Media and power: what hides the brightness of the TV screen?

Television is the modern version of the public square in which society was in Ancient Greece. The luminous screen of the TV represents the Agora. But it is not a simple substitution. The colors, shapes, images, words, sounds and silences, through television, help build the social imaginary. TV is no...

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Autor: Porcello, Flávio A. C.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Revista FAMECOS: Mídia cultura e tecnologia
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/3397
Acceso en línea:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/revistafamecos/article/view/3397
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Communication
TV
power
Comunicação
televisão
poder
Televisão
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Sumario:Television is the modern version of the public square in which society was in Ancient Greece. The luminous screen of the TV represents the Agora. But it is not a simple substitution. The colors, shapes, images, words, sounds and silences, through television, help build the social imaginary. TV is now the public space where life happens. And through this lens of observation, one will try to evaluate the political influence of television in contemporary Brazil.