Abstract
The survey presented here is the result of recent initiatives developed institutionally in Brazil about the public media. The hypothesis is that the quantitative growth of research that contributes to the construction of public media as an object of study, especially in the Communication field, is due to the strengthening of public policies in the area. The research is mainly based on papers presented on the national stage of the Brazilian Congress of Communication Sciences (INTERCOM), between 2001 and 2015. From the survey of the titles of the works presented, we find trends in research, which shows the growth of the theme in the related field, especially the political and economic aspects. We also look briefly at two reference case studies, TV Brazil, established in 2007, and TV Cultura, the public broadcaster of São Paulo’s government, created more than 30 years ago, indicating the cyclical relevance to the research interest in public media in Brazil.
Keywords
Public Media; Brazil; TV Cultura; TV Brazil; Communication
