Kaleidoscopic Realities: Italian Mafia(s) Fiction’s Audiences in Argentina

  • María Soledad Balsas Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7410/1431
Keywords: Audiencia, Mafia, Ficción, Italia, Argentina

Abstract

Los escasos estudios realizados sobre las mafias italianas en Argentina señalan un fenómeno delimitado histórica y geográ-ficamente. Las ficciones sobre las mafias parecen proporcionar el marco inter-pretativo básico para abordar este pro-blema. Tienen el potencial de ayudar a generar un efecto de normalización de conductas, aceptación de grupos, estilos de vida, promoción de principios y modelos y posicionamiento social de personajes mafiosos que son de fundamental impor-tancia para la difusión de la cultura mafiosa. ¿Cómo funciona este proceso a nivel transnacional? Para responder a esta pregunta, se presen-tarán los principales resultados de un expe-rimento basado en la investigación empírica sobre audiencias.

 

The few studies conducted on Italian ma­fias in Argentina pointed out to a histori­cally and geographically delimited phe­nomenon. Mafias fictions seem to provide the basic interpretative scheme to ap­proach this issue. Mafias dramas have the potential to contribute to generate an ef­fect of normalisation of behaviors, accep­tance of groups, lifestyles, promotion of principles and models, and social posi­tioning of mafia characters that are of key importance for the dissemination of mafia cultures. How does this process actually work in a transnational basis? To address this question, the main findings of a two-step experiment based on empirical audi­ence research will be presented.

Author Biography

María Soledad Balsas, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

María Soledad Balsas holds a permanent research position at Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina. She obtained a PhD in Social Sciences (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina), a Masters degree in Migration Studies (Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza', Italy), a Bache-lor degree in Social Communication (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina), and a Teacher Training Diploma in the same field (Universidad de Buenos Ai-res, Argentina). Her main areas of research interest refer to different aspects of transnational migration and media. She has been engaged in several research projects and consultancy work at national and international level. She is a member of the editorial board of a scientific journal in Costa Rica and collabo-rated as an external reviewer with numerous international scientific journals. She received grants from governmental agencies and publicly-funded institu-tions in Argentina, Italy, Germany and Canada either to pursue postgraduate studies or to conduct research. Her publications include Televisión y participación política transnacional. Las audiencias de televisión italiana en Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires: Prometeo, 2018.

Published
2020-12-31
Issue
Vol 7/I n.s. (December 2020)
Section
Special Issue
Copyright (c) 2020 María Soledad Balsas

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