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O conceito de massa não existe

The mass concept does not exist
[journal article]

Ribeiro, Lavina Madeira

Abstract

Este é um ensaio teórico sobre a relevância do conceito de massa utilizado no contexto dos estudos de Comunicação. Há o reconhecimento da importância da mídia na formação de identidades, comportamentos e sociabilidades, a dinâmica vivida na esfera pública promovida por ela e nas relações entre difer... view more

Este é um ensaio teórico sobre a relevância do conceito de massa utilizado no contexto dos estudos de Comunicação. Há o reconhecimento da importância da mídia na formação de identidades, comportamentos e sociabilidades, a dinâmica vivida na esfera pública promovida por ela e nas relações entre diferentes práticas culturais. Nestes termos, o conceito de massa está completamente superado. Já deveria ter sido superado pouco depois de ter sido inventado. Logo após as primeiras pesquisas de Lasswell sobre as intenções de voto dos norte-americanos, descobriu-se uma teia complexa de fatores, em que eles votavam influenciados por inúmeras variáveis e, portanto, não eram uma massa homogênea, sem identidade, sem rosto. O fato é que, do ponto de vista científico, o conceito de massa, em termos analíticos, é completamente inoperável, é um muro opaco que esconde atributos fundamentais do público receptor das mensagens midiáticas e impede a compreensão dos complexos processos interativos que ocorrem entre eles.... view less


This is a theoretical essay regarding the relevance of the concept of mass used in the context of Communication studies. There is the recognition of the importance of the media in the formation of identities, behaviors and sociability; the dynamics experienced in public space promoted by the media a... view more

This is a theoretical essay regarding the relevance of the concept of mass used in the context of Communication studies. There is the recognition of the importance of the media in the formation of identities, behaviors and sociability; the dynamics experienced in public space promoted by the media and in the relations between different cultural practices. Therefore, the concept of mass is completely overcome. It should have been overcome shortly after it was invented. In the very first research of Lasswell regarding the intentions of vote of Americans, it was discovered that they voted influenced by countless variables and, therefore, they were not a homogeneous mass without identity or faceless. The fact is that, from a scientific point of view, in analytical terms, the concept of mass is completely inoperable and it is an opaque wall that hides fundamental attributes of the public of media messages and prevents the understanding of complex interactive processes that occur between them.... view less

Keywords
mass; mass society; mass media; individual

Classification
Mass Communication

Document language
Portuguese

Publication Year
2016

Page/Pages
p. 46-60

Journal
Revista Observatório, 2 (2016) 4

Issue topic
Comunicação: revisitando conceitos e teorias

ISSN
2447-4266

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial


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