“Faz a pessoa abrir a cabeça para um novo mundo”: leituras sobre o consumo do livro por adolescentes

Abstract

The following work seeks to understand the ways in which mediations between school and family contribute in adolescents’ relations with the consumption of books and reading. This study meets the Cultural Studies area, mainly in the mediation and the socio cultural perspectives, in order to comprehend the use and appropriation of books as media product. The research was conducted with High School students from a public school from Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. Methodologically ethnographic techniques were employed such as participant observation, informal conversations, field journal, questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. It was concluded that both school and family mediations are crucial to adolescents’ constitution concerning encouraging the act of reading and love for books beyond the school’s environment. Nevertheless the fact that adolescents are immersed in a world full of numerous possibilities the relationship with books is intense, with books constituting an important product whereby the young absorb media content and promoting socialisation amongst the subjects.