Julianna Gazzotti
Visiting Scholar 2002-2003
Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies
PhD Candidate in Political Science, Federal University of São Carlos (Brazil)
Fullbright Scholar

Area of Expertise: Media and power, liberalism, and cultural industry.

Country of Expertise: Brazil

Current Research Project: Gazzotti's research involves the transformation of the Brazilian Press under the 1964-1985 military rule. On one side, there was the official censorship, especially hard between 1969 and 1978. On the other hand, the policies of development fostered by the military allowed a rapid growth of the cultural industry in Brazil. In this sense, the newspaper Jornal da Tarde is a good case of the modern Brazilian cultural industry product facing the hardships of censorship. The analysis aims to understand the evolution of this newspaper in relation with two different processes: (1) the political censorship, and (2) the cultural industry fostered by the military governments. Moreover, the liberal ideology propagated by the periodical is another focus of study when we try to found out how a liberal newspaper can support a military coup.

Project Title: Jornal da Tarde (1966-75): Liberal Ideology and Cultural Industry (A Study of the Press under Dictatorship in Brazil)

Academic Background:
B.A. in Social Science, 1995
Federal University of São Carlos, UFSCar, São Carlos, Brazil

M. A. in Political Science, 1998 Press and Dictatorship: The Magazine Veja under Military Rules, 1968-1985
Federal University of São Carlos, UFSCar, São Carlos, Brazil

Ph.D. in Political Science, Candidate 2004 Federal University of São Carlos, UFSCar, São Carlos, Brazil
Jornal da Tarde (1966-75): Liberal Ideology and Cultural Industry (A Study of Press under Dictatorship in Brazil).

Selected Publications

• "The Brazilian Magazine Veja Under Censorship" - ("A revista Veja e o obstáculo da censura"), Olhar (Magazine of Education and Human Sciences Center), Federal University of São Carlos, 2003.
• "Mechanisms of Silence - Artistic Expressions and Censorship Under Military Rule (1964-1984)"
• "Mecanismos do Silêncio - expressões artísticas e censura no regime militar (1964-1984)," Creuza Berg, EdUFSCar, São Carlos, Univerciência (Magazine of Social Communication), Federal University of São Carlos), 2003.