Elias Cunha Bitencourt

@portal.uneb.br

Associate Professor, Department of Exact and Earth Sciences, State University of Bahia (UNEB)
Universidade do Estado da Bahia

Elias Cunha Bitencourt


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Associate Professor at the State University of Bahia (UNEB), Brazil, where he coordinates Datalab Design, a research laboratory dedicated to data visualization and digital methods. He holds a PhD in Communication and Contemporary Culture from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), with a research period at Concordia University, Canada, and is currently a visiting researcher at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). His research focuses on digital methods, computational methods, data visualization, platform studies, and Science and Technology Studies (STS), with particular interest in algorithmic mediation, platform practices, and the datafication of visuality in social media platforms. He is also a collaborator of the Public Data Lab network.

EDUCATION

Visiting Researcher in Communication, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, 2025–present. PhD in Communication and Contemporary Culture, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Brazil, 2019. MA in Culture and Society, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Brazil, 2014. Specialist Degree in Graphic and Interface Design, Salvador University (UNIFACS), Brazil, 2004. BA in Industrial Design, (Graphic Design), State University of Bahia (UNEB), Brazil, 2003.

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Communication, Social Sciences, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Human-Computer Interaction
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Scholar Citations

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RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Investigando Modelos de IA: ChatGPT, Sabiá e DeepSeek na Interpretação de Notícias Históricas sobre a Ditadura Militar no Brasil
    GM Calixto, ACB Angeluci, EC Bitencourt
    H2D| Revista de Humanidades Digitais 7 (1), e6680-e6680 , 2025
    2025
  • CULTURAL BAIT: KWAI’S COLD START ALGORITHM AND THE INSTRUMENTALIZATION OF BRAZILIAN CULTURE
    EC Bitencourt, GBC Santos, N Oviedo, RKP Batista, ...
    AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research , 2025
    2025
  • DIGITAL INFLUENCE AS AN ALGORITHMIC CONDITION: COMPUTATIONAL AUTHENTICITY, ALGORITHMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND DIGITAL VISIBILITY
    G da Costa Castelhano, E Bitencourt
    AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • FROM PLATFORMIZATION TO DIGITAL BORDERLANDS: GENERATIVE AI, BOUNDARY OBJECTS, AND THE EXPANSION OF THE DIGITAL LANDSCAPE
    PFC Fonseca, EC Bitencourt
    AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research , 2025
    2025
  • Investigando Modelos de IA: GPT-4, Sabiá-3 e DeepSeek-R1 na Interpretação de Notícias Históricas sobre a Ditadura Militar no Brasil
    GM Calixto, ACB Angeluci, EC Bitencourt
    H2D-Revista de Humanidades Digitais 7 (1), 3 , 2025
    2025
  • Além do design: interfaces algorítmicas como agentes epistemológicos.
    E BITENCOURT
    MATRIZes 19 (1) , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Beyond design: algorithmic interfaces as epistemological agents
    EC Bitencourt
    Matrizes (USP) 19 (1), 199-224 , 2025
    2025
  • Exploring Digital Communication Practices in Social Media: A Case Study Using Custom Term-Weighting Methodology
    EC Bitencourt, LPB Rodrigues
    SAGE Publications Ltd , 2025
    2025
  • Quali-quanti visual methods and political bots: A cross-platform study of pro-& anti-bolsobots
    JJ Omena, T Lobo, G Tucci, E Bitencourt, E de Keulenaar, FW Kerche, ...
    Journal of Digital Social Research 6 (1), 50-73 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 7
  • Cross Vision-APIs Studies. Digital methodologies for understanding computer vision
    JJ Omena, E Bitencourt, J Chao, AM Flores, R Sepúlveda, L Draisci, ...
    Digital Methods Initiative , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 6
  • From digital influencers to influencer-laboratories. A case study of Lil Miquela
    EC Bitencourt, G da Costa Castelhano, C Lopes
    AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 17
  • Fake news as fake politics: the digital materialities of YouTube misinformation videos about Brazilian oil spill catastrophe
    ALM Lemos, EC Bitencourt, JGB Dos Santos
    Media, Culture & Society 43 (5), 886-905 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 63
  • Gramming #covid19, reframing the pandemic: Exploring how algorithms and user practices shape COVID-19 imaginaries on Instagram over time.
    E Bitencourt, JGB dos Santos, AS Hansen, C Papaevangelou, C Foa, ...
    Smart Data Sprint 2021 Report (Lisbon, Pt) , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 2
  • Basta mover para ser saudável: sensibilidade performativa e experiências corporais mediadas por dispositivos vestíveis no Brasil
    A Lemos, E Bitencourt
    Neto A, P; Flynn M, B (Org). Internet e Saúde no Brasil. São Paulo: Cultura … , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 2
  • Smartbodies: Plataformas digitais, tecnologias vestíveis e corpos remodelados
    EC Bitencourt
    https://seloppgcom.fafich.ufmg.br/novo/publicacao/smartbodies/ 1, 394 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 10
  • Antropocentrismo e Comunicação: Análise dos GT da COMPÓS" Epistemologia da comunicação" e" Comunicação e Cibercultura" de 2017 a 2019.
    A Lemos, E Bitencourt
    Revista Fronteiras 23 (1) , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 1
  • Sete pontos para compreender o neomaterialismo
    A Lemos, E Bitencourt
    Galáxia (São Paulo), e52017 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 20
  • EU RESPIRO: experiência e materialidades da informação em objetos inteligentes e plataformas digitais.
    E Cunha Bitencourt, L Pastor
    Revista FAMECOS-Mídia, Cultura e Tecnologia 27 (1) , 2020
    2020
  • Comunicação: uma análise dos artigos dos GT da COMPÓS “Epistemologia da comunicação” e “Comunicação e Cibercultura” de 2017 a 2019
    A Lemos, EA BITTENCOURT
    Encontro da Associação dos Programas de Pós-graduação em Comunicação 29 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 4
  • “Coletamos dados para o seu bem” O truque retórico do imaginário sobre o dado digital promovido nos termos de uso, documentos de privacidade e relatórios de investidores da …
    EC Bitencourt
    Texto Digital 16 (1), 157-182 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 9

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Fake news as fake politics: the digital materialities of YouTube misinformation videos about Brazilian oil spill catastrophe
    ALM Lemos, EC Bitencourt, JGB Dos Santos
    Media, Culture & Society 43 (5), 886-905 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 63
  • Sensibilidade performativa e comunicação das coisas
    ALM Lemos, EC Bitencourt
    MATRIZes 12 (3), 165-188 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 24
  • Sete pontos para compreender o neomaterialismo
    A Lemos, E Bitencourt
    Galáxia (São Paulo), e52017 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 20
  • From digital influencers to influencer-laboratories. A case study of Lil Miquela
    EC Bitencourt, G da Costa Castelhano, C Lopes
    AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 17
  • Smartbodies
    EC BITENCOURT
    Corpo, tecnologias vestíveis e performatividade algorítmica: Um estudo … , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 14
  • I feel my wrist buzz . Smartbody and performative sensibility in Fitbit devices
    ALM Lemos, E Bitencourt
    Galáxia (São Paulo), 5-17 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 12
  • Smartbodies: Plataformas digitais, tecnologias vestíveis e corpos remodelados
    EC Bitencourt
    https://seloppgcom.fafich.ufmg.br/novo/publicacao/smartbodies/ 1, 394 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 10
  • “Coletamos dados para o seu bem” O truque retórico do imaginário sobre o dado digital promovido nos termos de uso, documentos de privacidade e relatórios de investidores da …
    EC Bitencourt
    Texto Digital 16 (1), 157-182 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 9
  • Quali-quanti visual methods and political bots: A cross-platform study of pro-& anti-bolsobots
    JJ Omena, T Lobo, G Tucci, E Bitencourt, E de Keulenaar, FW Kerche, ...
    Journal of Digital Social Research 6 (1), 50-73 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 7
  • Sensibilidade performativa e comunicação das coisas: explorando as narrativas algorítmicas na Fitbit Charge HR2
    A LEMOS, E BITENCOURT
    Anais do XXVI Encontro Anual da Compós. São Paulo , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 7
  • Cross Vision-APIs Studies. Digital methodologies for understanding computer vision
    JJ Omena, E Bitencourt, J Chao, AM Flores, R Sepúlveda, L Draisci, ...
    Digital Methods Initiative , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 6
  • A materialidade do traço em tempos dos dispositivos móveis. Reflexões sobre a particularidade do gesto caligráfico no iPad.
    E Bitencourt, C Flexor
    XI Congresso Brasileiro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Design, 33 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 5
  • Comunicação: uma análise dos artigos dos GT da COMPÓS “Epistemologia da comunicação” e “Comunicação e Cibercultura” de 2017 a 2019
    A Lemos, EA BITTENCOURT
    Encontro da Associação dos Programas de Pós-graduação em Comunicação 29 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 4
  • "OS LIVROS INTERMITENTES”: Um ensaio sobre as materialidades da representação algorítmica do livro na Plataforma de Autopublicação da Amazon
    E Bitencourt
    O Livro na Cibercultura 1, 203-225 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 4
  • “Move and Be Healthy!”: Performative Sensibility and Body Experiences Mediated by Wearable Devices in Brazil
    A Lemos, E Bitencourt
    The Internet and Health in Brazil: Challenges and Trends, 415-434 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 4
  • Além do design: interfaces algorítmicas como agentes epistemológicos.
    E BITENCOURT
    MATRIZes 19 (1) , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Gramming #covid19, reframing the pandemic: Exploring how algorithms and user practices shape COVID-19 imaginaries on Instagram over time.
    E Bitencourt, JGB dos Santos, AS Hansen, C Papaevangelou, C Foa, ...
    Smart Data Sprint 2021 Report (Lisbon, Pt) , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 2
  • Basta mover para ser saudável: sensibilidade performativa e experiências corporais mediadas por dispositivos vestíveis no Brasil
    A Lemos, E Bitencourt
    Neto A, P; Flynn M, B (Org). Internet e Saúde no Brasil. São Paulo: Cultura … , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 2
  • DURMO BEM?: a retórica procedimental como modo de midiatização dos cuidados de si na Fitbit Charge 2
    ECQGQEU BITENCOURT
    Revista Observatório 4 (4), 113-148 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 2
  • Isso não é só um livro. Uma análise do kindle paperwhite sob a ótica dos estudos de software.
    EC Bitencourt, KS Brunet
    Revista Eco-Pós 18 (2), 206-221 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 2

Publications

Fonseca, P. F. C., & Bitencourt, E. C. (2026). From platformization to digital borderlands: Generative AI, boundary objects, and the expansion of the digital landscape. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research.
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Bitencourt, E. C., Santos, G. B. C., Oviedo, N., Batista, R. K. P., & Bastos, C. R. de C. (2026). Cultural bait: Kwai’s cold start algorithm and the instrumentalization of Brazilian culture. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research.
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Da Costa Castelhano, G., & Bitencourt, E. C. (2026). Digital influence as an algorithmic condition: Computational authenticity, algorithmic entrepreneurship, and digital visibility. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research.
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Bitencourt, E. C. (2025). Beyond Design: Algorithmic Interfaces as Epistemological Agents. MATRIZes, 19, 199–224.

Bitencourt, E. C., & Pastor, L. (2025). Exploring digital communication practices in social media: A case study using custom term-weighting methodology. In Sage Research Methods: Data and Research Literacy. SAGE Publications.

Bitencourt, E. C. (Interview). (2025). Developing a methodology:

RESEARCH OUTPUTS (PATENTS, SOFTWARE, PUBLICATIONS, PRODUCTS)

Bitencourt, E. C. (2026). ADA: Assisted Data Analysis Explorer [Software]. Unregistered computer program.
Bitencourt, E. C. (2026). NODIE: Network-Oriented Dashboard for Image Exploration [Software]. Unregistered computer program.
Bitencourt, E. C. (2026). MOODIE Web: Modular Observational & Operational Design Image Explorer [Software]. Unregistered computer program.
Bitencourt, E. C. (2025). MOODIE: Modular Observational & Operational Design Image Explorer [Software]. Unregistered computer program.
Bitencourt, E. C. (2024). Smart Imagery Curator [Software]. Unregistered computer program.
Bitencourt, E. C. (2024). Contextual Entity Weighting Representation — CEWR [Software/Methodological tool]. Unregistered computer program.
Bitencourt, E. C. (2024). Digital Practice Matrix [Software/Methodological tool]. Unregistered computer program.
Bitencourt, E. C. (2024). Movie Scene Sensing [Software]. Unregistered computer program.
Bitencourt, E. C. (2023). Smart Imagery Mapping: A Digital Method for Mapping Visual Imaginaries [Software/Methodological tool]. Unregistered computer program.
Medeiros, M. S., Pagano, T. P., Araujo, C. F., & Bitencourt, E. C. (2016). Dispositivo para memorar senhas em cartões com chip [Patent]. Brazilian patent BR10201601813. Filed August 4, 2016; granted December 5, 2023. INPI — Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial. Link: