Distinction and sharing in the play of youth sociability: a study in a popular lan house

Authors

  • Carla Barros ESPM-RJ

Keywords:

Lan houses. Distinction. Popular classes.

Abstract

The objective of this study is to investigate appropriations of digital technologies in experiences of sociability in a group of poor urban workers, using an ethnographic approach in public spaces as lan houses. The article focuses on technological uses and their connections with issues as: the role of games as a motor of local sociability and the appropriation of digital technologies as a way of producing identities and classifications, through social distinction and cultural tastes.

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Author Biography

Carla Barros, ESPM-RJ

Doutora em Administração pelo Instituto COPPEAD de Administração da UFRJ

Profª da ESPM-RJ (Escola Superior em Propaganda e Marketing) e do GEC IACS (Departamento de Estudos Culturais e Mídia da UFF)

Published

2011-07-12

How to Cite

Barros, C. “Distinction and Sharing in the Play of Youth Sociability: A Study in a Popular Lan House”. Intexto, no. 24, July 2011, pp. 209-22, https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/intexto/article/view/16487.

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