Representations and meanings about contemporary slavery: a study about the campaign Eyes opened to not become a slave and subject's place (slave) on media

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  • Flávia Almeida Moura Universidade Federal do Maranhão

Keywords:

Communication strategies. Network. Slave work.

Abstract

The article analyzes communication strategies concerning to the Campaign of Prevention and Fight against Slavery named Eyes Opened to Not Become a Slave, created by LPC (Land Pastoral Commission), organization connected do the Catholic Church. Although the campaign is national, the proposed discussion deals more directly to the seduction network and accusation of contemporary slavery in Maranhão, object of research done since 2009, by the project Voices of Hope: strategies of communication in seduction networks and accusation of contemporary slavery context in Maranhão, lead by the author. Simultaneously to the analyze of the campaign, we try to figure out the subject’s place (slave) on media, from the production and reception of representations and meanings.

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Author Biography

Flávia Almeida Moura, Universidade Federal do Maranhão

Mestre em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade Federal do Maranhão/UFMA, Professora Assistente do Departamento de Comunicação Social da Universidade Federal do Maranhão/UFMA e coordenadora do projeto de pesquisa Vozes da Esperança: estratégias de comunicação em redes de aliciamento e denúncia no contexto do trabalho escravo no Maranhão.

Published

2013-12-19

How to Cite

MOURA, F. A. Representations and meanings about contemporary slavery: a study about the campaign Eyes opened to not become a slave and subject’s place (slave) on media. Em Questão, Porto Alegre, v. 19, n. 2, p. 217–235, 2013. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EmQuestao/article/view/26853. Acesso em: 25 jun. 2025.

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