This paper uses different types of data to analyze the visibility that the representatives have in the legislative media maintained by the Chamber of Deputies. The dispute over control of the communicative production of these media and the tension between political and journalistic criteria are the two main focuses. Although they ensure the appearance of representatives, the media give more space for the holders of some kind of institutional power. Data show that journalists and parliamentarians vie for control of the approaches and selection of themes and journalistic sources daily. And lead to the conclusion that the practice of legislative media attempts to follow the logic of journalism in the pursuit of credibility for the information published.
Political visibility; legislative media; journalistic production; Chamber of Deputies; Brazil
