Hegemonia e poder: as concessões para veículos de radiodifusão no Maranhão (1978-1990)

Abstract

The consolidation of the hegemony of the political group that governed the state of Maranhão for fifty years, with ephemeral interruptions, was carried out using various instruments of coercion and consensus. Based on the theoretical orientation of the Italian philosopher Antonio Gramsci, this paper proposes to explain the process of consolidation of the hegemony of this group through the cooptation of the broadcasting vehicles in the state of Maranhão. Initially, we will discuss the History of Present Time, its advances and challenges and present more deeply Gramsci's theoretical orientation. Soon afterwards, we will seek to situate ourselves historically within the theme, making a historiographic discussion about the period from the implementation of the dictatorship in 1964 until the transition period, demonstrating the growth of national media groups during this period. Finally, we elaborated a diagnosis about the process of liberation of public concessions for Maranhão broadcasting vehicles, relating them to the strengthening of the Sarney group in Maranhão, identifying allies and demonstrating the group's electoral results. In order to carry out this work we will use as sources: official journals, decrees made by the federal executive, electoral bulletins, printed materials, in addition to the existing bibliography. We will have the years between 1978 and 1990 as a time cut.