Between traditional and social media

This article addresses the current “state of the art” in Portuguese media diversity policy, focusing on the social inclusiveness domain within public service media. The indicators assess regulatory and policy safeguards for community media, access to me- dia by minorities, local and regional communities, women and people with disabilities, as well as the country’s media literacy environment. Although the majority of these indicators have legal safeguards or benefit from specific policies, we concluded there is still considerable work to be done, particularly in the realms of media literacy and the representation of minority groups and women in the media. This article results from an on-going research, gathering data and literature review from the following projects: Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM) project, implemented by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) at the European University Institute and funded by the European Commission; and DIVinTV - Public Television and Cultural Diversity in Portugal, funded by FCT.

2017

Torres da Silva, M., Brites, M.J., Figueiras, R., Santos, S, Amaral, I, Marôpo, L., Jerónimo, P., Espírito Santo, P. & Pacheco, L. (2017). News media repertoires in Portugal. Participations. Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, 14, 2, 283-300. ISSN 1749-8716 URL: http://www.participations.org/Volume%2014/Issue%202/14.pdf In the study reported in this article, the diverse news media repertoires in Portugal are investigated using a Q-methodological approach. We analyse the participants' perceptions of the experienced values of the cross-media news landscape (Schrøder, 2012) and identify seven news media repertoires: quality media lovers (R1); broadcast media consumers (R2);

European Journal of Communication, 2017

In this study, I use punditry as an indicator of the struggle between journalists and politicians over the shaping of the political news and of the public perception in Portugal. I will focus empirically on the use of pundits in primetime newscasts of the Portuguese broadcasting and cable news networks from 2000 to 2015. I use the concept of mediatisation of politics to guide the empirical research. However, adopting this concept as an analytical tool does not mean ignoring the existing debate around it. The article argues that Portuguese primetime punditry is a manifestation of consociation between media and politics and that news media independence and political patronage are both explanatory factors for the way Portuguese primetime punditry has evolved over time. These results challenge the media-centric vision which prevails in mediatisation theory, by highlighting that the process of mediatisation of politics and the process of politicisation of the media can both evolve in parallel, thus expanding on the unilateral conception suggested by the mediatisation of politics along all four dimensions.

2007

2017

Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies 01/2014; 3(1):97-117. DOI: 10.1386/ajms.3.1.97_1

This article shows results from the project “Citizens’ agenda: journalism and civic participation in Portuguese media”, involving research on a sample of regional newspapers geographically distributed throughout the country. Through content analysis of sources, topics and framing, we sketch the general picture painted by the regional press. Drawing on inquiries to journalists and directors we also aim to understand which professional practices and values are prominent in regional press, paying special attention to questions linking journalism to democratic systems. Results indicate that recent trends of professionalization and commercialization prompted Portuguese local press towards the liberal model, which means growing autonomy from the state and politics, but also includes disengagement from civic pursuits of “general interest”.

International Journal of Iberian Studies, 2013

This article presents the concept of social capital as complementary to Hallin and Mancini's 'polarized pluralist' model, which has been used in relation to both Spain and Portugal. In our view, while the current Spanish context may be characterized by 'partisan' journalism, this is less true of Portugal. We propose that Hallin and Mancini's polarized pluralist model be complemented by the concept of social capital to comprehend the specific underpinnings of the power constellations surrounding the press in Portugal and Spain. We will start by comparing the current situation of the press in both countries, with analysis centred on the continuities and discontinuities between past and present in a context of transition to democracy. The evolution of the press under the right-wing dictatorships of Franco and Salazar will then be historically contextualized, with the aim of drawing attention to ideological differences that may currently account for the greater political fissures between the right Keywords polarized pluralism social capital Salazar Franco press 1. This decree would later be assimilated by the articles of the Constitution of 1812 (Cebrián 2010).

Brazilian Journalism Research, 2012

The digitalization in the journalism sector and the emergence of the Internet have transformed media convergence into a new field of research. In a first stage, researchers were centered on convergence processes in the newsroom, namely in questions related with entrepreneurial reorganization (KETTERER et al., 2004; QUINN, 2005) and journalists’ professional routines (SALAVERRÍA, 2003; MASIP; MICÓ, 2009; VERWEIJ, 2009). However, it was soon understood that convergence influences a larger area: the migration of traditional media to the Internet and the rapid technological evolution showed that convergence was a transversal phenomenon that also happened in the contents field (CÁDIMA, 1999; QUINN; FILAK, 2005), news distribution (BRUNS, 2003; CABRERA, 2010) and information consumption (BOWMAN; WILLIS, 2003; JENKINS, 2006; SUNDET; ESPEN 2009). The present work is centered on the study of contents convergence, attempting to produce an accurate portrait of thePortuguese media situation.

I Congreso Internacional De Etica De La Comunicacion, 2011

A pesar del consenso razonable de que la autorregulación es una manera especialmente apropiada para garantizar que los medios de comunicación asumen su responsabilidad social, mientras que preservan la libertad de prensa, la experiencia portuguesa demostra lo difícil que es establecer mecanismos creíbles y eficaces de autorregulación -lo que, en última instancia, ven contribuyendo para el mantenimiento (o refuerzo) de instrumentos de regulación externa a la actividad periodística, basados en leyes y suponendo la participación más o menos directa del Estado. Y eso implica que el 'edificio regulatorio' para los medios de comunicación queda seriamente incompleto.