Scandal and corruption:
on the recreation of the invisible through Mass media.
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https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2021.v44n1.09.p125Keywords:
Corruption, Invisibility, Mass media, Observation, ScandalAbstract
The phenomenon of corruption cannot be thought without the enclosure of its symbolic discursive possibilities. The information that, through mass media, appears articulated in the form of scandal ends up determining the structure of its factual scrutiny. The question then arises as to why corrupt practices support the discourse of scandal, as well as the substantiation of mass media as valuable tools for portraying illicit behavior. We will try to answer these questions by presupposing an aesthetics of “invisibility” inherent to media artifacts, which is in turn strengthened by the discursive potentialities of corrupt practices.
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