Cult TV in Brazil: memory and worship of television fiction in digital media

• Grant number: 14/11181-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: September 01, 2014
• End date: January 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Communications - Radio and Television
• Principal Investigator: Maria Immacolata Vassallo de Lopes
• Grantee: Clarice Greco Alves
• Supervisor: Roberta Ellen Pearson
• Host Institution: Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Nottingham, University Park, England
• Associated to the scholarship: 12/05000-6 - Cult TV in Brazil: memory and cult to television fiction in times of new media., BP.DR

Abstract

The present research project aims to analyze the concept of Cult TV and the applications of the therm to the cultural phenomenon of Brazilian television fiction. The subject is rarely studied in Brazil and it is important for a reflection 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 communication context of new media, the research proposes an analysis of communities and its members that get together to watch and comment the programs. With that aim, the project intends to suit theories and practice to the national context. (AU)