Freedom of the press in Portugal: José Agostinho de Macedo

Authors

  • Jorge Pedro Souza Universidade Fernando Pessoa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-6924.2008v5n2p69

Abstract

After the Liberal Revolution (1820) and the first Portuguese law concerning the freedom of the press, José Agostinho de Macedo (1761-1831) was the strongest voice of the reaction against the proliferation of newspapers, the freedom of the press and the Portuguese party press. He has stated that Portuguese party newspapers from the beginnings of the 19th century had quality problems, offended people, were exaggerated in their political criticism, offered unrealistic solutions for the country’s problems and divided the Portuguese people. So, we can say that Macedo, the first Portuguese journalism critic, has identified some of the problems that made Portuguese journalism change and became, in the second half of the 19th century, an industry that produces more news and less political polemics.

Author Biography

Jorge Pedro Souza, Universidade Fernando Pessoa

Investigador e professor associado da Universidade Fernando Pessoa, nas áreas do Jornalismo (teoria, redação e fotojornalismo), Planejamento da Comunicação e Teoria da Comunicação. É doutor em Ciências da Informação pela Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (1997). Tem vários livros e artigos publicados sobre Jornalismo e Comunicação. Foi jornlista e assessor de imprensa antes de se dedicar em exclusivo à docência e à pesquisa.

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Published

2009-05-30

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2008): Correio Braziliense e seu tempo

Section

Núcleo Temático

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