Democracy at work: pressure and propaganda in Portugal and Brazil Autor(es): Figueiras, Rita; Espírito Santo, Paula; Cunha, Isabel Ferin Publicado por: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra URL persistente: URI:http://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/35139 DOI: DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/978-989-26-0917-1 Accessed : 8-Oct-2021 13:00:01 A navegação consulta e descarregamento dos títulos inseridos nas Bibliotecas Digitais UC Digitalis, UC Pombalina e UC Impactum, pressupõem a aceitação plena e sem reservas dos Termos e Condições de Uso destas Bibliotecas Digitais, disponíveis em https://digitalis.uc.pt/pt-pt/termos. Conforme exposto nos referidos Termos e Condições de Uso, o descarregamento de títulos de acesso restrito requer uma licença válida de autorização devendo o utilizador aceder ao(s) documento(s) a partir de um endereço de IP da instituição detentora da supramencionada licença. Ao utilizador é apenas permitido o descarregamento para uso pessoal, pelo que o emprego do(s) título(s) descarregado(s) para outro fim, designadamente comercial, carece de autorização do respetivo autor ou editor da obra. Na medida em que todas as obras da UC Digitalis se encontram protegidas pelo Código do Direito de Autor e Direitos Conexos e demais legislação aplicável, toda a cópia, parcial ou total, deste documento, nos casos em que é legalmente admitida, deverá conter ou fazer-se acompanhar por este aviso. pombalina.uc.pt digitalis.uc.pt ISABEL FERIN CUNHA PAULA ESPÍRITO SANTO RITA FIGUEIRAS Rita Figueiras is a professor at the Human Sciences Faculty at the Catholic University Democracy at Work: Pressure and Propaganda in Portugal and Brazil addresses de- of Portugal, coordinator of the PhD program in Communication Studies at the UCP mocracy both as an institutional value system and as a practice. How are the me- and member of the board of the Research Centre for Communication and Culture DEMOCRACY AT WORK: dia exerting their mediation role? How are the media re-(a)presenting the political (CECC). Her work focuses on political communication, political economy of the world to society? Are different media voices offering diversified and complemen- media and journalism, particularly in the areas of public opinion, pundits, electoral PRESSURE AND PROPAGANDA tary perspectives on politics? How is propaganda perceived within different demo- campaigns, and, more broadly, the relationship between the media and democracy. IN PORTUGAL AND BRAZIL cratic and economic contexts? Is political trust and mistrust shaping the strategy of Along with journal articles and book chapters, she has published several books. propaganda? These questions are addressed in theoretical and empirical chapters Série Investigação PRESSURE AND PROPAGANDA IN PORTUGAL AND BRAZIL • in a book that addresses problems which are in need of urgent discussion, as their Paula Espírito Santo is a professor at the School of Social and Political Sciences Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra impact and consequences are deeply transforming politics and the way politics is (ISCSP) - University of Lisbon (UL), Portugal, and is Visiting Professor at several Coimbra University Press communicated, lived and understood by its main actors. 2014 Universities abroad. She is a Researcher at the CAPP (Public Administration and Within this framework, Political Communication Studies has a major role in Public Policies Centre), in the areas of political communication, social sciences identifying and urging new diagnosis of, and insights into, the political and the DEMOCRACY AT WORK: methodology and political sociology, including the study of political culture and media systems, and, above all, how both the people and political institutions can party members. She conducted several national and international projects (such both survive crisis and improve democracy in the Lusophone world. This book as about party supporters). Among her contributions there are several chapters aims at making a contribution to that acknowledgment. and articles, in national and international journals, and several books, namely, Introduction to Methodology of the Social Sciences, Lisbon, Sílabo, 2010. Isabel Ferin Cunha is associated professor at the University of Coimbra (UC), Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FLUC), Portugal, and is Visiting Professor at several Universities abroad. She was Vice Chairman of the Research Centre Media and Journalism (2004-2006; 2011-13) and has coordinated several projects approved by the Foundation for Science and Technology in Portugal, including the Project “Acts of Journalism and Democracy”, “TV and Images of Difference “and “Journalistic Coverage of Political Communication”. Among her contributions there are several chapters and articles, in national and international journals, and several books, namely Coverage of Political Communication: political systems; media systems and legal framework, Lisbon, Altheia, 2014. IMPRENSA DA 609164 UNIVERSIDADE RITA FIGUEIRAS DE COIMBRA PAULA ESPÍRITO SANTO COIMBRA 789892 UNIVERSITY ISABEL FERIN CUNHA 9 PRESS ISABEL FERIN CUNHA PAULA ESPÍRITO SANTO RITA FIGUEIRAS Rita Figueiras is a professor at the Human Sciences Faculty at the Catholic University Democracy at Work: Pressure and Propaganda in Portugal and Brazil addresses de- of Portugal, coordinator of the PhD program in Communication Studies at the UCP mocracy both as an institutional value system and as a practice. How are the me- and member of the board of the Research Centre for Communication and Culture DEMOCRACY AT WORK: dia exerting their mediation role? How are the media re-(a)presenting the political (CECC). Her work focuses on political communication, political economy of the world to society? Are different media voices offering diversified and complemen- media and journalism, particularly in the areas of public opinion, pundits, electoral PRESSURE AND PROPAGANDA tary perspectives on politics? How is propaganda perceived within different demo- campaigns, and, more broadly, the relationship between the media and democracy. IN PORTUGAL AND BRAZIL cratic and economic contexts? Is political trust and mistrust shaping the strategy of Along with journal articles and book chapters, she has published several books. propaganda? These questions are addressed in theoretical and empirical chapters Série Investigação PRESSURE AND PROPAGANDA IN PORTUGAL AND BRAZIL • in a book that addresses problems which are in need of urgent discussion, as their Paula Espírito Santo is a professor at the School of Social and Political Sciences Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra impact and consequences are deeply transforming politics and the way politics is (ISCSP) - University of Lisbon (UL), Portugal, and is Visiting Professor at several Coimbra University Press communicated, lived and understood by its main actors. 2014 Universities abroad. She is a Researcher at the CAPP (Public Administration and Within this framework, Political Communication Studies has a major role in Public Policies Centre), in the areas of political communication, social sciences identifying and urging new diagnosis of, and insights into, the political and the DEMOCRACY AT WORK: methodology and political sociology, including the study of political culture and media systems, and, above all, how both the people and political institutions can party members. She conducted several national and international projects (such both survive crisis and improve democracy in the Lusophone world. This book as about party supporters). Among her contributions there are several chapters aims at making a contribution to that acknowledgment. and articles, in national and international journals, and several books, namely, Introduction to Methodology of the Social Sciences, Lisbon, Sílabo, 2010. Isabel Ferin Cunha is associated professor at the University of Coimbra (UC), Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FLUC), Portugal, and is Visiting Professor at several Universities abroad. She was Vice Chairman of the Research Centre Media and Journalism (2004-2006; 2011-13) and has coordinated several projects approved by the Foundation for Science and Technology in Portugal, including the Project “Acts of Journalism and Democracy”, “TV and Images of Difference “and “Journalistic Coverage of Political Communication”. Among her contributions there are several chapters and articles, in national and international journals, and several books, namely Coverage of Political Communication: political systems; media systems and legal framework, Lisbon, Altheia, 2014. IMPRENSA DA 609164 UNIVERSIDADE RITA FIGUEIRAS DE COIMBRA PAULA ESPÍRITO SANTO COIMBRA 789892 UNIVERSITY ISABEL FERIN CUNHA 9 PRESS I N V E S T I G A Ç Ã O Edition Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra Email: [email protected] URL: http//www.uc.pt/imprensa_uc Vendas online: http://livrariadaimprensa.uc.pt Editorial Coordination Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra GraphiC Conception António Barros image on thE CovEr By Maria Objetiva [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons infoGraphiCs Mickael Silva ISBn 978-989-26-0916-4 diGital ISBn 978-989-26-0917-1 DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/978-989-26-0917-1 © december 2014, CoimBra UnivErsity prEss DEMOCRACY AT WORK: PRESSURE AND PROPAGANDA IN PORTUGAL AND BRAZIL IMPRENSA DA UNIVERSIDADE RITA FIGUEIRAS DE COIMBRA COIMBRA PAULA ESPÍRITO SANTO UNIVERSITY ISABEL FERIN CUNHA PRESS (Página deixada propositadamente em branco) C o n t E n t s Introduction ......................................................................................................