Open AccessMedia, State and Society in Bahia, Brazil
Author(s) -
Julián Durazo Herrmann
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
brazilian journalism research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.153
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 1981-9854
pISSN - 1808-4079
DOI - 10.25200/bjr.v12n2.2016.863
Subject(s) - democratization , pluralism (philosophy) , autonomy , political science , state (computer science) , democracy , social media , political economy , sociology , law , epistemology , politics , philosophy , algorithm , computer science
In this paper, I seek to assess the role of the media in ongoing subnational democratization processes from a State-in-society perspective. I use the case of Bahia, a state in North-Eastern Brazil, to assess ownership and social access to the media, the media’s autonomy from both the State and social actors as well as how conflicts between public interest and private profit are solved. We will thus understand the role of subnational media in sustaining pluralism and in providing independent sources of information, two critical dimensions of democracy.