The Impact of Television Viewing in the Brazilian Amazon

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ID18978647
AuthorsRaul Reis (0000-0001-7354-5261, California State University System, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume57
Issue3
Pages253-257
Publication date1998-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Organization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.17730/humo.57.3.v23r600076793n26
OpenAlexW2069256246
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited2

This article reports the results of an ethnographic study on the impact of television viewing in the Brazilian Amazon. In the fall of 1996, the researcher spent three months doing field work in the community of Sao Joao de Pirabas. The narrative account that follows tries to answer these questions: What has been the role of television in the way that rural Brazilian communities construct their own interpretation of reality? And what kinds of cultural changes (if any) can be attributed to systematic and pervasive television viewing

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