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2017 - Volume 1 - Number 2

Visual Narratives: Image and Consciousness of Social Reality

Christine Wagner * christiane.wagner@malix.univ-paris1.fr *ORCID: 0000-0002-3445-1446 * ResearcherID: T-9766-20177
UNICAMP, Institute of Arts, São Paulo

Open Journal for Sociological Studies, 2017, 1(2), 73-82 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojss.0102.05073w
Online Published Date: 15 December 2017

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KEY WORDS: illusion, determination, media, transformation, cultures.

ABSTRACT:
This article concerns images that portray a social reality in relation to the ability that humans have to create narratives that are a configuration of the collective consciousness. According to arguments developed in the literature and broadcasted by the media, citizens’ actions guard both the public space and the configuration of culture. The images associated with relevant issues determine the public’s responses and give more power to public opinion. However, the results of innovation depend on the political will at any given time. According to Jürgen Habermas, the rationality of the discourse of decision makers guides the collective conscience through their communicative actions. In this sense, the message and its ideology can effect changes by capitalizing on belief in the narratives. Therefore, the main goal is to understand social reality in relation to the influence of visual narratives.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Christiane Wagner, Rua Theodor Herzl, 49 ap. 51, Sao Paulo - 05014-020, Brazil. Email: christiane.wagner@malix.univ-paris1.fr.

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