THE RADIO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AND DILMA ROUSSEFF'S IMPEACHMENT COVERAGE:
A case study on the Voice of Brazil
Public Communication. Public Interest. Radio Broadcasting. Impeachment. A Voz do Brasil.
Radio, one of the traditional mass media outlets, is a resource widely used by Brazilian public institutions to publicize their activities and provide people the access to information, which is constitutionally guaranteed. The radio broadcast known as A Voz do Brasil is used as a communication tool by the Brazilian federal government since 1935. This masters thesis intends to study through A Voz do Brasil’s coverage on a recent chapter of Brazilian political history and its importance to the national government: Dilma Rousseff presidential impeachment. This research adopted the guidelines Yin (2005) and Gil (2009) as a method plus the application of literature and documents, content analysis and interview for the collection and processing of data techniques. It was possible to verify and classify the type of news coverage on the show based on the government communication concept. Based on Duarte et al. (2012), Bucci (2008; 2013; 2015), Jaramillo (2012), Rothberg (2011), Moraes Júnior (2013) and others, it was also possible to analyse the definitions of public communication and public interest. Guided by Ferraretto (2007), Ortriwano (1985; 2003) and Zuculoto (2012) this thesis tried to present the radio broadcast main characteristics and its timeline in Brazil for a better understanding of the study object's function to society.