The position of journalism in communication

Abstract

Reflection on the specificity of journalism as a subject of tuition and research in the communication area. From the American tradition of mass communication studies, going through the influence of the French thought on the theoretical construction of information and communication sciences, to what can be considered as the beginning of consolidation of academic studies of journalism in Brazil. The data used were collected from recent works elaborated by members of the Brazilian Association of Journalism Research (SBPJor) presented in the last few conference sessions of this area.