The notions of objectivity of the brazilian journalist

Abstract

What journalists think when they talk about objectivity is the subject of this article, which is based on a qualitative study with journalists from regional and national newspapers. These professionals have quite different notions of objectivity when criticizing or defending that concept. Their notion is also ambivalent insofar, as it reveals their responsibility with the brazilian society when including certain segments in the market of information, and at the same time an elite point of view, that the public is not able to participate in the process of formation of opinion.