The Child And Adolescent Statute and Media: Interdisciplinary Dialogues

There is an urgent need to promote dialogues in the scope of Humanities and Social Sciences concerning the Child and Adolescent Statute -- ECA, in the Brazilian Portuguese Acronym -- in all of its complexity, potential and close relationship with print and television media. The objective of this paper is to inquire into how the media contributes to the (lack of) comprehension about the rights of children and adolescents, as a proper opinion maker itself. We further reflect, through interdisciplinary lenses, on how the initial formation of Law School, Faculty of Education and Social Sciences students, contributes by promoting debates and significant advancement in what concerns Brazilian law 8.069/90, which specifically handles the full protection of children and adolescents. Thus, we ask: to what extent does television media influence the bill on lowering the criminal responsibility age? By means of an action-research which encompassed the internet and the theoretical approaches of Cultural Studies, our paper proposes the deepening of studies on this theme, aiming at making initial formation undergraduate students able to understand ECA as a living legislation which promotes emancipation. Our methodology suggests study group meetings among undergraduates from