Social representations of romantic love in Brazil’s most played radio songs in 2015

Abstract

This article aims at analyzing the social representations of romantic love found in the lyrics of the most played songs in Portuguese in Brazilian radio stations in 2015. We analyzed 95 songs, which were identified through a radio monitoring software, AudioMonitor. The data analysis was conducted using the descending hierarchical classification analysis tool of the software Alceste, which identified the existence of four classes. The results show that the social representations of romantic love presented in the lyrics of the analyzed songs follow a stable script of a romantic relationship (court, honeymoon, descending course and end) and often present themselves as justifiers of heteronormativity and social behaviors.

Keywords

• música
• representações sociais
• amor romântico