The research and extension project "SOS-Imprensa" is a public utility service, a participative assistance, non-profi t academic service and an interactive space designed to build better media, based on the principle that communications institutions must fulfi ll their function, which transcends their commercial interest. Media are part of a public sphere and as such they cannot be dissociated from the ideals of justice and public interest. Media are a two-way street, covering a social integration (Public-Press-Public), establishing more than a relation of consumption. Democracy is founded on the daily activity of a free, fair society. Citizenship is cooperative and as a consequence involves everyone' s contribution. Therefore, its meaning diff ers from that derived from omission. SOS-Imprensa considers three types of appeals, which can be summed up by 1) "help, the press off ends me"; 2) "help, I need the press";
O autor discute o papel das emissoras legislativas de televisão, a partir da experiência dos 20 anos da TV Câmara, no contexto democrático brasileiro, com ênfase para o papel dessas emissoras no debate público baseado no pluralismo de ideias e opiniões.
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