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UNDERSTANDING OBJECTIVITY AMONG BRAZILIAN JOURNALISTS: what you intend to be when you want to be objective

SENTENDIMENTOS DE OBJETIVIDADE ENTRE OS JORNALISTAS BRASILEIROS: o que se pretende ser, quando se quer ser objetivo

ENTENDIMIENTOS DE OBJETIVIDAD ENTRE PERIODISTAS BRASILEÑOS: lo que quieres ser, cuando quieres ser objetivo

ABSTRACT

This paper presents the results from an online survey of 234 journalists from all regions of Brazil and their perceptions of journalistic objectivity. The survey questions presented different theoretical possibilities concerning objectivity and were organized around three main ideas: 1) ontological, which measures how journalists understand what the facts are; 2) epistemological, which asks about how accessible these facts are; and 3) methodological, which characterizes the understanding of what would be the most appropriate method for describing the facts. The data were obtained using Google Forms and analyzed using the SPSS software. Our findings, based on non-probability sampling, showed that journalists understand that the facts have a determination prior to the report, the meaning of which can be defined by approximation through an intersubjective method of verification.

Key words
Journalism Theory; Journalistic objectivity; Conceptualization; Perception

Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em Jornalismo (SBPJor) Secretaria da SBPJor, Faculdade de Comunicação, Universidade de Brasília(UnB)., ICC Norte, Subsolo, Sala ASS 633 - cep: 70910-900, Brasília - DF / Brasil - Brasília - DF - Brazil
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