The Conference that became (almost only) history

• Autor(a) principal: Castro, João Caldeira Brant Monteiro de
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: RECIIS (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br/index.php/reciis/article/view/2041
• topic: Communication; National Conference; Civil society; Brazilian State; Public policy.; Comunicación; Conferencia Nacional; Sociedad civil; Estado brasileño; Políticas públicas.; Comunicação; Conferência Nacional; Sociedade civil; Estado brasileiro; Políticas públicas.

This conjuncture note assesses the process resulting from the I Conferência Nacional de Comunicação – Confecom (I Communication National Conference), in view of the ten-year mark of its realization. The author argues that the main result of the Conference was to open space for the Brazilian State to overcome the absence of a regulatory system and rules that could redesign the Brazilian communication system. In deciding not to occupy this open space, the Federal Government missed the last opportunity that opened up to establish a new dynamic for the sector. Changes in the political and economic scenario since the Conference were also analyzed. The author concludes that, although the outcomes of the Confecom regarding technological convergence do not respond to specificities of the present moment, they could, if they had been implemented, have prepared the country to face the new challenges and contain the political and economic strength of the sector players.