Os meios de comunicação eletrônicos são responsabilizados por supostos desvios das práticas leitoras. Influenciados pelas teorias críticas da comunicação, especialmente ligadas à Escola de Frankfurt, pesquisadores afirmam que os media representam o principal impedimento para que os jovens se aproximem dos livros. Os estímulos audiovisuais de suportes, como a televisão, o rádio, a internet e o videogame, em geral marcados pela superficialidade e pela tentativa de induzir as audiências ao consumo, minimizariam o contato com vivências mais complexas que se manifestam no contato com o texto impresso. Propondo uma inversão deste ponto de vista, uma pesquisa etnográfica foi realizada em sala de leitura de uma escola municipal de São Paulo. O objetivo era identificar relações entre as experiências vivenciadas com os produtos midiáticos e o possível interesse que eles podem despertar em relação aos livros. Alinhado com autores como Martín-Barbero, Canclini e Orozco, que consideram a possibilidade de utilização dos meios de comunicação para contribuir com o processo de educação, o percurso teórico do estudo abrangeu ainda uma revisão das teorias críticas, ideias acerca da função e do conceito de leitura e a influência dos fatores culturais neste processo. / The electronic communication media are responsible for supposed challenges to reading practices. Influenced by critical communication theories, particularly those linked to the Frankfurt School, researchers affirm that the media represent the main barrier between youth and books. Audiovisual support stimuli, such as television, radio, the internet and videogames, marked in general by superficiality and attempts to induce audiences to consumption, would minimize contact with more complex experiences that are manifest in contact with the printed word. Proposing a reversal of this perspective, an ethnographic study was conducted in a reading room of a São Paulo municipal school. The purpose was to identify relationships between experiences with media products and the possible interest in books that they may stimulate. Aligned with authors such as Martín-Barbero, Canclini and Orozco, who consider the possible use of communication media to contribute to education, the theoretical route of the study also included a review of the critical theories, ideas about the function and concept of reading and the influence of cultural factors in this process.

Battle Hall, located at the heart of the University of Texas at Austin’s campus since 1911, has been serving the University for a century. It was designed for cooling with natural ventilation prior to being fully air conditioned in the mid-1960s. The mechanical system currently installed in Battle Hall is over 40 years old. While it provides reasonable environment for the collections, it struggles to achieve stable conditions for various zones in the building. The purpose of this study is to consider isolating the Reading Room as an individual zone and explore the possibility of restoring natural ventilation as it was originally designed. There are various benefits in restoring natural ventilation to the hundred-year old Reading Room, including psychological benefits, indoor air quality, and energy savings. However, various concerns, such as environmental conditions, air pollutants, acoustic, and potential light damages, also exist. This study focuses on investigating the possibility of restoring natural ventilation by examining existing conditions, collection care requirements for library collections and historic architectural elements. Two data-loggers were placed in the Reading Room to record temperature and relative humidity readings for approximately five months. Through analysis of these readings of existing collection care settings and existing architectural settings, potential solutions and alternatives were considered and examined. These included non-action, hybrid natural ventilation, Johnson Controls Personal Environmental System, and HVAC shut-off. This study is the first of its kind for Battle Hall. As a Historic Structures Report of Battle Hall is commissioned by the University, this study provides a better understanding of potential solutions and alternatives to restore natural ventilation to Battle Hall. This may also serve as a platform to stimulate ideas and research on natural ventilation restoration to other buildings in the University. / text

Os meios de comunicação eletrônicos são responsabilizados por supostos desvios das práticas leitoras. Influenciados pelas teorias críticas da comunicação, especialmente ligadas à Escola de Frankfurt, pesquisadores afirmam que os media representam o principal impedimento para que os jovens se aproximem dos livros. Os estímulos audiovisuais de suportes, como a televisão, o rádio, a internet e o videogame, em geral marcados pela superficialidade e pela tentativa de induzir as audiências ao consumo, minimizariam o contato com vivências mais complexas que se manifestam no contato com o texto impresso. Propondo uma inversão deste ponto de vista, uma pesquisa etnográfica foi realizada em sala de leitura de uma escola municipal de São Paulo. O objetivo era identificar relações entre as experiências vivenciadas com os produtos midiáticos e o possível interesse que eles podem despertar em relação aos livros. Alinhado com autores como Martín-Barbero, Canclini e Orozco, que consideram a possibilidade de utilização dos meios de comunicação para contribuir com o processo de educação, o percurso teórico do estudo abrangeu ainda uma revisão das teorias críticas, ideias acerca da função e do conceito de leitura e a influência dos fatores culturais neste processo. / The electronic communication media are responsible for supposed challenges to reading practices. Influenced by critical communication theories, particularly those linked to the Frankfurt School, researchers affirm that the media represent the main barrier between youth and books. Audiovisual support stimuli, such as television, radio, the internet and videogames, marked in general by superficiality and attempts to induce audiences to consumption, would minimize contact with more complex experiences that are manifest in contact with the printed word. Proposing a reversal of this perspective, an ethnographic study was conducted in a reading room of a São Paulo municipal school. The purpose was to identify relationships between experiences with media products and the possible interest in books that they may stimulate. Aligned with authors such as Martín-Barbero, Canclini and Orozco, who consider the possible use of communication media to contribute to education, the theoretical route of the study also included a review of the critical theories, ideas about the function and concept of reading and the influence of cultural factors in this process.