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Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul Faculdade De Biblioteconomia E Comunicação Programa De Pós-Graduação Em Comunicação UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL FACULDADE DE BIBLIOTECONOMIA E COMUNICAÇÃO PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM COMUNICAÇÃO JULIANE VICENTE LOPES VOCÊ VIU QUE NÃO DÁ PRA ESCOLHER? BANDERSNATCH E AS PRÁTICAS COMPARTILHADAS DE CONSUMO NO FACEBOOK Dissertação de Mestrado PORTO ALEGRE 2020 UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL FACULDADE DE BIBLIOTECONOMIA E COMUNICAÇÃO PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM COMUNICAÇÃO JULIANE VICENTE LOPES VOCÊ VIU QUE NÃO DÁ PRA ESCOLHER? BANDERSNATCH E AS PRÁTICAS COMPARTILHADAS DE CONSUMO NO FACEBOOK Dissertação apresentada ao Programa de Pós- Graduação em Comunicação da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, como requisito parcial para obtenção de grau de Mestre em Comunicação. Orientação: Profa. Dra. Elisa Reinhardt Piedras PORTO ALEGRE 2020 JULIANE VICENTE LOPES VOCÊ VIU QUE NÃO DÁ PRA ESCOLHER? BANDERSNATCH E AS PRÁTICAS COMPARTILHADAS DE CONSUMO NO FACEBOOK Dissertação apresentada ao Programa de Pós- Graduação em Comunicação da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, como requisito parcial para obtenção de grau de Mestre em Comunicação. Orientação: Profa. Dra. Elisa Reinhardt Piedras Aprovado em: 14 de janeiro de 2020. BANCA EXAMINADORA __________________________________________________ Profa. Dra Elisa Reinhardt Piedras – UFRGS Orientadora ________________________________________________ Prof. Dr. André Fagundes Pase – PUCRS/POA Examinador _________________________________________________ Prof. Dra. Miriam de Souza Rossini – UFRGS/POA Examinadora _________________________________________________ Prof. Dra. Suely Dadalti Fragoso – UFRGS/POA Examinadora Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise. Maya Angelou (Still I rise -1908) AGRADECIMENTOS É um desafio tão grande quanto escrever uma dissertação, utilizar apenas uma página para agradecer instituições e pessoas que fizeram parte desta trajetória de dois anos. Inicio este agradecimento à minha vó Luiza, que não terminou a quarta-série e infelizmente não poderá ver a primeira Mestre da família. Tenho a certeza que em alma, como minha guardiã, ela acompanha toda essa trajetória que é por ela e por todos os irmãos que me antecederam e para todos aqueles que virão. Agradeço a minha família, especialmente à dinda Janete e à minha irmã Fabiane por nunca terem desistido de mim e por estarem presentes nos momentos em que mais precisei, reafirmando que o amor não é somente um laço de sangue. Essa dissertação escrita por tantas mãos que se tornaram uma só. Um trabalho que também é vivência indissociável de toda a realidade que nos fazem deixar do lado de fora da sala de aula. Este é um trabalho que tem as marcas dos fracassos, sorrisos, frustrações e dores. A pesquisa que só é possível porque tem as lágrimas de um futuro perdido que se reinventa num futuro acadêmico. Ela é também por Davi, um menino gerado num mundo invisível e desmaiado, como narrou a personagem de Jeferson Tenório, um filho que fará aniversário todos os anos apenas na minha memória. Agradeço também às políticas públicas, pois este trabalho só foi realizado graças ao apoio da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) que torna possível que estudantes como eu possam chegar à Pós- Graduação. Assim como a todos os professores que fizeram parte deste processo: à orientadora Dra. Elisa Piedras pelos ensinamentos e orientação na busca de novos conhecimentos; à Profa. Miriam Rossini por todo o suporte e disponibilidade e ao Prof. Fernando Mascarello pelas considerações e sugestões feitas na qualificação que contribuíram esta versão mais amadurecida. Uma vez inserida no Programa de Pós-Graduação, é imprescindível lembrar daqueles que são responsáveis pela minha permanência: a literatura e a dança: gratidão ao Grupo Andanças e a todos os autores que me carregam e principalmente àqueles que acreditam no meu trabalho como artista. Não fosse a arte, quem seria eu? À Luiza da Silva Conceição, que antes de partir me disse para fazer tudo aquilo que meu coração mandasse e essa é a lição mais valiosa que levo comigo. RESUMO Esta pesquisa aborda o audiovisual contemporâneo através do consumo midiático. O objetivo é compreender a interação do publico com a narrativa audiovisual interativa Bandersnatch através das suas postagens e comentários compartilhados em comunidades do Facebook. Para tanto, propõe-se uma pesquisa exploratória, de viés qualitativo, dividida em duas etapas: 1) levantamento do estado da arte e discussão teórica; e 2) estudo empírico sobre postagens e comentários de seis publicações do Facebook (três páginas e dois grupos). Os resultados apontam que na relação do publico com Bandersnatch através do Facebook, os formatos das postagens (imagem, texto e vídeo), as tipologias de conteúdo das postagens (crítica, entretenimento, informacional e promocional), as temáticas emergentes dos comentários e postagens (referências, inovação, crítica e afetos) e os perfis de público (espectadores, usuários e membros). Além disso, os resultados indicam que os posicionamentos expostos pelo público na rede social digital são atravessados por sobreposições e coexistências, com referências de produções e gêneros das mídias tradicionais, além da existência de uma grande conversa virtual essencial para entender como esta produção foi percebida e compartilhada por seu público no Facebook. Palavras-chave: audiovisual; narrativa audiovisual interativa; consumo midiático; público; Bandersnatch. ABSTRACT This research addresses contemporary audiovisual through media consumption. The main goal is to understand the audience's interaction with the Bandersnatch interactive audiovisual narrative through their posts and comments shared on Facebook communities. To this end, an exploratory research with a qualitative approach is proposed, divided into two stages: 1) survey of the state of the art and theoretical discussion; and 2) an empirical study on posts and comments from six Facebook publications (three pages and two groups). The results show the public's relationship with Bandersnatch through Facebook, the formats of the posts (image, text and video), the types of content of the posts (criticism, entertainment, informational and promotional), the themes emerging from comments and posts ( references, innovation, criticism and affections) and audience profiles (viewers, users and members). In addition, the results also indicate the positions exposed by the public on the digital social network are crossed by overlaps and coexistences, with references to productions and genres of traditional media, and the existence of a great virtual conversation - essential to understand how this production was perceived and shared by its audience on Facebook. Keywords: audiovisual; interactive audiovisual narrative; media consumption; public; Bandersnatch. SUMÁRIO 1. INTRODUÇÃO ...................................................................................................... 14 2. METODOLOGIA ................................................................................................... 18 2.1 Procedimentos para o estado da arte e a discussão teórica ............................... 19 2.2 Procedimentos para a aproximação do objeto empírico...................................... 23 3. LEVANTAMENTO DO ESTADO DA ARTE E DISCUSSÃO TEÓRICA ............... 34 3.1 Estado da arte da pesquisa sobre o tema ........................................................... 34 3.2 Discussão teórica sobre o audiovisual, a cultura da convergência e o consumo midiático .................................................................................................................... 37 4. NARRATIVA AUDIOVISUAL INTERATIVA DE BANDERSNATCH E AS APROPRIAÇÕES DO PÚBLICO NAS REDES SOCIAIS DIGITAIS ........................ 47 4.1 Bandersnatch ...................................................................................................... 47 4.1.1 Netflix e Black Mirror como cenário .................................................................. 47 4.1.2 Bandersnatch da literatura ao audiovisual ........................................................ 58 4.2 Postagens e comentários do público no Facebook ............................................. 86 4.2.1 Descritivo das postagens analisadas ............................................................... 88 4.2.2 Resultados emergentes .................................................................................. 118 4.3 Discussão .......................................................................................................... 141 5. CONSIDERAÇÕES FINAIS ................................................................................ 149 REFERÊNCIAS ....................................................................................................... 154 APÊNDICES ........................................................................................................... 158 LISTA DE ILUSTRAÇÕES Figura 1 - Análise feita com material impresso ......................................................... 30 Figura 2 - Classificação das tipologias dos comentários ........................................... 31 Figura 3 - Análise das temáticas ............................................................................... 32 Figura 4 - Ilustração de Bandersnatch de Peter Newell ............................................ 61 Figura 5 - Divulgação do jogo Bandersnatch ............................................................
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