Mídia e democracia : encontros e desencontros na sociedade brasileira

Abstract

This work entitled "Media and Democracy: and disagreements in Brazilian society", aims to present the relationship between media and democracy in Brazil. For that describes and analyzes some theories and historical events that constitute the contemporary democratic practice, as well as media training in the West. Identifies three elements as the basis for liberal democratic theory: the participatory nature of Greek democracy, popular sovereignty, and political representation. Within the media, describes some historical events that contributed to the formation and consolidation of media companies in the West and its development in Brazil. Finally, try to contrast the theories of pluralistic democracy with the practices and media regulation instruments in Brazil, in order to demonstrate the relationships that impede think the media as a democratic instrument in the Brazilian reality.