2022-08-182022-08-182017-06SIGNATES, Luiz; DAMASIO, João. Comunicação, identidade e performance: análise categorial de transições simbólicas religiosas como método de estudo dos ambientes de comunicação. Questões Transversais, São Leopoldo, v. 5, n. 9, p. 51-58, jan./jun. 2017.e- 2318-6372http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/21161Based on an epistemological concern, this text shows the centrality of the symbolic transitions to create analytical categories in communication environments, taking as examples two studies on media and religion. It discusses the relevance of the method for the delimitation of the communicational object and contrasts the notions of system, environment and symbol. In the religious situations studied, the spiritualist village of Palmelo (GO) and Church in Connection, identity and performance were specified as descriptive categories of the symbolic transitions.porAcesso Abertohttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/MetodologiaAmbientes de comunicaçãoSistemas simbólicosIdentidadePerformanceMethodologyCommunication environmentsSymbolic systemsIdentityPerformanceArtigo