Ouvidoria na televisão pública: a experiência do programa “O Público na TV”

Abstract

The production of a public TV, differentiating it from the business and state-owned models, instigates crews of TV Brasil - the first public broadcaster nonprofit nationwide – to studious of the subject and citizens. Variations of this question are also guidelines for an unprecedented initiative on TV, broadcast on nationwide, the program “O Público na TV” (The Audience on TV), by the office of the Ombudsman of Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC). Founded in 2007, the company manages the television station and other vehicles of public communication. The ombudsman's weekly TV shows Brazil compliments, complaints , suggestions and comments from the public and discusses issues related to public communication and certain internal processes of the EBC. In the process of attempting to qualify the content produced, the ombudsman can act as an agent of mediation, critical and encouraging social participation. Accordingly, the proposal of the dissertation was to analyze how the principles of public communication are discussed in the program and how it can contribute to outline the company's identity and, in particular, the TV Brasil. To support the analysis, were discussed themes such as dialogue, public broadcasting, TV and ombudsman in this work. From 83 editions broadcasted over two years of exhibition, 31 were selected as empirical object. They were chosen because they addressed, in this period, at least one of the following main themes: journalism and its practices, public communication and accountability. Thus, it was possible to undertake qualitative and quantitative assessments on the three axes and on specific cuts: the program approach on ombudsman, public, media, commercial and non - commercial, as well as analysis of the presence of the viewer, experts and professionals of EBC on selected issues. The results still involved conducting interviews. The hypothesis is that this television production has the potential to be a space for mediation, dialogue, reflection and self-criticism on the broadcaster. Or will be used to display justification for the measures taken by the public company?