“I turned on the radio to see if it was true”: the credibility of local broadcast in times of fake news

Local radio stations have their journalistic programs anchored in information relevant to the daily life of the community, contributing to the symbolic proximity to the listener. The credibility of a media depends on pre-established conventions with its audience in consensual reading contracts. Thus...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Medeiros, Rafael, Prata, Nair
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Intexto (Porto Alegre)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/98044
Acceso en línea:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/intexto/article/view/98044
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Radiojornalismo
Rádio local
Credibilidade jornalística
Ouro Preto
Pesquisa de recepção
Fake news
Broadcast journalism
Local radio
Journalism credibility
Reception studies
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Sumario:Local radio stations have their journalistic programs anchored in information relevant to the daily life of the community, contributing to the symbolic proximity to the listener. The credibility of a media depends on pre-established conventions with its audience in consensual reading contracts. Thus, the purpose of the article is to highlight the places of credibility of local radio journalism in times of reduced confidence in the press and the spread of fake news. The reception research, which originated this clipping, has a multi-methodological basis and combines the application of questionnaires and oral history and semi-structured interviews to analyze the speeches of Radio Itatiaia Ouro Preto listeners about their listening experiences, relationship with the city of Ouro Preto (MG) and perceptions about the migration process from radio to FM. Using Discursive Textual Analysis, the interviews are explored here in light of the local radio's notion of credibility. The results show that local radio journalism continues to be the main and most reliable source of information for populations in small towns.