Consumídia: pesquisa etnográfica sobre o consumo de mídia entre os jovens na fronteira oeste do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

The technological progress has been consolidated a new one digital society, composed mostly of young inserted in this nucleus since a long time ago. This is called “digital generation”. The ethnographic research has as object of study the mobile devices (cell) of the youth from border, supported on “Falácia da Caixa Preta” of Henry Jenkins, understood as a human body‟s extension. The research about the border towns in media consumption in Rio Grande do Sul still show that they are incipient, from this, we seek to know that and understand the consumption, watching this relationship between young people between 18 and 24 years old, filling the gap in state scenario, and contributing to a better understanding of the network society.