Open AccessBrothers in arms? Portuguese and Brazilian journalistic worlds compared
Author(s) -
Rui Alexandre Novais,
Sônia Virgínia Moreira,
Luísa Silva
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
brazilian journalism research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1981-9854
pISSN - 1808-4079
DOI - 10.25200/bjr.v9n1.2013.486
Subject(s) - portuguese , globalization , convergence (economics) , journalism , perception , politics , sociology , political science , social psychology , gender studies , media studies , psychology , law , philosophy , linguistics , neuroscience , economics , economic growth
This study aims to gauge if there is a ‘de-territorialized’ Portuguese speaking journalistic community or whether diverse professional self-perceptions prevail amongst Portuguese and Brazilian counterparts. Based upon an extensive and manifold comparative analysis of 200 questionnaires – comprising the ‘journalism cultures’, their trust on social institutions’ and the ‘perceived influences on news work’ - it contrasts the cultural proximity of both countries, alongside a degree of globalization, with their rather dissimilar respective political and media contexts. It concludes that notwithstanding the expected psychological proximity and some signs of convergence between the two countries, the comparative evidence displays considerable differences which are the result of their respective institutional, social and cultural embedding. Thus, those partially different professional cultures prevent the existence of a translocal Portuguese speaking journalistic culture and corroborate the importance the contextual conditions