Journalism as a social form of knowledge: dialogues between journalistic practice and pedagogical practice

Authors

• Carlos Roberto Praxedes dos Santos Universidade do Vale do Itajaí http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3145-4120
• Camila Maurer Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2582-5132

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17058/rzm.v14i01.19506

Keywords:

emancipatory journalism, pedagogical praxis, journalistic praxis, Freirean pedagogy, social form of knowledge

Abstract

This article aims to propose a dialogue between journalistic practice—which produces and disseminates a specific form of knowledge—and pedagogical practice as understood by the educator and philosopher Paulo Freire. It is an exploratory theoretical reflection based on bibliographic research and guided by the question: can Freirean pedagogical praxis offer elements for an emancipatory journalistic praxis? The study revisits key approaches to journalism as a social form of knowledge (Genro Filho, 1989; Meditsch, 1997) and reflects on the relevance of Freirean pedagogical principles for a journalistic practice guided by emancipatory ideals. Points of convergence between the two perspectives are identified, through different approaches, suggesting the possibility of a promising dialogue between journalistic and pedagogical practices.