The actions of Bolsonaro's (mis)management against Empresa Brasil de Comunicação: an analysis based on Comprehensive Sociology

• Autor(a) principal: Pinheiro, Elton Bruno
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Compolítica
• Texto Completo: https://revista.compolitica.org/index.php/revista/article/view/535
• topic: Radiodifusão Pública; Empresa Brasil de Comunicação - EBC; Sociologia Compreensiva; Public Broadcasting Service; Empresa Brasil de Comunicação - EBC; Comprehensive Sociology

This article reflects on contemporary aspects – “social actions” / “human behaviors” – that stress the process of shaping the Brazilian Public Broadcasting Service. For this, it uses a theoretical and methodological perspective based on the Comprehensive Sociology (WEBER, 1995; 2012; 2014). The case analyzed refers to the actions of the Bolsonaro’s administration in the sphere of the Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC), focusing mainly on its privatization plan – and the threats of extinction – of the company. This situation set up an unconstitutional action, according with the provisions of Article 223 of the Federal Constitution, on the complementarity between public, state and private broadcasting systems. As a result, the article dis(un)covers how the Bolsonaro’s government has sought to delegitimize the EBC based on actions aimed at particular ends (political / partisan), values / beliefs / convictions (especially ideological), emotional states (related to campaign promises and factual situations) and tradition (as opposed to “law”).