It's always six o'clock now: as gerações de 30, 60 e 90 sob a ótica da pressa, das acelerações do tempo e dos diferentes momentos da evolução das tecnologias da comunicação

Abstract

This research proposes reflections about the perception of time in different periods of communication technologies evolution, such as: (1) the period of newspapers, magazines, radio and the cinema predominance, (2) the period of the television expansion in Brazil and (3) the period that consists of the expansion of the use of internet and the advent of satellite transmissions. Thus, it discusses the perception of time through the social practices related to hurry of three different generations: the 30's, the 60's and the 90's, and the relation established between an accelerated perception of time and the technologies studied in this dissertation. The empirical basis of the research consists of nine interviews which were held according to the Oral History techniques, a theoretical-methodology proposal that added new possibilities to the already known techniques and are widely applied in researches conducted by the Communication Sciences, providing new horizons, due to the revaluing of single experiences and individualizing voices in a historical period where “globalization” fortifies the mass concept. The research theoretical foundation shows reflections based specially on Norval Baitello Junior, José Carlos Meihy, Renato Ortiz, Stephen Bertman and Paul Virilio. The hermeneutical approach proposed by Michel de Certeau acted as the basis in the processing of the information collected in the field research developed during the investigation.