Abram alas para a rádio arquibancada: jornalismo e midiativismo pedem passagem em nome da cultura das escolas de samba

Abstract

Of online update only, Radio Arquibancada dedicates its entire program to the Carnival of samba schools fundamentally from Rio de Janeiro. This research investigates how media activist logics employed in the journalistic practices of this radio can contribute to the circulation, consumption and maintenance of the culture of samba schools. The process of construction of the research had distinct points of observation, such as the social networks of the station under study and interviews with its creators, as well as some listeners. There were also observations of two live broadcasts conducted by Radio Arquibancada on October 13 and 14, 2017, of the samba theme choice events of the samba schools Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel and Portela, from the adaptation of five levels of analysis used for the study of media collectives (AQUINO BITTENCOURT, GONZATTI; RIOS, 2018). The performance of the station in a transmission was also observed in loco during Carnavalia-Sambacon held in Rio de Janeiro between July 13 and 15, 2017, with the presence of the author of this research. At the end of the research, it is understood Radio Arquibancada as media activist vehicle which aims at profitability through its journalistic practices, placing the carnival culture as the main guideline of its coverage, and having as logic of resistance to mass media the principles of media activism.