Watching and teaching: two roles of latin american media watchers

Authors

  • Susana Herrera Damas Universidad de Piura, Perú
  • Rogério Christofoletti UNIVALI-Brasil

Keywords:

Media watching, Latin America

Abstract

This article analyzes the functions of media watchers in Latin America, attempting to provide new elements to devise a profile of these initiatives. Nine cases are studied, their counterpoint being interviews with those in charge of the media watchers. It enumerates six functions exerted by media watchers: a) revising the content and offers of the media; b) conducting studies, devising accounts and comparative analyses; c) publishing or spreading out the results of their performances; d) collecting consumers’ complaints, criticism and comments; e) enabling the audience to be critical when consuming the media; f) enabling journalists to produce a higher quality journalism. These functions fit into two distinct characteristic roles of the Latin American media watchers: I) watching journalists and the press and II) teaching the different kinds of public and even journalists in the search for more ethical information products and of higher quality.

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Author Biographies

Susana Herrera Damas, Universidad de Piura, Perú

Susana Herrera é doutora em Comunicação pela Universidad de Navarra (Espanha). Prêmio Extraordinário de Doutorado (2003), é co-autora de Ombudsman. El defensor de la audiência em los médios latinoamericanos, e autora de dezenas de artigos publicados em revistas acadêmicas. Atualmente, trabalha na Universidad de Piura (Peru), desenvolvendo pesquisas na análise de gêneros radiofônicos e das relações meios-sociedade.

Rogério Christofoletti, UNIVALI-Brasil

Rogério Christofoletti é doutor em Ciências da Comunicação pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP). É professor do curso de Comunicação Social-Jornalismo (graduação) e do Mestrado em Educação na Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (Univali), em Santa Catarina. É autor de dois livros (O discurso da transição e Monitores de Mídia: como o jornalismo catarinense percebe seus deslizes éticos) e co-organizador de Jornalismo em Perspectiva, com Maria José Baldessar. Suas pesquisas se dão no campo da Ética Jornalística e nas relações entre Educação e Comunicação. Currículo Lattes

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Published

2006-12-10

How to Cite

DAMAS, S. H.; CHRISTOFOLETTI, R. Watching and teaching: two roles of latin american media watchers. Em Questão, Porto Alegre, v. 12, n. 1, p. 149–169, 2006. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EmQuestao/article/view/8. Acesso em: 1 jul. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2006)

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Copyright (c) 2006 Susana Herrera Damas, Rogério Christofoletti

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