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ABSTRACT
The article reviews the main concepts and dilemmas illustrating the debate on the connections between media and politics. Considering that experiences in Political Communication are manifested in unique ways in different democracies and scientific cultures, we also examine how historical, social, and political aspects are intertwined with the development of the field in Brazil – reinforcing the need for de-westernizing media studies. Although we do not expect to exhaust state of the art, we hold that this is a helpful discussion since it outlines the agendas and trends of a specialty that has become more complex, tackling the question of to what extent widely accepted concepts are able to explain the roles of the media in Global South societies.
Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to Isabele Mitozo and Camila Mont’Alverne for their helpful criticisms and comments on the previous drafts of this manuscript. We also thank the anonymous reviewers for their comments and recommendations that greatly improved the article.
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Francisco Paulo Jamil Marques
Francisco Paulo Jamil Marques, Ph.D. in Communication and Associate Professor at the UFPR, Brazil. CNPq research fellow. Leading researcher at the Research Group on Media, Politics, and Technology (PONTE). Recent publications: ‘De-Westernizing Media Parallelism: How Editorial Interests Unfold During Impeachment Crises’ (Journalism Studies, 2021); ‘Similar, but not the same: Comparing Editorial and News Agendas in Brazilian Newspapers’ (Journalism Practice, 2020); ‘What are newspaper editorials interested in? Understanding the idea of criteria of editorial-worthiness’ (Journalism, 2021); ‘Context Matters! Looking Beyond Platform Structure to Understand Citizen Deliberation on Brazil’s Portal e-Democracia’ (Policy & Internet, 2019).
Edna Miola
Edna Miola, Associate Professor in the Department of Language and Communication at the Federal University of Technology – Paraná, Brazil. She is a professor and researcher at the Post-Graduate Program of Planning and Public Governance. Her interests focus on Political Communication, Government Communication, Public Opinion, and Digital Democracy. Recent publication: ‘Similar, but not the same: Comparing editorial and news agendas in Brazilian newspapers’ (Journalism Practice, Taylor & Francis, 2020).