Entre disposições práticas e militantes: as trajetórias de jovens jornalistas gaúchos e suas relações com o campo jornalístico.

Abstract

This research sought to find out if there are different dispositions among young journalists from Rio Grande do Sul and how they relate to the journalistic field’s characteristics. So, we begin this study by discussing the media from Brazil and Rio Grande do Sul from a historical perspective. After that, we approached the regulation of the profession of journalist in Brazil and analyzed some data about Brazilian journalists (number of registered professionals, gender, skin colour, training, professional functions, among others). In the theoretical chapter, we present the theoretical perspectives adopted in twoparts -Pierre Bourdieu's theory of fields and Bernard Lahire's theory of the plural actor. Following, we explain the methodology used in the research. We divided the analysis into two parts: first we present the characteristics of the journalistic field,from the application of the theory of the fields and then, the biographies of the young journalists studied, followed by interpretations of their dispositional constructions. Finally, the final research considerations are presented. As the main result of the research, there is a better fit in the field of traditional media for those journalists who demonstrate greater practical dispositions, in contrast to journalists who have critical dispositions, for conflict and for political militancy.