All readings respond to different social, historical and political moments. Indeed, the book by Siebert, Peterson and Schramm was conceived, written and distributed during the Cold War; The book by Christians et al. was published at the end of the first decade of the 21st century, and Nerone's article appeared just two years ago. In this sense, these three scientific productions on the role of the press and its interaction with the political and economic context correspond to particular, even divergent, concerns about the fact that the press and journalism should be deployed in a political and economic context. given. Furthermore, this reflection on the expectations of the press and journalism has developed within the dominant academic production, particularly in the United States. This is a fact, despite the explicit awareness expressed by Christians et al. and Nerone to recognize the importance of a situated and contextualized way of thinking about media and the press. That said, the normative expectations of the press have obviously varied according to time and place. However, it can be argued that what is constant is the real concern about the role that media and journalism should play in a given society, despite its specificity. In other words, societies assume that media have certain