Mídia e diferentes dimensões da Accountability

• Autor(a) principal: Maia, Rousiley C. M.
• Data de Publicação: 2006
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: E-Compós
• Texto Completo: https://www.e-compos.org.br/e-compos/article/view/113
• topic: Accountability; Mídia; Deliberação pública; Violência urbana

This paper aims at examining the potentiality of mediated visibility in unleashing political, legal and professional processes of accountability. The news media are approached as a forum for civic debate which constrains interlocutors to speak before a large audience. Upon examining the emergence and transformation of the interpretations of a specific event – the hijacking of the 174 Bus, that occurred in Rio de Janeiro in 2000 – broadcast live for four hours. This happening exposed a case of extreme urban violence to public view and compelled political representatives, public officials and organizations of civil society to exchange views about the so-called crisis of the government in maintaining public security. We evince patterns of public dialogue and reason exchange as put forth by sources, whether there is or not mutual responsiveness amongst them in the news media.