New journalistic forms of informing

reflections on sound productions that bring together journalism and fiction

Abstract

Dramatization on the radio in its early days was linked to advertising interests and was aimed, above all, at the female audience, potential buyers of sponsoring products. Most of these radio dramatizations revolved around love conflicts. At the same time, these radio soap operas are undergoing changes: they bring new themes and target different audiences, such as social movements. They are aired on the radio, but also expand to social networks. The purpose of this text is to reflect on forms, also journalistic, of informing, taking as object radio soap operas performed in a Communication course at a northeastern federal university. As a methodology, a bibliographical and critical review, in addition to the description of the case study. One of the points highlighted by the work is the possibility of these productions incorporating journalism principles, such as investigation, checking sources, interest and relevance, all mixed with fictional elements.