Sr. Gino Grondona-Opazo:

I believe that you would serve as an excellent reviewer of the manuscript, "Social representations of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in Brazilian media," which has been submitted to Revista Interamericana de Psicologia/Interamerican Journal of Psychology. The submission's abstract is inserted below, and I hope that you will consider undertaking this important task for us.

Please log into the journal web site by 2017-04-22 to indicate whether you will undertake the review or not, as well as to access the submission and to record your review and recommendation. The web site is https://journal.sipsych.org/index.php/IJP

The review itself is due 2017-05-13.

If you do not have your username and password for the journal's web site, you can use this link to reset your password (which will then be emailed to you along with your username). https://journal.sipsych.org/index.php/IJP/login/resetPassword/ginogrondona?confirm=31023d045e8290acae5992554ee48d5f4a32d1341ad988374e28706a92f17c23%3A1492309345

Submission URL: https://journal.sipsych.org/index.php/IJP/reviewer/submission/209

Thank you for considering this request.

Dr. Edil Torres Rivera
South University
etorresrivera@gmail.com



"Social representations of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in Brazilian media"

Abstract
This study aimed to identify the social representations about MMA on the Brazilian media. In order to that, three medias were chosen: a magazine, a daily news website and a newspaper. In total, 316 articles were obtained from the years of 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 e 2013. The statistical analysis was performed in Iramuteq, which held a descending hierarchical classification. As a result, four classes were generated and classified as: "Exercise", "Motivation for the fight", "Advertisement" and "Personalities". Using the classes, it was identified that the advertisement around the MMA’s events is gaining prominence and generating social values, knowledge and practices about MMA. The MMA repercussion is gaining space in media and, consequently, is appearing more in daily life news and affecting people’s view about the sport.
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Edil Torres Rivera, Ph.D., Editor
Interamerican Journal of Psychology
http://journal.sipsych.org/index.php/IJP