Jornalismo versus pensamento único

Abstract

 The author traces a parallel between the fundaments of journalism – which, as he stresses, are necessary to allow for and to stimulate greater involvement and participation by the citizens in the construction of the social reality – and the day-to-day reality of the journalistic practice, which ends up giving in to market impositions. The author observes the decisive relationship there is between journalistic production conditions and the quality of such production. To her, cultural journalism is a deep approach, one that is more humane and critical, and one that allows for a practice of a journalism that is closer to collective interests and to building citizenship. She reminds the reader that hegemonic journalism is only based on market efficacy and concludes that the communications professional cannot continue reproducing this model. It is necessary to allow for other discourses, to escape from hegemony and to break from the single line of thought.