The images of the teacher in the social network "facebook": contradictions and relations with precarisation

Abstract

The capitalist structure of the last decades, marked by the globalization of the economy, political changes, and the neoliberal model, triggered a productive restructuring in all economy sectors, producing reflections in the world of work. In education, these changes have significantly affected the teacher’s work. Each day this professional is exposed to difficult situations in their work, and the internet has often been the channel to show discontent with the profession and the shaken prestige. The objective of this work is to analyze how the teaching image is portrayed in the virtual environment, specifically in facebook, identifying, mainly, images that denote aspects of precariousness of the profession. For analysis of the images we sought support in the concept of the collective imaginary. The methodology followed the qualitative approach, the type of research was characterized as a netnographic research and had as information treatment content analysis. The research was carried out in the fanpage "Profissão Professor", its observation and monitoring were carried out between the years of 2012-2017. In the collection were located 88 images that presented aspects that denoted features of precarization. Through the analysis it was noticed that the aspects commonly present in the images involve the disrespect and devaluation by the profession, the health of the teacher, the remuneration and the working conditions. It was concluded that the images reflect the devaluation and exalt the precarious working conditions. The reproduction of these images in the collective imagination can serve to perpetuate the stigmatized image of the profession or produce elements of struggle. The profession calls for a sense of appreciation