Democracy at work: pressure and propaganda in Portugal and Brazil

Rita Figueiras
Paula Espírito-Santo
Isabel Ferin Cunha

Democracyat Work: Pressure and Propaganda in Portugal and Brazil addresses de-mocracy both as an institutional value system and as a practice. How are the me-dia exerting their mediation role? How are the media re-(a)presenting the political world to society? Are different media voices offering diversified and complemen-tary perspectives on politics? How is propaganda perceived within different demo-cratic and economic contexts? Is political trust and mistrust shaping the strategy of propaganda? These questions are addressed in theoretical and empirical chapters in a book that addresses problems which are in need of urgent discussion, as their impact and consequences are deeply transforming politics and the way politics is communicated, lived and understood by its main actors. Within this framework, Political Communication Studies has a major role in identifying and urging new diagnosis of, and insights into, the political and the media systems, and, above all, how both the people and political institutions can both survive crisis and improve democracy in the Lusophone world. This book aims at making a contribution to that acknowledgment.

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1.ª Edição
ISBN: 978-989-26-0916-4
eISBN: 978-989-26-0917-1
DOI: 10.14195/978-989-26-0917-1
Série: Outros Títulos
Páginas: 128
Data: Dezembro, 2014

Keywords
Democracy at work
pressure and propaganda
Portugal and Brazil