Theoretical and methodological approaches between Folkcommunication and Communication for Development (C4D)

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-58442023101pt

Keywords:

Communication for Development (C4D), Folkcommunication, Developmentalism, Luiz Beltrão

Abstract

Conceived in the 1960s, a period of great economic and social transformations in Brazil, Folkcommunication was born with the aim of overcoming Communication problems by seeing and understanding the reactions of a people who lived on the margins, without any engagement with the media. In this same period, the coupling of “communication” and “development” seeks a public atmosphere favorable to social transformation in Latin America. Considering that the two theoretical approaches complement each other, this work proposes a crossing between Folkcommunication and Communication for Development (C4D), based on a literature review. The contribution of this research is based on the recognition of folkcommunication within the perspective of social development and on the appreciation of the dialogue between the two aspects.

Author Biographies

Flávio, Universidade Estadual do Piauí. Picos – PI, Brazil

Substitute professor of the Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism at the State University of Piauí (Uespi). Bachelor in Social Communication - Journalism from Tiradentes University (Unit) and Master in Social Communication from the Methodist University of São Paulo (Umesp). Financial Director of the Folkcommunication Studies and Research Network (Rede Folkcom).

Camila Escudero, Universidade Metodista de São Paulo. São Bernardo do Campo – SP, Brazil

PhD in Communication and Culture from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), with a research period at the Latin American and Latin Studies Program da University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Social Communication at the Methodist University of São Paulo (Umesp). Research assistant at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea) in the CSO Map project. Member of the team of trainers at Núcleo Educom, from the Municipal Department of Education of the Municipality of São Paulo. Consultant for the IOM and UNESCO, United Nations, Brazil office.

Guilherme Moreira Fernandes, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia. Cachoeira – BA, Brazil

Professor at the Center for Arts, Humanities and Language and at the Postgraduate Program in Communication at the Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia (CAHL-PPGCOM-UFRB). PhD in Communication and Culture from the Communication School of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (PPGCOM-ECO-UFRJ). He completed a postdoctoral internship at the Graduate Program in Journalism at the Universidade State of Ponta Grossa (UEPG). President of the Folkcommunication Studies and Research Network (Folkcom Network).

Published

2023-04-28

How to Cite

FLÁVIO; ESCUDERO, C.; FERNANDES, G. M. Theoretical and methodological approaches between Folkcommunication and Communication for Development (C4D). Intercom - Brazilian Journal of Communication Sciences, São Paulo, v. 46, p. e2023101, 2023. DOI: 10.1590/1809-58442023101pt. Disponível em: https://revistas.intercom.org.br/index.php/revistaintercom/article/view/4237. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.

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