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Deliberative journalism and citizenship

Principles and practices in the Portuguese regional press


Gil Baptista Ferreira
PhD in Communicacion Sciences

Communication, Media and Civic Culture Bucharest, 18/19 May 2012

questions

what can we expect from journalists in their relation with citizens? a professional practice committed to the deliberative ideals?

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sample of 45 journalists from 8 Portuguese regional newspapers which model of journalism defines, in discursive terms, the idea that journalists have of their own profession? nature of the relationship between journalists and citizens
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Canonical and deliberative journalism


factuality and neutrality the safeguard of the conditions of rational deliberation
practices that allow the identification of the citizens ways of thinking with the issues that concern them

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Canonical and deliberative journalism


defend the interests of the region, inform the public and clarify citizens, ensure social and political pluralism
allow the enlarged participation in decision making, contribute to problems solving, stimulate debate within the region, foster public or ideological debate.

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The main functions of regional journalism are

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The main functions of regional journalism are

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Do citizens matter?
91% of journalists surveyed say they receive contacts of common citizens with information about the events. 76% frequently receive contacts (two or more per week) in order to provide information on events

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Use citizens as a source quoted in news...

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Who sets the newspapers agenda?


local elites, local citizens or commercial factors?
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Who sets the newspapers agenda?


Believes that the agenda of the newspapers is oriented

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The content of regional newspapers is...

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Conclusions
journalists idealize the existence of a newspaper agenda oriented by citizens, and a minor role to local elites. But, a preferred approach to the elites at expense of the citizens. Devaluation of common citizens a conventional journalistic approach practices associated with the canonical journalism journalistic content too focused on the elites and in commercial concerns
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