A audiência aos jogos da Premier League no Brasil: uma abordagem em Sociologia da Comunicação

Abstract

The present work proposes a sociological analysis based on the explanation of experts in sports coverage regarding the phenomenon of viewing Barclays Premier League matches live, on television or even via the internet. The main motivation for the study is the current situation of national championships, which are in clear technical and tactical decline. Objectively, we want to bring together here elements that we consider essential to understand these public choices, but we chose not to listen to consumers of these games as entertainment, but rather to listen to people who we consider experts on the subject, in the day-to-day work of the profession, in critical and commented coverage of the soccer. Therefore, our research is not quantitative: we are less interested in knowing or measuring how many fans make this choice, and what they would say about it, but rather how football experts see this movement, this trend. We used the instrument of questionnaire interview research and the methodology of sociological analysis, based on already published works and authors, Communication theorists.