The absence of educational programs by the main private TV stations in Brazil

Abstract

The 1988 Federal Constitution established television program production norms, which should be educational, artistic,
cultural and informative. Based on the Magma Letter, the present study proposes the analysis of television programs offered
to the viewer by the private broadcast stations in the country: Band, Rede Globo, SBT, Rede TV! and Record, focusing
on the analysis of educational programs. Television should fulfill social functions; however, the scenario has centered
mostly around the entertainment category for decades and directly impacts the effectiveness of its educational role.
Furthermore, the concentration of power of the means of communication, heightened by the absence of democratization
of communication, impacts directly on the diversity of content offered to the citizen thus impeding the fulfillment of its
social function and the standardizing of programs. Educational programs remain absent in the researched stations.