Breakfast at Jerry’s: communication episodes in Sao Paulo downtown diners

This paper outlines early morning face to face interactions in Sao Paulo downtown diners, highlighting how they are subjected to unwritten rules concerning who addresses who in which fashion, the answers and replies, and the conditions of interaction. Grounded on field observation, it argues that (1...

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Autor: Martino, Luis Mauro Sá
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Municipal de São Caetano do Sul (USCS)
Repositorio:Comunicação & Inovação
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.seer.uscs.edu.br:article/9729
Acceso en línea:http://seer.uscs.edu.br/index.php/revista_comunicacao_inovacao/article/view/9729
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Communication
Public Places
Goffman
comunicação
Locais Públicos
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Sumario:This paper outlines early morning face to face interactions in Sao Paulo downtown diners, highlighting how they are subjected to unwritten rules concerning who addresses who in which fashion, the answers and replies, and the conditions of interaction. Grounded on field observation, it argues that (1) communication is mastered by social inequalities; (2) there is a mutual expectation concerning the unwritten rules, and anything outside its boundaries leads to embarrassment; (3) longer interactions are mainly about weather, traffic and football. These elements are discussing against concepts by Goffman, on microanalysis, and by França, Ferrara and Braga on communicative interactions.