The New Visibility

Authors

  • John B. Thompson Universidade de Cambridge

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v1i2p15-38

Keywords:

visibility, communication media, politics, public domain

Abstract

The starting point is the idea that the world media produces a new mediated visibility, making visible the actions and events ever more difficult to control. It is an explicit strategy of those who know well be mediated visibility can be a weapon in fighting the daily struggles. This essay briefly outline my thinking the new visibility and its implications. Begin by placing the issue of visibility in the context of a social theory of the media, since - as I will try show - the emergence of a new visibility is defined nitivamente related to new ways of acting and interacting with the media brought.

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Author Biography

  • John B. Thompson, Universidade de Cambridge
    Professor de Sociologia na Universidade de Cambridge, Inglaterra.

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Published

2008-04-15

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2008)

Section

Dossier

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How to Cite

Thompson, J. B. (2008). The New Visibility. MATRIZes, 1(2), 15-38. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v1i2p15-38