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Titre Brazzaville à l'heure de la télévision congolaise
Auteur Manga Bekombo
Mir@bel Revue Revue Française de Sociologie
Numéro 1966, 7-2
Page 188-200
Résumé anglais Manga Bekombo : Brazzaville at Congolese television time. The inauguration of the Congolese television gave us the opportunity to witness the confrontation of two civilizations : one, called traditional, the other characterised as modern. The passing from a traditional technique (percussion) to a scientific technique of mass communication (Radio-television) requires an effort of adaptation on the part of the Congolese autochtone. Television, stripped of its proper science, is integrated into a magic system, traditional, in the sense that it allows a sort of dialogue between an absent person and yourself (audience) ; the communication it ensures is not only a message, but also that of a witch, whose power extends at a distance over its subject. The image and the sound are situated in a conflict where words are practically always the loosers : with the flow of images, the autochtone tells his own tale. But the conflict between the image and its supporting commentary ceases as soon as the set image-sound evokes the spectator's own life. This confirms the widespread idea that a common knowledge is necessary between the message sender and the receiver.
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