Understanding a journalistic narrative does not adhere solely to strictly rational or logical rules. It is shaped by the affections that the reader experiences from the stimuli provided by the imago-textual message. Assuming that societies are organized around shared sensitivities in flux, we structure our theoretical object through three perspectives: the affections mobilized in consumers of independent media narratives; the narrative of a social event through the enunciative actions of independent media; and the processes of subjectivation of individuals and collectives in a state of social protest.
To address these perspectives, we use a theoretical framework combining Marilena Chaui, Vladimir Safatle, and Muniz Sodré’s understanding of affections in informational media; Michel de Certeau’s notion of narrative; Paul Ricoeur’s concept of narrative identity; Jacques Rancière’s dual concept of politics and police; and discuss the political and aesthetic functions within narratives of violence during social mobilizations with Oscar Aguilera and Rose de Melo Rocha. Our empirical focus is on the imagistic representations produced during the protests against the São Paulo state school reorganization proposal in 2015. Specifically, we are interested in discussing the narrative identity of scenes of violence between students and the São Paulo military police as mediated by online independent journalism. Thus, we question the emotional foundation of communication, from which emerges the idea of a self-reflective subject.
Expertise in Visual Communication, Teaching-Learning Processes, and Specific Education Topics.