MEDIA APPROACH OVER PARALYMPIC SPORT: BRAZILIAN ATHLETES STANDPOINT
Paralympic sport is in a process of economic and social affirmation and the media is the main tool to disseminate it´s ideas and products. Based on concepts of Pierre Bourdieu´s theory, the aim of this study was to investigate the standpoint of Brazilian athletes about contents, ways and scope of m...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2014 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) |
| Repository: | Revista Movimento (Porto Alegre. Online) |
| Language: | Portuguese English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/41955 |
| Online Access: | https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/Movimento/article/view/41955 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Paralympic Sport. Media. Disability. Paralympic. Sociology of sport Deporte Paralímpico. Medios de comunicación. Discapacidad. Paralímpico. Sociología del deporte. Esporte Paralímpico Mídia Atividade motora adaptada Esporte adaptado Paralímpico Esporte Sociologia |
| Summary: | Paralympic sport is in a process of economic and social affirmation and the media is the main tool to disseminate it´s ideas and products. Based on concepts of Pierre Bourdieu´s theory, the aim of this study was to investigate the standpoint of Brazilian athletes about contents, ways and scope of media divulgation of Paralympic sport, to purpose reflections about their expectations and perceptions. Supported by data of semi structured interviews, with 23 Brazilian Paralympic athletes and speech analysis by the method Collective Subject Discourse, these are the main results: Paralympic divulgation is still small, but is growing; there is some division among athletes that prefer the divulgation of sporting achievements and the idea of supercrip. |
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