“I'm a fan of this mag”: messages sent by children to the journalism made for them

Abstract

This work is part of a doctoral thesis that addresses the participation of children in the construction of the journalistic narrative in vehicles intended for them. It is assumed that, although the emergence of new means of production and distribution channels allows media democratization, only the provision of resources and instruments does not guarantee that boys and girls do influence the journalistic production (BUCKINGHAM, 2009). In this sense, the paper analyzed the correspondence received by the magazine Ciência Hoje das Crianças, from July 2013 to June 2014. It was noticed that the children, either voluntarily or stimulated by teachers, see the space of letters as a platform through which they can intervene in the editorial offer of the publication, but in a reinforcing way, that is, asking for more than they already see and appreciate.