Corruption and the media – a journalists’ look about the relevance of time

Abstract

The relations between the media, politics, the legal system and the phenomenon of corruption are complex and gives rise to various types of time and temporality. In empirical terms, this text addresses a study conducted with journalists who have followed cases of corruption involving politicians. The importance of time in the constitution of relations between media, politics and the legal system is discussed. The analysis highlights some of the main characteristics of the time in the media labour. Additionally, it debates the way in which time configures the relations of power that are established between the different systems and actors.