Name: RITA DE CASSIA VITORIA BENEZATH

Publication date: 28/04/2023
Advisor:

Name	Role
RUTH DE CÁSSIA DOS REIS	Advisor *

Examining board:

Name	Role
CICILIA MARIA KROHLING PERUZZO	Internal Examiner *
RUTH DE CÁSSIA DOS REIS	Advisor *

Summary: This research focuses on the transformations in the communicational and journalistic
ecosystem, and aims to identify the habits of communication and information exchanges
about current affairs by residents of small towns in Espírito Santo. These towns are
located far from the capital`s media conglomerate, and are seen as a news desert. The
research examines the city of Alfredo Chaves (located in the state’s southern coastal
micro-region). As our theoretical foundation, we use the concepts of public sphere,
citizenship and community communication, debated in the field of journalism and in
studies focused on the new communication ecosystem. In addition to the bibliographical
research, intended to support this work, we will resort to documentary research aimed at
mapping the main journalistic vehicles in Espírito Santo and in the researched regions,
WHERE the researched municipalities are located. The methodological scheme is
completed with a direct approach to the residents of the researched territories through
in-depth interviews and a focus group, in order to build proximity with the researched
universes. This research is expected to contribute to a more accurate knowledge of the
transformations that affect contemporary life in the field of communication, and to
enable better understanding of the reality of the dynamics of production and
consumption of information.

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