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Livia Machado Vieira a SÉRIE GOSSIP GIRL E SEU MUNDO DE GLAMOUR Livia Machado Vieira A SÉRIE GOSSIP GIRL E SEU MUNDO DE GLAMOUR: UMA ABORDAGEM CULTURAL DO CONSUMO DA SÉRIE DE TV AMERICANA TRABALHO FINAL DE GRADUAÇÃO Santa Maria, RS 2010 Livia Machado Vieira A SÉRIE GOSSIP GIRL E SEU MUNDO DE GLAMOUR: UMA ABORDAGEM CULTURAL DO CONSUMO DA SÉRIE DE TV AMERICANA Trabalho Final de Graduação apresentado ao Curso de Comunicação Social – Hab. Publicidade e Propaganda, Área Ciências Sociais do Centro Universitário Franciscano – Unifra, como requisito para aprovação parcial para obtenção do grau de Comunicólogo – Bacharel em Publicidade e Propaganda. Professora: Laíse Zappe Loy Santa Maria, RS 2010. 2 Livia Machado Vieira A SÉRIE GOSSIP GIRL E SEU MUNDO DE GLAMOUR: UMA ABORDAGEM CULTURAL DO CONSUMO DA SÉRIE DE TV AMERICANA Trabalho Final de Graduação apresentado ao Curso de Comunicação Social – Hab. Publicidade e Propaganda, Área Ciências Sociais do Centro Universitário Franciscano – Unifra, como requisito para aprovação parcial para obtenção do grau de Comunicólogo – Bacharel em Publicidade e Propaganda. ________________________________________________________ Laise Zappe Loy – Orientadora (Unifra) ________________________________________________________ Janea Kessler (Unifra) ________________________________________________________ Ana Luiza Coiro Moraes (Unifra) Aprovado em ......... de ...................................... de ........ 3 And who am I? That's one secret I'll never tell. You know you love me. Xoxo, Gossip Girl 4 AGRADECIMENTOS Aos meus pais, Romualdo e Clara, que além de terem me posto no mundo, sempre me apoiaram, me protegeram e me ajudaram quando era necessário. Além do suporte financeiro e principalmente emocional nestes dois semestres de histeria e realização. Aos meus irmãos, Helena e Rômulo, pelos conselhos dados, por me acalmarem nos momentos de ansiedade, pelos incentivos nas horas difíceis e principalmente pelo companheirismo. À minha orientadora, Laíse Loy, que além de me orientar nos momentos em que estava perdida, me acalmou e me incentivou a não desanimar. Muitas vezes mostrou-se mais que uma professora, uma “mãezona” preocupada e solicita. Às minhas entrevistadas que pacientemente me ajudaram a construir e concluir este projeto, sempre muito atenciosas e disponíveis. Aos meus “compas”, Joãozinho, Pelipo, Guitel, Beto, Martha e Greice, que me acompanharam nesses quatro anos, sempre animando as aulas sonolentas, fazendo festas se tornarem inesquecíveis e criando frases memoráveis. À “gilda” Isadora, que além de colega se transformou numa amiga ímpar. Minha eterna dupla nos trabalhos, estágios, shows, festas, momentos bons e ruins. E as pessoas que conheci nestes quatro anos de faculdade, Manu, Ale, Nati, Matheus, Renan, Babika, Andressa, Julian e Geovane, que se mostraram mais que veteranos, amigos para todas as horas. Nos momentos de festa, de conversas sérias, de conselhos, de tristeza, de ansiedade, de diversão, enfim sempre que precisei. A todos os professores que encontrei nesta jornada, que de alguma maneira me entusiasmaram e ajudaram a construir minha vida acadêmica. E a todos os meus amigos e familiares que de alguma maneira me ajudaram a chegar até aqui. 5 RESUMO O presente trabalho teve como objetivo verificar como se dá o consumo da série de TV americana “Gossip Girl” por meninas de 17 a 22 anos, da cidade de Santa Maria. Durante este processo, buscou-se analisar, a partir dos Estudos Culturais, como os jovens consomem e recebem a série, e em que ambiente se dá essa audiência. Como o público-alvo da série é composto por jovens, o trabalho aborda o comportamento e hábitos de consumo deste público. Palavras-chave: Estudos Culturais, Recepção, Jovens, Série de televisão ABSTRACT The present work had as objective to verify who the consumption of the TV series “Gossip Girl” for girls 17 - 22 years, of Santa Maria city. During this process, we have analyzed, from cultural studies, as young people consume and receive the series, and the environment in which occurs this hearing. As the audience of the series is composed of young people, the work addresses the behavior and consumption habits of this audience. Keywords: Cultural Studies, Reception, Young people, TV Series 6 SUMÁRIO 1 INTRODUÇÃO ....................................................................................................................... 8 2 REFERENCIAL TEÓRICO ................................................................................................. 11 2.1 CULTURAL STUDIES ..................................................................................................... 11 2.1.1 Identificação ................................................................................................................... 12 2.1.1.1 Identidade nacional ou mundializada? ......................................................................... 14 2.2 MÍDIA ................................................................................................................................ 16 2.2 A MUNDIALIZAÇÃO ...................................................................................................... 28 2.3. GERAÇÃO Y .................................................................................................................... 31 2.3.1 De Barrados no Baile a 90210 ......................................................................................... 35 2.3.2 Os Upper East Siders ..................................................................................................... 38 3. METODOLOGIA ................................................................................................................. 41 4. ESPELHO, ESPELHO MEU... A ANÁLISE DAS ENTREVISTAS ................................. 42 4.1 Maria ................................................................................................................................... 42 4.1.1 Joana ............................................................................................................................... 42 4.1.2 Rita ................................................................................................................................. 43 4.1.3 Francisca ......................................................................................................................... 43 4.2 Quatro meninas e uma análise ............................................................................................ 43 4.3 Consumo de mídia .............................................................................................................. 44 4.4 Recepção de Gossip Girl ................................................................................................... 48 4.5 O momento de recepção ..................................................................................................... 50 5 CONSIDERAÇÕES FINAIS ................................................................................................ 52 REFERÊNCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS .................................................................................... 56 7 1 INTRODUÇÃO Os Estudos Culturais são uma perspectiva teórico/metodológica da comunicação e, segundo Mattelart e Mattelart (1999, p. 108), “a originalidade do centro e da problemática dos Cultural Studies no final dos anos 50 consiste em conseguir reunir grupos de trabalho em torno de diferentes áreas de pesquisas [...]e vincular seus trabalhos a questões suscitadas por movimentos sociais”. Os Estudos Culturais ou Cultural Studies estudam grupos sociais, seus comportamentos, consumo, recepção. E há uma relação entre comunicação e cultura? Escosteguy (2004, apud Jacks e Escosteguy, 2005, p. 66) afirma, a partir da visão de Martín-Barbero, que “trata-se de ver a comunicação a partir da cultura e atravessar sua proposta de investigação de uma aproximação antropológica, pois o cotidiano tem valor histórico para compreender a sociedade”. Essa ligação entre os dois assuntos traz outro questionamento: como a cultura é disseminada? É aí que a mídia se apresenta. Seus meios, tanto impressos como eletrônicos, levam esta cultura para todos os cantos do mundo e para todos os grupos sociais. A mídia não é apenas uma ferramenta de comunicação. Katz (2004, p. 20), afirma que “a mídia também afeta nossa vida por meio do seu papel de entreter”. Este papel de entretenimento fica a cargo da televisão, que é um meio bastante presente no cotidiano da sociedade contemporânea, juntamente com a Internet. Ela começou com o sinal aberto para quem quisesse ver, mas seu público foi ficando cada vez mais segmentado. Foi quando surgiu a necessidade de criar novos canais que tratassem de um assunto específico. Os Estados Unidos foram os pioneiros na TV por assinatura e ela iniciou uma verdadeira “febre”, os seriados de televisão, que ajudaram a tornar a TV uma produtora de cultura. Segundo Katz (2004, p. 20), “comédias de costumes na televisão norte-americana, [...] ajudaram a influenciar atitudes e comportamentos relativos as questões de raça e igualdade”. As séries americanas são sucesso deste a década de 1950, elas abordam os mais diversos temas e são dirigidos aos mais diversos públicos. A série Gossip Girl é produzida pelo canal CW e exibida no Brasil pela Warner Channel, canal de TV por assinatura, e pelo canal brasileiro de TV aberta SBT, com o nome de Gossip Girl, a garota do blog. Ela é voltada para o público adolescente e está há três anos no ar; aqui no Brasil desde 8 de novembro de 2007 e nos EUA, desde 19 de setembro de 2007 e ela trata do cotidiano de jovens de classe média alta de
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