Description

Concise version of the final essay for (under)graduation in Journalism at the University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), 2007. Published as "Jornalismo Internacional em Redes" by the City Administration of Rio de Janeiro (paperback, 2008).

Abstract:
Twenty five years after the MacBride Report and discussions about the New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO), the inequalities in world flows of information remain practically unchanged. Though network communications and new media technologies have opened an immense potential for changes in agenda-setting, editing, and remote reporting, foreign news in Brazilian daily newspapers are still largely dependant on material provided and filtered by news agencies and foreign media. This research indentifies the impact of this situation in media discourse, focusing on the praxis of print journalism and on the dynamics of news agencies, and proposes alternatives to the agenda, to editing, and to reporting in International Journalism.