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El concepto de poder simbólico como recurso para comprender la dimensión política de la comunicación masiva: hacia una posible articulación entre las propuestas de Pierre Bourdieu y John B. Thompson

2012; Complutense University of Madrid; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5209/rev_meso.2012.n10.39680

1989-0494

Abel Somohano Fernández,

Youth Culture and Social Dynamics

This article analyses the concept of symbolic power made by authors such as Pierre Bourdieu and John B. Thompson, among others, to propose a possible joint articulation in tribute to a complex understanding of the political role that the mass media play in the public sphere. The considerations made by these authors can help to explain the position of the media in the development of symbolic struggles in specific sociohistorical contexts while also promoting a more accurate definition of the multiple tensions in one’s everyday ac.