New technologies and democracy in Brazil: from mass communication to segmented communication

A drastic transition is taking place from mass communications media to segmented communications media with the turn of the century. This transition is facilitated by telecommunications in the so-called information society. One of the main consequences of this transition is the transformation o...

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Autor principal: Gil, Olga
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Universidad de Belgrano . Red Latinoamericana de Cooperación Universitaria (RLCU). Centro Latinoamericano de Estudios Avanzados (CLEA) 2013
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mass communication media
segmented communication media
telecommunications
Brazil
democracy
new technologies
information society
governance
public policy
political parties
citizenship
United States
European Union
Acceso en línea:http://repositorio.ub.edu.ar/handle/123456789/1747
http://repositorio.ub.edu.ar/handle/123456789/1771
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topic mass communication media
segmented communication media
telecommunications
Brazil
democracy
new technologies
information society
governance
public policy
political parties
citizenship
United States
European Union
spellingShingle mass communication media
segmented communication media
telecommunications
Brazil
democracy
new technologies
information society
governance
public policy
political parties
citizenship
United States
European Union
Gil, Olga
New technologies and democracy in Brazil: from mass communication to segmented communication
topic_facet mass communication media
segmented communication media
telecommunications
Brazil
democracy
new technologies
information society
governance
public policy
political parties
citizenship
United States
European Union
description A drastic transition is taking place from mass communications media to segmented communications media with the turn of the century. This transition is facilitated by telecommunications in the so-called information society. One of the main consequences of this transition is the transformation of the public communication spaces that have made the relationship between the political elite and the citizens possible under mass democratic regimes. The purpose of this work is to reflect on the resulting challenge to the polity and to the citizenship arising from this transition, and to apply this reflection to the case of Brazil in comparative perspective. An erosion of a traditional and important channel of relation between the political elite and the citizenship is founded. In general, as for the role of governments in the new situation and changes in public policy, there are important challenges for democratic governance ahead. There are also questions to be raised over the capacity of political parties to aggregate and articulate social demands when the forum to present their position, the mass media, declines in its reach with respect to segmented media. In the case of Brazil, the structure of the industry, with a clear hegemony of the Globo group in mass communications, and a relatively low spread of access to new segmented media, specially the Internet, pictures a slow transition scenario. With regard to the citizen, findings are mixed.
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author Gil, Olga
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title New technologies and democracy in Brazil: from mass communication to segmented communication
title_short New technologies and democracy in Brazil: from mass communication to segmented communication
title_full New technologies and democracy in Brazil: from mass communication to segmented communication
title_fullStr New technologies and democracy in Brazil: from mass communication to segmented communication
title_full_unstemmed New technologies and democracy in Brazil: from mass communication to segmented communication
title_sort new technologies and democracy in brazil: from mass communication to segmented communication
publisher Universidad de Belgrano . Red Latinoamericana de Cooperación Universitaria (RLCU). Centro Latinoamericano de Estudios Avanzados (CLEA)
publishDate 2013
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