Sociabilidade em tempos de quarentena: o WhatsApp como ferramenta de interação social durante a pandemia de COVID-19
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Artigo
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Nível teórico
Data
2021
Título do Períodico
Travessias
ISSN
1982-5935
Página(s)/e-location
404-422
Idioma(s)
pt
Fonte
Fonte
Cascavel, PR
15
2
maio/ago.
15
2
maio/ago.
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O homem é um ser social por natureza. A necessidade de se comunicar é algo inerente à sua própria existência. Mas como pode ele se comunicar com outras pessoas em tempos de quarentena e isolamento social que precisam ser seguidos em decorrência da pandemia do coronavírus? O aplicativo WhatsApp mostra-se como sendo um aliado virtual para suprir essa demanda, uma vez que possibilita a interação entre pessoas que não se veem pessoalmente, mas que, por algum motivo, estão ligadas socialmente. Por meio de mensagens informacionais, conversacionais e até mesmo de caráter lúdico, tal aplicativo serve de instrumento para que a socialização e a sociabilidade entre as pessoas continuem acontecendo em tempos de quarentena. Neste artigo, o objetivo é mostrar exemplos reais de três grupos de pessoas e a interação neles realizada através das mensagens trocadas no WhatsApp, para que se observe como a sociabilidade se dá em tais circunstâncias. Usando referências de autores que já escreveram sobre a sociabilidade que ocorre em redes sociais, tais como Recuero (2004), Haroche (2011), Simmel (1983), Palacios (1996) e Santos (2014), e aplicando-se uma metodologia de pesquisa bibliográfica e também de observação estruturada, passiva e realizada em ambiente virtual, onde foram analisadas conversas trocadas entre membros dos três grupos de WhatsApp selecionados para este trabalho, observamos resultados que mostram que, apesar de distantes fisicamente, as pessoas continuam realizando atos de sociabilidade, que, durante o período de quarentena, só são possíveis de ocorrer devido ao uso do aplicativo WhatsApp.
Man is a natural social being. The need to communicate is something inherent to his own existence. But how can he communicate with other people in times of quarantine and social isolation, which need to be followed due to the coronavirus pandemics? The WhatsApp app can be conveyed as a virtual ally to supply such demand, once it enables the interaction of people who do not see each other personally, but who, for some reason, are socially connected. By means of informational, conversational and even playful messages, such app serves as a tool for sociability and socialization to continue existing among people during the quarantine times. In this paper, we aim at showing real examples of three groups of people who use this app and the interaction fullfilled by the exchanging of messages in such groups, so that we can observe how sociability is held in such circumstances. By using references of researchers who have already written about sociability held in social networks, such as Recuero (2004), Haroche (2011), Simmel (1983), Palacios (1996) and Santos (2014), and by applying both the bibliographic methodology as well as the passive, structured observation performed in a virtual environment, where we have observed the conversations exchanged among the members of the three WhatsApp groups studied in this paper, we could observe results which convey that, although physically distant, these people continue performing sociability acts, which, during the quarantine, are only possible to occur due to the use of the WhatsApp app.
Man is a natural social being. The need to communicate is something inherent to his own existence. But how can he communicate with other people in times of quarantine and social isolation, which need to be followed due to the coronavirus pandemics? The WhatsApp app can be conveyed as a virtual ally to supply such demand, once it enables the interaction of people who do not see each other personally, but who, for some reason, are socially connected. By means of informational, conversational and even playful messages, such app serves as a tool for sociability and socialization to continue existing among people during the quarantine times. In this paper, we aim at showing real examples of three groups of people who use this app and the interaction fullfilled by the exchanging of messages in such groups, so that we can observe how sociability is held in such circumstances. By using references of researchers who have already written about sociability held in social networks, such as Recuero (2004), Haroche (2011), Simmel (1983), Palacios (1996) and Santos (2014), and by applying both the bibliographic methodology as well as the passive, structured observation performed in a virtual environment, where we have observed the conversations exchanged among the members of the three WhatsApp groups studied in this paper, we could observe results which convey that, although physically distant, these people continue performing sociability acts, which, during the quarantine, are only possible to occur due to the use of the WhatsApp app.
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Redes Sociais, Técnica de Observação, COVID-19, Interação Virtual, Social Networks, Observation Technique, COVID-19, Virtual Interaction
Citação
PEREIRA, Fernanda de Fátima Fernandes; FORTUNA, Daniele Ribeiro; SILVA, Renato. Sociabilidade em tempos de quarentena: o WhatsApp como ferramenta de interação social durante a pandemia de COVID-19. Travessias, Cascavel, PR, v. 15, n. 2, p. 404-422, maio/ago. 2021. https://doi.org/10.48075/rt.v15i2.27349. Disponível em: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/travessias/article/view/27349. Acesso em: 2022-02-21