Cult TV in Brazil: memory and cult to television fiction in times of new media.

• Grant number: 12/05000-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: September 01, 2012
• End date: April 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Communications - Theory of Communication
• Principal Investigator: Maria Immacolata Vassallo de Lopes
• Grantee: Clarice Greco Alves
• Host Institution: Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 14/11181-9 - Cult TV in Brazil: memory and worship of television fiction in digital media, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

The present research project aims to analyze the concept of Cult TV and the aplications of the therm to the cultural phenomenon of Brazilian television fiction. The subject is rarely studied in Brazil and it is important for a reflexion over the cultral history and the creation of a collective memory about national television fiction. Based on historical guidelines which define Cult from the memories of fans, and in the present communicational context of new media, the research proposes an analysis of communities and its members that get together to watch and comment the programes. With that aim, the project intends to suit theories and practice to the national context.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

ALVES, Clarice Greco. TV Cult no Brasil: memória e culto às ficções televisivas em tempos de mídias digitais. 2016. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA/SBD) São Paulo.