“Liguei o rádio pra conferir se era verdade”: a credibilidade do radiojornalismo local em tempos de fake news

Abstract

Local radio stations have their journalistic programs anchored in information relevant to the daily life of the community, contributing to the symbolic proximity to the listener. The credibility of a media depends on pre-established conventions with its audience in consensual reading contracts. Thus, the purpose of the article is to highlight the places of credibility of local radio journalism in times of reduced confidence in the press and the spread of fake news. The reception research, which originated this clipping, has a multi-methodological basis and combines the application of questionnaires and oral history and semi-structured interviews to analyze the speeches of Radio Itatiaia Ouro Preto listeners about their listening experiences, relationship with the city of Ouro Preto (MG) and perceptions about the migration process from radio to FM. Using Discursive Textual Analysis, the interviews are explored here in light of the local radio's notion of credibility. The results show that local radio journalism continues to be the main and most reliable source of information for populations in small towns.