science education.