Carnaval e as perspectivas midiáticas o mundo do samba na internet: do real para o virtual e do virtual para o real

Abstract

The history of Carnival websites. The research on carnival and samba schools on the internet. The difficulty and easiness to upload information about the Carnival and its associations. The use of cyberspace as a tool to preserve the memory of carnival and to promote academic works on samba and Carnival. Internet as a broadcasting media to associations and as opinion shaper on the facts and gossip regarding the parades. Scenery of the Brazilian Carnival on internet.