Perspectivas acerca do conceito "acontecimento"

The concept of “event” is used by a variety of social sciences in a differentiated manner, leading to fundamental differences in the way they are perceived, interpreted and reported. Consider the notion of event for Journalism and for History. The journalistic event values facts of everyday life, the present time, the now, the immediate, while the historic view considers events that matter under a longer period of time and its underlying causes. So, what we propose to discuss is how this concept is used by journalism and history, highlighting major similarities and dissimilarities.