“No comments?” Can commentary be a means of expression for the social scientist?
Keywords:
comment/comentário, reflexivity/reflexividade, sociology of sciences/sociologia da ciênciaAbstract
Commenting is often what social scientists are asked to do when they intervene in the media. In this article, we propose to analyze such commentary in the context of the relationship between the media and researchers. We will try to understand what the researcher is doing and where he stands when he makes his comments. We will also try to determine which position is given to him by the commentary: that of a commentator, an expert or a scientist? If the principal characteristic of the comment is to highlight what it comments upon, what is the difference between such comment and a sociological description?
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‘Comentário’ é muitas vezes o que é pedido aos cientistas sociais quando falam nos meios de comunicação. Neste artigo, propomo-nos a analisar tal comentário no contexto da relação entre os media e investigadores. Vamos tentar entender o que o pesquisador está a fazer e qual o seu posicionamento quando elabora esse comentário. Vamos também tentar determinar em que posição o comentário o coloca: a de um comentador, de um especialista ou de um cientista? Se a principal característica do comentário é esclarecer o objecto que comenta, qual é a diferença entre tal comentário e uma descrição sociológica?
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