"Information on 850 directors and 3000 films. The author conducted 300 interviews during the process of compiling the work. Each entry cites names, facts, dates, and works. Also includes a general bibliography and filmography. Excellent source." (Latin America and the Caribbean: A Critical Guide to
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Research Sources. Ed. Paula H. Covington. New York et al.: Greenwood Press, 1992, nr. 4322)
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"Dimenstein, um renomado jornalista brasileiro, relata como ele e seus colegas são expostos às tentativas de manipulação dos políticos." (commbox)
"This book aims at a dual objective: first, to analyze the formation of the Brazilian commercial television system and the emergence of a genre, the novela; and second, to establish theoretical guidelines so as to understand better the stakes of critical reflection on the upheavals occurring in tele
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vision today [...] In ten years, Brazil has succeeded in creating a national audiovisual program industry that has shown itself capable of exporting on a grand scale. The internationalization of Brazilian programs goes hand-in-hand with the attraction of a cheap, efficient mode of production. Confronted with the dual need to increase their production and lower their costs, European television channels have recently developed an interest in the novela; it copies neither the European serial nor the U.S. series, yet fits into the dynamics of serialization. This book invites the reader to consider the history of genres, the ideological and aesthetic forms that have crystallized the collective imagination and in which popular memory and national memory are always in tension." (Preface, page x-xi)
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"Tomando o ponto de vista da comunicação e do jornalismo popular e católico, o autor caracteriza o 'Grita Povo' no seu contexto, marcado por intensa atividade pastoral no campo social. Determina o tipo de jornalismo praticado, analisa o modo de produção do jornal a partir da estrutura do texto,
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ângulo de observação, condições de produção, criatividade e participação popular na sua feitura. Enquanto conteúdo, Pedro Gilberto Gomes enfoca os assuntos veiculados, a área de abrangência e as categorias e gêneros jornalísticos utilizados." (Contracapa)
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"Provides data in charts statistical tables and diagrams on all forms of media in Brazil as well as information on Brazilian market characteristics and the advertising industry in print and diskette formats." (Ann Hartness, Brazil in Reference Books 1965-1989. Scarecrow Press, 1991)