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Deliberative journalism and
citizenship
Principles and practices in thePortuguese regional press
Gil Baptista FerreiraPhD in Communicacion Sciences
Communication, Media and
Civic CultureBucharest, 18/19 May 2012
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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 regionalnewspapers
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
factualityand 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 theinterests of theregion,
inform the publicand clarifycitizens,
ensure social and
political pluralism
allow the enlarged
participation in decision
making,
contribute to problemssolving,
stimulate debate within
the region,
foster public orideological 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 orcommercial 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 newspaperagenda oriented by citizens, and a minor role tolocal 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
journalismjournalistic content too focused on the elites and
in commercial concerns