«Ouvir sem ouvir»

«If there is something that characterizes the evryday relationship with the radio it is taht nobody sits down to listen to it, and many times, people do not pay attention to the broadcast (...). The distracted way of relating to the radio, manifested in the attitude of 'listening without listening' or keeping the radio on as 'background music', constitues a cyclic mechanism of withdrawal-connection that characterizes communication practices in domestic sphere» (Winocur, 2005: 323)