Olhares sobre a fronteira Brasil-Paraguai a partir de fotografias presentes nas mídias eletrônicas

Abstract

This paper aims to identify, analyze and reflect on the limits and possibilities of ideas and views on the Brazil-Paraguay border are constructed from the images conveyed by the electronic media. Considering that Mato Grosso do Sul has significant area in the border region, many are the media of the region that deliver news and pictures of the border areas. As part of the school Geography, our goal is to identify the possible elements that contribute to the construction of conceptions of the border from these images and contribute to the reflection on the educational potential of the images, especially the photo in teaching Geography. Contemporary society is experiencing a visual era, the emergence of various photographic imaging technologies has increased its circulation, especially in the electronic media where information and images are spread with great speed, requiring that individuals know decode them and interpret them, demonstrating the importance of literacy and visual literacy in contemporary society, so that individuals receive and interpret in a critical manner and contextualized the various images that circulate in society. Through the theoretical discussions and survey and analysis of images related to the Brazil-Paraguay border present in the electronic media, we realize that the media often present situations of conflict and violence sensational and decontextualized, and while these situations are on border thematic or various approaches by the media they end up reaching a leveraged impact on society, showing the influence that the media plays in creating imaginary and realities in contemporary times. It was found also that the local border towns electronic media seek to enhance the site helping to bring people of the two nations, expanding the vision of borders and cultures beyond the geopolitical boundaries.