The media and their "social arms": journalism, participation and citizenship in the program “Correio Verdade”

The media plays central role in political mobilization focused on self-help and charity. This trend connects with the neoliberal economic context which requires parallel strategies to promote popular organization and is exemplified by the explosion of "NGOs". In this paper we discuss the r...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: AIRES, Janaine S. Freire
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2015
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB)
Repository:Âncora - Revista Latino-americana de Jornalismo
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufpb.br:article/24686
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufpb.br/ojs2/index.php/ancora/article/view/24686
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Jornalismo
Participação
Cidadania
Política.
Journalism
Participation
Citizenship
Policy.
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Summary:The media plays central role in political mobilization focused on self-help and charity. This trend connects with the neoliberal economic context which requires parallel strategies to promote popular organization and is exemplified by the explosion of "NGOs". In this paper we discuss the role that the media takes this process, analyzing the political construction process of the program "Correio Verdade" (TV Correio, Rede Record/Paraíba).