Regime de informação do jornalismo comunitário: elementos e dinâmica no AL1 nas comunidades

Abstract

The information regime is composed of a set of elements that condition the various information processes in different social spaces, including communication systems. In this context, the AL1 nas Comunidades section is considered, shown in the journalistic programming of TV Gazeta de Alagoas, which aims to enable the communities of Maceió, in the state of Alagoas, to expose their problems so that the public authorities can help them. resolve. However, the scope of this claim is conditioned by a series of social, political and economic factors, among others. In this sense, this research had the general objective of analyzing the information regime of community journalism present in the AL1 nas Comunidades framework. In operationalizing this objective, we specifically sought to map the composition of the elements of the information regime of the AL1 in Communities framework; characterize the actions of the actors involved in the production of this picture; raise the devices used in the journalistic production of the panel; verify the correlation between devices and artifacts in terms of information actions; and investigate the information actions developed in the process of producing the board's reports. Considering these objectives, the study was composed of exploratory-descriptive research, focused on identifying and characterizing the elements of the community journalism information regime. A qualitative and quantitative approach was adopted, operationalized through documentary research along with reports from the aforementioned journalistic framework. The research sample was defined intentionally, aiming to obtain the main elements that characterize the information regime of community journalism. Data collection was carried out via survey of digital documents available on the Globo Play Platform. The systematization of data was based on the evaluation, classification and ordering of scientific findings that highlighted the conformation of the information regime for the production of news in community journalism. The data were analyzed and discussed based on the analytical categories that highlighted the positive and negative points of the AL1 nas Comunidades framework, in light of the theoretical references adopted. The results show that information actors include producers, reporters, cameramen, members and representatives of the communities covered in the news. In the set of devices, the editorial policy, agendas, operational plans, the journalists' code of ethics and the various contracts around which the actors organize themselves and carry out the set of actions that give rise to the journalistic material to be highlighted stand out. be disclosed. The list of artifacts included cameras, microphones, lighting and other resources used in capturing and producing images and sounds, as well as platforms and transmission systems. And, finally, in the production of news, it is possible to highlight the different actions surrounding the processes of collection, selection, verification and dissemination of information, including the interaction between the professionals involved. It is considered that television journalism acts as a mediator between the population and the Public Power, in various infocommunication processes. However, it is important to consider that media outlets follow strategies, included in the editorial line, that encompass the political and economic spheres. Therefore, for society, news is an instrument of social promotion, while, for the broadcaster, news is a product to be sold and which is linked to multiple interests.