User:Paulo Andrade
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Paulo Andrade lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and has recently obtained a diploma in Journalism.
In Journalism, my main interests are :
- distortion of words, language and facts
- manipulation techniques used in news, photojournalism
- accuracy and fairness in reporting
- democratization of the mass media
- media watch
- investigative Journalism
My main interests outside Journalism are :
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[edit] Academic paper
In December, 2007, I have concluded a lengthy academic paper (in Portuguese) on the issue of truth in the journalistic discourse. Among other topics, the work covers:
- The different concepts of truth, the relations between truth and power, truth and techniques of propaganda (Nazi propaganda, the ideas of the Frankfurt School on this topic, etc), truth and hypocrisy, the Tyranny of the majority, the role of the media and the Ethical code in Journalism; truth, veracity and verifiability of the news.
- Factors that may affect truth in Journalism – the influence of advertisers and its consequences (for instance Big Tobacco), the influence of governments, the influence of sources, media concentration, problems with sources during wartime and sources in the government, lobbying (for example on global warming), prepackaged news, individual ethical deviation, reduction and simplification of multifaceted facts, the journalistic omission of relevant facts, the truth in reporting versus the truth of the facts.
- Language, accuracy and truth – the possibility of manipulation of language, problems with language, truth as referential, the definition of terrorism, the definition of pedophilia (disinformation, legal offenses and conflicting views).
- The issue of truth affected by some Theories of Journalism – the Mirror Theory, the Theory of Primary Definers, the spiral of silence Theory; as well as their relation to issues like the intolerance of dissent; freedom of expression and of speech; limitations of pluralism; the spheres of consensus and controversy; taboo (or almost taboo) subjects in the media – animal cruelty practiced in slaughterhouses, pro-pedophile activism, pro-piracy activism.
- Case study – the treatment given by the Brazilian media to the debate over changing or not the age of criminal responsibility in Brazil; the interest of the media in news production – real or simulacrum ?.
[edit] Contributions in Wikipedia
I’m researching the following topics and am willing to collaborate with Wikipedia in articles that have something to do with them:
- the age of consent in different countries and continents and all connected issues;
- Sexual Morality and the Law, Michel Foucault and French petitions of the 1970s;
- pedophilia, Pedophile activism and the History of pedophile activism;
- puberty and precocious puberty;
- ephebophilia;
- love relationships, affairs or marriages between adults and adolescents (in different countries and also throughout history), especially involving famous people or couples;
- emancipation of minors and marriageable age;
- child labor, child work and legal working age;
- child prostitution and child pornography;
- teen pregnancy (and also pre-teen pregnancy);
- age of criminal responsibility and youth delinquency.
- all topics - texts and pictures, when relevant and legally possible.
[edit] Contact
E-mail: freedom.of.expression@uol.com.br
[edit] Your feedback
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[about pre-teen pregnancy]
This is of a case in Scotland. Very Sad Story but one none the less http://www.spinstartshere.com/?q=node/1391 User:209.121.204.240 06:45, 17 November 2006
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- Thank you for the tip. This link is unsourced, however provides another link to an article by the British paper "Daily Mail", which is: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=385968&in_page_id=1774&in_a_source=&ct=5 Maybe you would like to know that in Brazil alone some 15,000 girls a year become pregnant at ages 10 to 11, according to IBGE, a national gov-based institute that functions as a primary reference for stats in general. In some poor areas, an early pregnancy is sometimes seen as a source of social status and recognizement or a symbol of "emancipation" from the family. It is not known however how often this happens.User:Paulo Andrade 03:08 GMT, 10 March 2007
[about emancipation of minors]
Please see: http://www.history-of-rock.com/lewis.htm. User:69.108.3.117 11:19, 1 April 2007
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