(No) boundaries between public and private in media convergence times: Rio de Janeiro’s collective rape as an event

Abstract

This article discusses the collective rape that took place in May 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, as the establishment of an event, in the conception proposed by Foucault and Derrida for the term. Adopting a discursive perspective and the studies on the culture of the convergence developed by Jenkins, we reflect on some meaning effects and the consequences in politico-social field that emerged from the aforementioned event by the time it was disclosed by different media.--- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22409/cadletrasuff.2017n54a350

Keywords

• acontecimento
• convergência das mídias
• estupro coletivo.