Open AccessPlurality in Legislative Media: An Analysis of the Chamber News Agency
Author(s) -
Edgard Patrício,
Leidyanne Viana
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.v12n2.2016.877
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , legislature , journalism , political science , content analysis , news media , space (punctuation) , law , public relations , sociology , computer science , social science , operating system
For this paper, we used content analysis for the analysis of 115 news reports to determine if there is plurality in the Chamber News Agency news reports. The decision to choose plurality was based on the fact that it is a fundamental requisite for promoting public interest in journalism. The conclusion was drawn that there is currently no plurality due to predominant parliamentary sources taking up the majority of the space, leaving minimal space for the participation of society. Moreover, the only sources the Agency has are social agents authorized by the Chamber of Deputies.