Abstract
Este artigo aborda a forma como a censura da informação televisiva se articulou com o desenvolvimento tecnológico deste meio de comunicação. O artigo foca-se em três práticas distintas, todas relacionadas com a gestão de eventos estado-unidenses: o assassinato de John F. Kennedy em 1963, o ressurgimento mediático da guerra do Vietname a partir de 1968 e a chegada à Lua em 1969. Ao colidirem com a política informativa do Estado Novo, estes eventos deixam manifestos, por um lado, os seus mecanismos de produção e controlo da informação, mas também alguns limites ao controlo autoritário sobre os fluxos de informação transnacionais. Estes eventos revelam, igualmente, tanto a importância do modelo televisivo dos EUA na construção da televisão do Estado Novo como a posição deste país no sistema mediático da Guerra Fria: uma superpotência capaz de tornar a sua política em eventos globais.
This article examines the ways in which the censorship of television information was related to the technological development of this medium. It focuses on three distinct practices, all related to the management of events in the US: the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, the resurgence of the Vietnam War in the media beginning in 1968, and the moon landing in 1969. By colliding with the information policy of the Estado Novo, these events reveal, on the one hand, its mechanisms of production and control of information, but also show some limits of authoritarian control over the transnational flow of information. These events also demonstrate the importance of the US television model in the development of the Estado Novo television and the position of this country in the media system of the Cold War: a superpower capable of turning its internal political affairs into global events.
This article examines the ways in which the censorship of television information was related to the technological development of this medium. It focuses on three distinct practices, all related to the management of events in the US: the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, the resurgence of the Vietnam War in the media beginning in 1968, and the moon landing in 1969. By colliding with the information policy of the Estado Novo, these events reveal, on the one hand, its mechanisms of production and control of information, but also show some limits of authoritarian control over the transnational flow of information. These events also demonstrate the importance of the US television model in the development of the Estado Novo television and the position of this country in the media system of the Cold War: a superpower capable of turning its internal political affairs into global events.
Translated title of the contribution | Between the Global Information Market and the Primacy of the Nation: Censorship in Estado Novo Television, 1957-1974 |
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Original language | Portuguese |
Pages (from-to) | 207-230 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Ler História |
Issue number | 81 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Keywords
- International news
- Television
- Censorship
- Estado Novo