Brazilian press historically weakens democracy

Abstract

On social networks and media review sites, articles produced by Sylvia Moretzsohn spread widely. Part of this success comes from the dense and accurate tone with which it analyzes the relationship between journalism and the Brazilian political context. Another part comes from the urgent analysis that the issues it raises, when everything seems confusing in the heat of the emergence of events. This capacity for argumentative analysis on the relationship of mutual affectation between media and social universes is the result of long research experience. Academically, the professor of journalism at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF) has written about various subjects involving the profession, such as criminology, ethics, technological transformations, the world of work. In your doctoral thesis, Thinking against the facts. Journalism and everyday life - from common sense to critical sense (2006), discussed the need for journalism to foster what it calls a “new common sense” that critically questions and analyzes apparent reality. Currently, besides being a researcher at the Observatory of Journalistic Ethics (objETHOS), she is also conducting a postdoctoral study at the University of Minho, in Portugal. There, it investigates the formation of beliefs and beliefs in virtual bubbles and how it affects journalism. In this interview, we emphasize the discussion on the theme of this dossier, Quality in Journalism, Democracy and Ethics. The aim was to understand the role of journalism and the press and their dilemmas in the construction of Brazilian political and social contexts today.