[ecrea] After the Coup: Political Communication in a Post-Democracy Era

Contracampo - Brazilian Journal of Communication

*Call for Papers After the Coup: Political Communication in a 
Post-Democracy Era *
Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Afonso de Albuquerque

The parliamentary coup which, on 31st August 2016, ousted elected 
President Dilma Rousseff from office, caught academia by surprise. 
Although the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate were 
directly responsible for the deposition of Dilma Rousseff, the coup was 
a complex process involving different sectors of society: the judicial 
apparatus formed by the Judiciary Branch, the Public Prosecution and the 
Federal Police, as well as business organizations, especially FIESP and, 
of no less importance, mainstream press.

Until recently, the consolidation of the Brazilian democracy was taken 
as given. Despite the quality of democracy, much of the analytical 
effort undertaken by the researchers intended to prove that, despite 
problems, institutions worked well enough to ensure political order. In 
fact, in some cases, the agenda of research seemed clearly optimistic, 
emphasizing the improvement of the country’s accountability institutions 
(especially the Public Prosecution), legal innovations such as the 
Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet, and practices of 
e-democracy conducted by institutions – for example tools of digital 
participation – or the use of social media as a resource for political 
mobilization. The concretization of the coup, the deterioration of the 
political stability that followed, and the advancement of the 
conservative agenda that threatens social rights and freedom of 
expression in the country suggest that a rethink of the research agenda 
for Journalism and Political Communication is necessary.

The special issue “After the Coup: Political Communication in a 
Post-Democracy Era” of Contracampo - Brazilian Journal of Communication 
presents an opportunity for interested researchers to explore the 
challenges facing research on Journalism and Political Communication in 
Brazil. We encourage the submission of articles that explore the role 
played by media organizations in the preparation of an environment 
favorable to the coup, through the delegitimization of representative 
political institutions in the country, and its role in the political 
dynamics from the current installation of the new government. A 
non-exhaustive list of topics that could be explored on the special 
issue includes:
- Journalism and professional ethics in contemporary Brazil: challenges 
and perspectives
- Patterns of media coverage before and after the coup
- Media, corruption, judicialization and criminalization of politics
- Networks of alternative communication in the new political landscape
- Far-right networks and the new conservative agenda in Brazil
- The political crisis in Brazil in the context of Latin America;
- Organizations as political agents in post-democratic Brazil;
- Economic policy of the media in post-democratic Brazil;
- The literature on media and democratization: critical perspectives
- Media and social issues in Brazil

Deadline for submissions: March 1st, 2018.

The rules and guidelines for authors are available on our website. 
http://www.contracampo.uff.br/index.php/revista/index

Contracampo – Brazilian Journal of Media Studies is an Open Access 
Journal, Free of Charge, and a quarterly publication of the Graduate 
Programme in Communication Studies (PPGCOM) at Fluminense Federal 
University (UFF), Brazil. It aims to contribute to critical reflection 
within the field of Media Studies, being a space for dissemination of 
research and scientific thought.
Since 2017 Contracampo - Brazilian Journal of Communication is a 
bilingual publication, receiving papers in Portuguese or in English. The 
authors must send the translation into the second language after 
confirmation of acceptance for publication.






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