O par post/comentário em rede social: um estudo a partir da noção de gêneros textuais

Abstract

Today we can see the growth of language forms mediated by information and communication technologies. It is through these findings and in this context that this dissertation is introduced. Its theme is characterized by the pair post/ comments within the light of concept text genres. Our objective is to reflect on the mentioned material above in order to answer the following questions: (a) is post and comment two genres or parts of the same phenomenon of communication / genrer; (b) if these are genre, how do we then characterize them and differentiate between them; (c) if this post is not a new genre, how can we specifically characterize it as a tool and which aspects of the post tie it to the genre comment. In order to answer these questions, our methodological option was a documented study of qualitative nature. This consisted with the collection of publications from the researcher s social network profile within Facebook during the period of the Brazilian elections in 2014, specifically from the month of October. The posts and selected comments refer exclusively to the topic of presidential elections. We understand that social networks have been a great incentive towards writing production and therefore promote reading comprehension activities. With regard to the particular chosen theme, we welcomed and encouraged intense debate. When reflecting on literature, we prepare this work for the birth of a new text genre and also how it is received so the reader is involved in the process. To analyze the data, we use the proposed Donato (2014), discussing the four constituent pillars of genre - communicative function, form, content and support. We also considered three levels: production, reception and context. The theoretical and methodological basis we followed the perspective of sociocognitive, based especially on studies from Marcuschi (2005, 2008, 2010), Koch (1996, 2003) and Koch and Elias (2008, 2013), as well as the foundations of Bakhtin (1997) on the socio-historical character of genres. By way of conclusion, according to our analysis, we stressed the interdependence of the pair of elements studied. However, we defend the limitation of the post as an eminently digital text genre and not just as a tool or part of a genre comment