A RELAÇÃO MASSA-ENERGIA NOS RECURSOS AUDIOVISUAIS DA INDÚSTRIA CULTURAL: CONTRIBUIÇÕES PARA O ENSINO DE FÍSICA

Abstract

This work analyzes representations of the mass energy relationship, E=mc2, in audiovisual resources from the cultural industry, more precisely, YouTube videos and documentary films. This study seeks to answer the question: how is the mass-energy relationship addressed in audiovisual media? Videos available on YouTube and documentary films that address the mass-energy relationship were analyzed. The concepts of cultural industry, developed by Adorno and Horkheimer in the book Dialectic of Enlightenment, and semi-formation, presented by Adorno in the Theory of Semiformation guide the analysis. Initially we present a bibliographic survey on the relation E=mc2 in papers from journals in the area of Science. Then, we analyze the way mass- energy relationship is presented in eleven Brazilian videos available on YouTube and in six documentary films available online. With the analysis, it appears that most of the analyzed audiovisual resources present conceptual errors about the mass-energy relationship, promoting a distorted and mistaken view, a semi-formation about the famous relationship.