A formação de grupos de midiativismo no Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

The article analyzes the social conditions necessary for the formation of collectives of midiativismo in Rio de Janeiro, understood these as groups that produce and convey audiovisual content over the internet. The text is based on images collected for the documentary Media in motion, which features the work of some community and alternative media groups of the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro; and in a few other interviews with midiativistas. We seek to show how the formation of these collectives can only be sociologically understood if we get information about the socio-historical context in which the phenomenon; individual and family trajectories of the individuals who compose them, with emphasis on their training processes; and their current socio-economic situation and motivations.