Midiatização da religião: o fenômeno comunicacional Padre Fábio de Melo.

Abstract

Society is increasingly going through the process of mediatization, which basically consists of the adaptation of institutions to the logic of the media. The objective of this work is to analyze what transformations this process has caused and is causing in the religious sphere, what influences and impacts on the lives of those who live the religious reality, analyzed mainly from the perspective of Catholicism. For this purpose, an observation was made based on research in digital platforms and social networks, accompanying Father Fábio de Melo, who is the object of study of this work, in his preaching and reflections present in these media. It is also to understand how religious and faithful have been reached and influenced in the belief and transformation of life as a result of this appropriation. Father Fábio de Melo is currently considered a very influential agent in the religious milieu and for his posture and way of preaching he has been more and more followed through the networks and also being an agent of personal transformation through his priesthood. The analysis of the presence of the priest in the media such as, for example, in the Spiritual Direction Program, which is part of the programming grid of TV Canção Nova, and is commanded by the priest, was the bias of choice, due to the reach of a growing number of people from the use of these new possibilities offered by media coverage. From the virtual analysis and real, physical experiences, it was possible to recognize Christians who had their lives modified by the sacred through the priest through this process that we analyze here that unfolds in so many digital platforms and also in digital social networks, where the priest is also present. The analysis of this work is qualitative and is subdivided into items that, from the material collected, enable an understanding of the process of mediatization and also if the appropriation to it has had positive effects for Catholicism.