Mídia e democracia: uma análise do desalinho entre a previsão constitucional e a realidade da radiodifusão no Brasil

Abstract

This paper discusses the role of electronic media, notably television, in the national democratic environment, based on the definitions brought to the subject by the Federal Constitution of 1988. It will be demonstrated how the dislocation between the legal framework and norms constitutional, in line with the history of formation of large media groups in Brazil, may be detrimental to the pluralistic democratic environment, another prediction made by the 1988 Constituent Assembly. In order to achieve this conclusion, it will be necessary to present the characteristics of the mass media, through the concepts of communication, mass communication and the ways in which the mass media influences public opinion. Next, it will be analyzed the positions that the State can adopt regarding social communication, analyzing examples applied and discussed in some countries, as well as presenting the treatment given to the subject in Brazil. Lastly, it will be discussed how and why the Brazilian model needs a regulation of the media, so that it is based on the yearnings of the constituent, thus covering the pluralist content advocated by the Federal Constitution. The methodology used included bibliographic and documentary research, mainly works of law, political science and related to communication and statistics and studies by groups of studies focused on media pluralism in Brazil.