The place of community communication initiative in Communications policy

Abstract

The aim of this article is to understand how community communication initiatives have been assimilated in the formulation of communication public policies. It is based in a bibliographic and documental research, trying to situate academic reflections around the theme, the need for its regulation and the involvement of social organizations in the formulation of a regulatory framework for communications, in which community communication initiatives must be considered, and the ability to raise awareness of the topic. From the debate on the understanding of a communication system based on a distinct sector of state/government and private/market, the article emphasizes the need to establish foundations for the implementation of which, in fact, would be the recognition of the importance of historical performance of community communication in our country, currently manifested in community radios and community channels of cable TV (as well as in future Channels of Citizenship, in process of implementation).