Communication policy related challenges for the current Brazilian government

Authors

  • Marcos Dantas Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Escola de Comunicação. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v9i1.919

Keywords:

Communication policy, Regulatory framework for communications, Media regulation, Democratization of the mass media, Lei da Mídia Democrática (a bill of popular initiative to democratization of Brazilian media)

Abstract

There are a number of challenges to be tackled by the Ministry of Communications under the mandate that began last January. Here a specific approach deals with the challenges to regulate the Brazilian media, presenting elements to develop a strategic model that should transcend the idea of combatting certain media groups. From the viewpoint that the mass media are more than mere vehicles for transmitting news or journalistic information to the degree that they also are entertainment organs and ways of accessing culture and education – in the broadest sense of those words –  the government must develop a regulation project stimulating competition and diversification of voices and images that provides for strengthening Brazilian national and regional culture, a project that should have broad social effect.

Author Biography

Marcos Dantas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Escola de Comunicação. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

How to Cite

Dantas, M. (2015). Communication policy related challenges for the current Brazilian government. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v9i1.919

Issue

Section

Notes on current situations