The deconstruction of suspense in the soap opera for the valorization of know before

Authors

  • Luiz Antonio de Paula Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9125.v13i1p33-41

Keywords:

Communication, soap opera, synergy among media, information and suspense.

Abstract

Starting from the verification that great part of Brazilian TV soap operas attendees sits down before the TV devices already knowing what will happen during the chapters, this article analyzes the possible synergy among the several media ways. To explain the communication phenomenon revealed in the acceptance of the break of the suspense, which is characteristic of this TV product, the study highlights the valorization of the power of having the information and the new viewer’s profile, as a product of an urban reality, where the anxieties and doubts in the real don’t allow to dedicate to uncertainties of the fiction.

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Author Biography

  • Luiz Antonio de Paula, Universidade de São Paulo
    Mestrando em Ciências da Comunicação na ECA-USP. Diretor dos jornais Ipiranga News e Jabaquara News. Editor chefe do jornal Diário Popular (1988-1995).

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Published

2008-04-30

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2008): O trânsito entre culturas e as práticas de comunicação e educação

Section

National Articles

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How to Cite

Paula, L. A. de. (2008). The deconstruction of suspense in the soap opera for the valorization of know before. Comunicação & Educação, 13(1), 33-41. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9125.v13i1p33-41