Recepção midiática e migrações contemporâneas: usos de mídias e sentidos sobre o trabalho entre migrantes na região sul do Brasil

Abstract

This paper relates to Latin-American studies into the media reception and aims to analyze the uses, by Latin-American migrants, of media means related to the universe of labor in the city of Caxias do Sul, RS. The theoretical framework is based on the concepts of migration, reception and work from authors like Jesus Martín-Barbero, Denise Cogo, José de Souza Martins, Michel De Certeau, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Jacques Marre and Anthony Giddens. The methodology, of a qualitative nature, consists of techniques of life history carried out with a sample of 10 migrants, in addition to observation and documentary research. The results of the analyses highlight the uses of media by migrants in undertaking the migration project, maintenance and search of jobs in the city of Caxias do Sul, migration place and as a work space.