Theoretical Foundations of Journalism: an exploratory study on concepts, theories and themes

This article aims to map concepts, theories and themes necessary to understand Journalism. It is an exploratory study that takes as a methodological basis five research manuals in Journalism, programs of the disciplines of Theories of Journalism of five undergraduate courses and two Brazilian graduate courses and, finally, the application of a questionnaire, under the Delphi method, with seven Brazilian researchers specialized in Theories of Journalism. The data produced were compared with the objective of identifying and refining the key concepts of current Journalism, in addition to ascertaining emerging conceptions. As main results, 22 words that stood out the most in the research process and qualitative evaluations on the permanences and mutations of journalism concepts are presented.