Between public and private broadcasters: theoretical considerations about information disputes

Abstract

This study aims to identify the social structures that permeate the journalistic activity in public and private broadcasters. It uses TV newscasts from a public and a private broadcaster as a comparative exemplification strategy. Our considerations has as parameters the notions that TV is, nowadays, one of the main public spaces and health has become an important theme from cultural industry. Besides, this article intends to investigate the television coverage as a public service that must be done or supervised by the government.