Blog, rádio e público na era da convergência tecnológica: o desastre socioambiental de Blumenau (SC) em 2008

Abstract

This thesis studies the journalistic production process (collection, preparation and dissemination of information) of the news coverage conducted by Nereus Ramos Radio (AM) and the blog Alles Blau in the context of convergence and cooperation of means. Both were the main means of communication working in news coverage of social and environmental disaster occurred in Blumenau (SC), in November 2008. The objective was to verify how the participation of listeners /surfers contributed to the means referred to fulfill its role of service provider. Access to information was more comprehensive than in the other floods coverage in decades, thanks to the development of means of reference and the rise of other devices such as cell phones and other communication systems available on the web. After the disaster, the media were even more important for the recovery of the region to disseminate widely the difficulties experienced by the population. To perform such a study was necessary to understand the path and the interference suffered in the content posted during the disaster. Based on the published content, and the precepts of convergence, we sought to answer: What was the relationship between blog and radio station in the production of information content held during the disaster? How content were prepared? As was shown for public participation during the news coverage of blogs and radio stations? The methodological procedures were used to document analysis and literature review. Still it was necessary to analyze the blog Alles Blau in its functional aspects. Finally, interviews were held with semi-structured questionnaires with bloggers and journalists from the radio. Guided this research authors like Jenkins, Cebrián Herreos, Gordon and Salaverria.