The tension between public and private in brazilian media: media systems, telejournalism and the democratization of communication.
Public. Private. Journalism. Brazilian Communication. Narrative.
Public and private have always been difficult areas to delimit, especially in the history of media in Brazil. In the midst of the constant confusion in this field, our effort aims to contribute to the state of the art in the debate on
this border that hides power games and misinterpretations, a circumstance that has repercussions on the costly task of enabling the democratization of this sector, which is so important for the maintenance of citizenship. Realizing these mismatches, the concern that moved the thesis was to identify how the private and the public are established in Brazilian communication, especially reflected in the journalistic content produced by
the broadcasters. Certainly, this is a point that awakens the search to understand, in the face of possible limitations and distortions, how to fulfill the ideal democratic role of communication. We defend that democracy
passes directly through journalism (GANS, 2003; PARK, 2008), recognizing its role in mediating discussions in society and its ability to have a central and strategic influence in defining the interpretation that will prevail over reality. Therefore, it is also intended to show that, in the face of the communication regulation debate, it is necessary to provide instructions in the journalistic work of the communication vehicles. Therefore, our path initially sought to discuss the dimensions of what public and private means, with their historical characterizations, as well as a reflection on how communication was established between groups that perpetuate their power in different areas in our country. The research effort arrives at the methodology of analysis of the journalistic narrative (MOTTA, 2008; 2017) of the nightly news from the two main private and public Brazilian broadcasters: Jornal Nacional, from TV Globo, and Repórter Brasil, from TV Brasil, in order to perceive the tensions between the two communication sectors, as well as this tension mirrored in the journalistic discourse of each broadcaster, regarding the coverage they made on the covid-19 pandemic in Brazil, a current topic that involves a strong political struggle.