Journalism and Political Democracy in Brazil

Carolina Matos is a part-time Lecturer at the Government Department, University of Essex, UK, researcher and a former Fellow in Political Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She obtained her PhD in Media and Communications at Goldsmith College in January 2007. Matos has taught and researched in the UK at the University of East London (UEL), St. Mary's College at Twickenham, Goldsmith and the LSE. She has worked as a full time journalist in Brazil and the UK for many mainstream newspapers and international agencies including Reuters, Unesco, Folha de Sao Paulo, Tribuna da imprensa and Globo.com.Matos has an extensive knowledge in the field of Media and Politics. She has also authored two books on the subject. Her first book is Journalism and Political Democracy in Brazil (2008), and her latest book is Media and Politics in Latin America (2012).

• Chapter 1 Table of ContentsChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsPart 3 I Defining FrameworksChapter 4 1 The Brazilian Media in the Spotlight: Setting up a Working AgendaPart 5 II Civil Democracy Transition and the Struggle with the StateChapter 6 2 Market-Driven Journalism in the Pursuit of Democracy: An Analysis of "Folha de São Paolo" and the Coverage ofDiretas Já!Part 7 III The 90's: The Consolidation of a Free-Market PressChapter 8 3 Ideological Campaigns and the Watchdog Role of the Press: The Media Coverage of the 1989 Elections and the 1992 ImpeachmentChapter 9 4 National Politics in a Global Economic World: A Case Study of the 1994 Presidential ElectionsPart 10 IV Social-Democracy and the Rise of Center-Left Wing PoliticsChapter 11 5 Market Constraints and the Social Democracy: The Media Coverage of the 2002 ElectionsPart 12 V Journalism and Political DemocracyChapter 13 6 Partisanship Versus Professionalism: The Role of the Journalist in the Democratization ProcessPart 14 ConclusionChapter 15 7 Media and Democracy in Brazil: Towards a Realistic SettlementChapter 16 BibliographyChapter 17 Appendix 1: Notes on Methodology and Discourse AnalysisChapter 18 Appendix 2: Chapter 2Chapter 19 Appendix 3: Chapter 3Chapter 20 Appendix 4: Chapter 4Chapter 21 Appendix 5: Chapter 5Chapter 22 Appendix 6: Brazilian Party System and Presidential ElectionsChapter 23 Appendix 7: Media Ownership in BrazilChapter 24 Appendix 8: Newspaper Circulation NumbersChapter 25 Appendix 9: Interviews with JournalistsChapter 26 Appendix 10: Profile of Interviewees

Matos capitalizes on her background as a journalist to provide a thorough review of the Brazilian media's contributions to the democratization process....specialists will enjoy her thorough analysis of the many roles the media has played in the democratization process, as well as some of the inherent contradictions of these roles. Recommended.