Being a part of many radio stations' programming, comedy shows are also available on radio websites as audio on demand. Often topical, many of these shows are based on everyday news. With a strong aesthetic sense, comedy shows are often brash as well as funny, but they can also play an important role as a barometer of social, political, economic anel cultural life. The history of comedy shows on radio in Portugal began in the 1940s. Since that time, humour has been inspired mainly by news anel current affairs, not only in terrns of content but also in terms of format. Many comedy shows parodied news genres. Like news bulletins, these shows normally feature an anchor who presents the comedic news. The scripts for these programmes are wrillen in a satirical way and present a caricature of society. This chapter will identify some characteristics of comedy shows on the radio, consider the relationship between comedy shows and real news output and reflect on the role humourous narratives may play in contributing to the resilience of ...
Résumé La radio est profondément liée à la vie quotidienne à une époque où la communication de masse s'est étendue à la densité sensitive du son et à la force significative de messages sonores qui cherchent l'immédiateté comme élément distinctif. « Médium chaud » dans l'expression de McLuhan, la radio correspond non seulement à une technique sophistiquée de transmission directe d'information, mais aussi et surtout à un art dont le langage a autant de rationalité que d'émotivité. Essayant de produire des portraits de la réalité sans images, la radio est porteuse par le son en général et par la parole en particulier du pouvoir constitutif de l'actualité. D'ailleurs, en concentrant toute sa vivacité imaginative dans un seul sens, le discours radiophonique essaye d'être séduisant et attractif. En effet, c'est de la nature même de la radio d'être émotive, passionnée, poignante. Voilà pourquoi elle est liée à l'imaginaire de plusieurs générations, non seulement en ce qui concerne la diffusion de l'information, mais aussi dans la mesure où elle se rapporte à une expérience esthétique particulière.
Publicado em : "Los desafíos de la televisión pública en Europa : actas del XX Congreso Internacional de Comunicación", ISBN 978-84-313-2458-2 ; En la línea de la crítica regular de televisión, publicada casi diariamente en los periódicos, el Defensor de los Telespectadores es una figura que pretende promover un discurso meta-televisivo. Esta medida, emprendida recientemente por el gobierno portugués, encierra una reflexión sobre la televisión en el medio televisivo, configurando, lo creo, un reto para los canales autonómicos. Factor de credibilidad, la figura del Defensor es una promesa meta-periodística para una problematización de las pantallas y de su papel en materia de ciudadanía. ; In the line of regular critics of television, published almost daily in newspapers, the Ombudsman in TV is a figure who pretends to promote a meta-televising discourse. This initiative, recently approved by Portuguese Government, purposes a reflection about television in televising mean, configuring, I believe, a challenge to private channels. Factor of credibility, the ombudsman's figure is a meta-journalistic promise for a problematization of screens and its role in the matter of ...
This volume gathers together revised versions of the papers presented at the ECREA Radio Research Section Conference held in Lublin, Poland, in September 2017. The book highlights what radio actually is - a medium created to connect different places at a distance. Subtle but pervasive, simple but graceful, radio builds affective relations, either between listeners and the world or between listeners themselves. The word "relations" is plural. It suggests the idea that radio is both an economic activity - related to technology, production, working routines and business - and a cultural industry - related to aesthetics, art, social interaction, education and politics. Since relations are relevantly human, we can explore how radio appeals to personal commitment and can reinforce a sense of community too. The unique value of this book lies both in erudite essays of Seán Street and Enrico Menduni, world-famous figures of radio research, and in perspectives sketched by brilliant young radio practitioners and researchers. The diverse views on radio communications from authors across the different regions of the world including Brazil, Canada, Italy, Poland, France, Hungary, Spain and the UK collected here will certainly inspire radio researchers, media historians, sociologists and journalism students.
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Cet article est le fruit d'une étude sur la construction de la définition juridique de journaliste au Portugal, l'un des derniers pays l'Europe à abolir la censure préalable de la presse, en 1974. Dans ce contexte, la définition juridique de journaliste, la reconnaissance de l'exercice de la profession dans les autres médias que la presse, la définition des catégories professionnelles ou les compétences pour l'attribution de la carte de journaliste sont quelques éléments à travers lesquels se disputait le contrôle de la profession et des médias. Cette lutte a été menée par le Syndicat National des Journalistes (SNJ), censé être, à la date de sa création, en 1934, une organisation de représentation, mais aussi de contrôle de la profession. C'est au sein de ce syndicat que s'est forgée une bonne partie de la culture professionnelle, qui a perduré après la fin de la dictature, en avril 1974, et jusqu'à la fin des années 1990, quand la définition de journaliste s'est finalement stabilisée du point de vue juridique.
As dificuldades económicas das empresas mediáticas, as derrapagens ético-deontológicas, o progresso tecnológico e a globalização dos fluxos de informação têm sido encarados como os principais fatores da crise contemporânea do jornalismo. Com repercussões nas condições de trabalho e na imagem pública dos jornalistas, estas variáveis são, no entanto, apenas a face mais visível das ameaças a uma atividade que tem, segundo Nelson Traquina (2002), uma relação simbiótica com a democracia. Na extensão destas circunstâncias económicas, sociais e culturais estão também as expectativas dos próprios profissionais. Numa ocupação tantas vezes descrita como apaixonante, a situação profissional parece ser cada vez menos gratificante, não só pela diminuição das oportunidades de trabalho, com redações cada vez mais esvaziadas, mas também pela falta de perspetiva de progressão na carreira. Este é um dos resultados do "Estudo Sobre os Efeitos do Estado de Emergência no Jornalismo no Contexto da Pandemia Covid-19", realizado entre maio e junho de 2020. Com um enfoque particular na leitura das expectativas dos jornalistas, neste artigo analisamos as representações simbólicas de uma profissão que fundou a sua legitimidade social numa ideia de serviço público. A partir de estudos acerca da profissão e das suas representações, procurámos encontrar respostas para compreender a razão pela qual a aceitação da precarização e o abandono da profissão podem ser entendidos, ainda assim, como lugares de resistência. ; The economic difficulties of media companies, ethical-deontological lapses, technological progress and the globalisation of information flows have been seen as the main factors of the contemporary crisis in journalism. With repercussions on working conditions and the public image of journalists, these variables are, however, only the most visible face of threats to an activity that, according to Nelson Traquina (2002), has a symbiotic relationship with democracy. Beyond these economic, social and cultural circumstances are also the expectations of the professionals themselves. In an occupation so often described as passionate, the professional situation seems to be less and less rewarding, not only due to the decrease in job opportunities, with newsrooms increasingly empty, but also due to the lack of perspective on career progression. This is one of the results of the "Study on the Effects of the State of Emergency on Journalism in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic", conducted between May and June 2020. With a particular focus on reading journalists' expectations, in this article we analyse the symbolic representations of a job that founded its social legitimacy on an idea of public service. Based on studies about the profession and its representations, we tried to find answers to understand why the acceptance of precariousness and abandonment of the profession can still be understood as places of resistance.
As dificuldades económicas das empresas mediáticas, as derrapagens ético-deontológicas, o progresso tecnológico e a globalização dos fluxos de informação têm sido encarados como os principais fatores da crise contemporânea do jornalismo. Com repercussões nas condições de trabalho e na imagem pública dos jornalistas, estas variáveis são, no entanto, apenas a face mais visível das ameaças a uma atividade que tem, segundo Nelson Traquina (2002), uma relação simbiótica com a democracia. Na extensão destas circunstâncias económicas, sociais e culturais estão também as expectativas dos próprios profissionais. Numa ocupação tantas vezes descrita como apaixonante, a situação profissional parece ser cada vez menos gratificante, não só pela diminuição das oportunidades de trabalho, com redações cada vez mais esvaziadas, mas também pela falta de perspetiva de progressão na carreira. Este é um dos resultados do "Estudo Sobre os Efeitos do Estado de Emergência no Jornalismo no Contexto da Pandemia Covid-19", realizado entre maio e junho de 2020. Com um enfoque particular na leitura das expectativas dos jornalistas, neste artigo analisamos as representações simbólicas de uma profissão que fundou a sua legitimidade social numa ideia de serviço público. A partir de estudos acerca da profissão e das suas representações, procurámos encontrar respostas para compreender a razão pela qual a aceitação da precarização e o abandono da profissão podem ser entendidos, ainda assim, como lugares de resistência. ; The economic difficulties of media companies, ethical-deontological lapses, technological progress and the globalisation of information flows have been seen as the main factors of the contemporary crisis in journalism. With repercussions on working conditions and the public image of journalists, these variables are, however, only the most visible face of threats to an activity that, according to Nelson Traquina (2002), has a symbiotic relationship with democracy. Beyond these economic, social and cultural circumstances are also the expectations of the professionals themselves. In an occupation so often described as passionate, the professional situation seems to be less and less rewarding, not only due to the decrease in job opportunities, with newsrooms increasingly empty, but also due to the lack of perspective on career progression. This is one of the results of the "Study on the Effects of the State of Emergency on Journalism in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic", conducted between May and June 2020. With a particular focus on reading journalists' expectations, in this article we analyse the symbolic representations of a job that founded its social legitimacy on an idea of public service. Based on studies about the profession and its representations, we tried to find answers to understand why the acceptance of precariousness and abandonment of the profession can still be understood as places of resistance.
Presentation "Revista brasileira de políticas de comunicação" ; (Excerto) "Public communication and digital platforms" is the theme of this edition of the Brazilian Journal of Communication Policies (RBPC), a publication in connection with the Laboratory of Political Communication at the University of Brasilia (LaPCom/UnB). A group of national and international experts were invited to analyze and send in various contributions. A number of texts analysing the current state of public communication were selected from these contributions. These texts mainly focused on online radio and TV and how it (the web) has become a platform for producing, distributing and/or accessing content as well as an interactive channel for listeners, readers and viewers. This issue of the journal prioritized academic excellence and diversity, and was not restricted to only using concepts such as public broadcasting, public communication or public service media. The editors' choice to do that was based on the fact that these concepts do not necessarily sum up the main point the RBPC wanted to make: how changes in technology have contributed towards conceptual and practical transformations in public communication channels. For example, what was previously referred to as public broadcasting (it occupied only the electromagnetic spectrum), is nowadays also referred to as public service media since it uses internet ...
Unlike the commercial sector because, among other aspects, it does not have a profitable objective, the public sector of communication has been defined according to a principle of universality and of equal access of citizens to media products. Notwithstanding this basic ground, which is more or less common to the public service broadcasting systems from most origins, the denomination of public service broadcasting – consistent with a European tradition – is not an unequivocal correlate of the concept of public communication – more in tune with an American, at least South-American, tradition. Focused on the experiences of Portugal and Brazil, this paper develops a comparative approach that aims to understand the political, social, and cultural framework of the public media activity in these two countries. Based on an analysis of legal documents that support the development of this activity, the paper is meant to discuss the sector in the broader context of Portuguese and Brazilian communication policies. On the other hand, while not ignoring the aspects – such as funding and independence issues – that have made public service broadcasting and public communication a field of permanent debate, this article also aims to identify and discuss the challenges faced by concessionary companies.
Unlike the commercial sector because, among other aspects, it does not have a profitable objective, the public sector of communication has been defined according to a principle of universality and of equal access of citizens to media products. Notwithstanding this basic ground, which is more or less common to the public service broadcasting systems from most origins, the denomination of public service broadcasting – consistent with a European tradition – is not an unequivocal correlate of the concept of public communication – more in tune with an American, at least South-American, tradition. Focused on the experiences of Portugal and Brazil, this paper develops a comparative approach that aims to understand the political, social, and cultural framework of the public media activity in these two countries. Based on an analysis of legal documents that support the development of this activity, the paper is meant to discuss the sector in the broader context of Portuguese and Brazilian communication policies. On the other hand, while not ignoring the aspects – such as funding and independence issues – that have made public service broadcasting and public communication a field of permanent debate, this article also aims to identify and discuss the challenges faced by concessionary ...
Appearing in the second half of the Twentieth Century, in the context of an intense debate on media ethics, media ombudsman is one of the most complex and ambitious media accountability instruments, at the same time acting as a kind of facilitator for the relation between the public and professionals. Intrinsically problematic, due to its function founded on the basis of an interception between self-regulation and audiences' awareness of media effects, media ombudsman is not only the reflex of an ethics understanding, but also a barometer of the ethics of society regarding media performance. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Portuguese and Brazilian experiences of media ombudsmen. Although practiced in the same language, ombudsmen's jobs are shaped by social, historical, political and even economical differences. The research carried out in the scope of this proposal intends to analyze these two cases based on the results of a survey applied to Portuguese and Brazilian media ombudsmen. ; Criada na segunda metade do seculo XX, em context0 de debate sobre etica na midia, auto-regula~zo e regulaq30, a atua~io do ombudsman 6 um dos mais importantes instrumentos de presta~30 de contas/ responsabilidade social (accountability) das institui~cies de comunicaqzo, sendo ao mesmo tempo facilitadora para as reiaqcies do pliblico com e entre os profissionais. Inicialmente, a atividade foi estabelecida como medida de auto-regulaqzo para promover dialogo e transpar&ncia com o pliblico sobre os efeitos das institui~ciesd e comunicaq30, sendo n3o so um reflexo de como a midia e profissionais que desempenham a fun~3op ercebem sua deontologia, mas tambem um barbmetro da etica da sociedade na qua1 as instituiqcies de comunica$io desenvolvem sua atividade. 0 estabelecimento do serviqo de ombudsman tambem resulta de medidas de regula@o. Em institui~cies pliblicas de comunicaqao do Brasil (EBC) e de Portugal (RTP e RDP), o serviqo foi estabelecido por lei, gerando bases para a instituiqzo de um canal entre o 6rgSo de comunicaq50 e o pliblico. A criaq3o dos provedores do ouvinte e do telespectador na r6dio e na TV publica em Portugal e do ouvidor na Empresa Brasil de Comunica~30fo i fundada no proposito de promover o escrutinio dos 6rggos de servi~op liblico. Fazendo apelo a uma reflex30 6tica participada pelas proprias audi$ncias (convidadas a interagir com o provedor/ouvidor), este mecanismo tem na sua base tambem o objetivo de fomentar uma melhor cornpreens50 do funcionamento dos proprios meios e das suas praticas.
Unlike the commercial sector because, among other aspects, it does not have a profitable objective, the public sector of communication has been defined according to a principle of universality and of equal access of citizens to media products. Notwithstanding this basic ground, which is more or less common to the public service broadcasting systems from most origins, the denomination of public service broadcasting – consistent with a European tradition – is not an unequivocal correlate of the concept of public communication – more in tune with an American, at least South-American, tradition. Focused on the experiences of Portugal and Brazil, this paper develops a comparative approach that aims to understand the political, social, and cultural framework of the public media activity in these two countries. Based on an analysis of legal documents that support the development of this activity, the paper is meant to discuss the sector in the broader context of Portuguese and Brazilian communication policies. On the other hand, while not ignoring the aspects – such as funding and independence issues – that have made public service broadcasting and public communication a field of permanent debate, this article also aims to identify and discuss the challenges faced by concessionary companies.
Résumé Les cartes postales appartiennent à un temps dans lequel la communication a signifié aussi un échange calligraphique. Elles sont contemporaines de l'image photographique. Les cartes postales sont pour l'histoire de l'écriture épistolaire ce que les weblogs sont pour l'histoire de la cyber-communication. Considérées de différents points de vue comme des moyens de communication marginaux, les cartes postales constituent un univers extrêmement riche de représentations de l'imaginaire contemporain.
