Media Watchers: A Profile of Press Criticism in Latin America
Media watchers are recent actors on the Latin American media scene, including the Brazilian one. However, there are examples of monitoring activity spread around the entire continent. Over and above contributing to the improvement of mass media, the observatories help to diff use a culture of critica...
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Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em Jornalismo
2006-12-01
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| description | Media watchers are recent actors on the Latin American media scene, including the Brazilian one. However, there are examples of monitoring activity spread around the entire continent. Over and above contributing to the improvement of mass media, the observatories help to diff use a culture of critical consumption of information. That contributes to the development of democracy by promoting values such as transparency, freedom and citizenship. This article refl ects, initially, on the conditions of the Brazilian media market. Following that, it evaluates the obstacles to the dissemination of a media criticism culture. At a third moment, the focus is amplifi ed and a profi le of Latin American media watchers is provided, emphasizing characteristics in common and aspects that distinguish them. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2529e918ae8c4a0c819a7b7093c1f2432022-12-21T17:48:47ZengAssociação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em JornalismoBrazilian Journalism Research1808-40791981-98542006-12-0122112810.25200/BJR.v2n2.2006.8080Media Watchers: A Profile of Press Criticism in Latin AmericaRogerio Christofoletti0Susana Herrera Damas1Universidade do Vale do ItajaíUniversidade de PiuraMedia watchers are recent actors on the Latin American media scene, including the Brazilian one. However, there are examples of monitoring activity spread around the entire continent. Over and above contributing to the improvement of mass media, the observatories help to diff use a culture of critical consumption of information. That contributes to the development of democracy by promoting values such as transparency, freedom and citizenship. This article refl ects, initially, on the conditions of the Brazilian media market. Following that, it evaluates the obstacles to the dissemination of a media criticism culture. At a third moment, the focus is amplifi ed and a profi le of Latin American media watchers is provided, emphasizing characteristics in common and aspects that distinguish them.https://bjr.sbpjor.org.br/bjr/article/view/80Journalistic sourcesjournalismtechnologycognitive sciencesbiological memory |
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