Context and contextualization in Journalism: a conceptual approach

Authors

  • Ana Paula Lückman Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8102-7413
  • Virginia Pradelina da Silveira Fonseca Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-6924.2017v14n2p162

Abstract

Researchers point that the insertion of news events in a context which gives them meaning in journalistic texts is a specific task of the journalists’ work. Such attribution is also mentioned by many authors as one of the differentials that would still justify the existence of this specialized professional – the journalist – in media organizations, in a time of structural changes in which the information flows intensively in non-traditionally journalistic places. However, it is possible to notice a lack of works that deepen theoretically such relation between journalism and context/contextualization. The article presents a revision of some theories that approach the subject, as well as proposes a deepening of studies in this perspective, with support in the theory of complexity.

Author Biographies

Ana Paula Lückman, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

Jornalista, doutoranda em Comunicação e Informação na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), mestra em Jornalismo pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). E-mail: ana.luckman@gmail.com

Virginia Pradelina da Silveira Fonseca, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

Jornalista, doutora em Comunicação e Informação, professora no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação e Informação da (UFRGS). E-mail: virginia@ufrgs.br

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Published

2018-01-18

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2017): Post-Graduation in Journalism in Brazil and 10 years of PosJor-UFSC

Section

Temas Livres

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