Political Journalism: Democracy, Citizenship, Anomia

Journalism and democracy are twin brothers: this is the metaphor used by the author in order to argue that the journalism nature is deeply political. Nevertheless, the coverage of public affairs was converted into journalism category, becoming a specialized section in the print press. This article f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Melo, José Marques de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Revista FAMECOS: Mídia cultura e tecnologia
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/4097
Acceso en línea:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/revistafamecos/article/view/4097
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Journalism
political journalism
press freedom
Jornalismo
jornalismo político
liberdade de imprensa
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Sumario:Journalism and democracy are twin brothers: this is the metaphor used by the author in order to argue that the journalism nature is deeply political. Nevertheless, the coverage of public affairs was converted into journalism category, becoming a specialized section in the print press. This article focus is the political journalism practiced in Brazil, which profile was build from the concepts and tools shared by reporters in action and which challenges are discussed on the framework of the representative democracy.