What do Brazilian journalists think about the transparency of their practices?
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2021.1.40656Keywords:
Transparency, Professional perception, Brazilian journalistsAbstract
In this article, we present elements of journalists’ perception of transparency in their profession. The data refer to the Brazilian context and were collected in 2020 through an online survey, obtaining 353 responses from all regions of the country. The survey addressed impressions, attitudes and environmental conditions with regard to more open behaviors and dispositions about professional practice. This article focuses on a part of the issues (Q1-Q17) that contributed to compose a corporate perception of transparency, exploring opinions about peers and their own attitudes. Among other aspects, the results reveal contradictions between the representations that journalists make of themselves and their daily practices. They see themselves as more transparent than their actions show, which allows us to foresee some indisposition to open up the profession to the public. Among other factors, traits of a settled professional culture help to justify such behaviors.
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