Journal article
The political field and adversarial journalism: Studying the editorials of O Estado de S. Paulo on the Brazilian Congress
Canadian journal of Latin American and Caribbean studies, Vol.43(3), pp.417-441
01/01/2018
DOI: 10.1080/08263663.2018.1514099
Abstract
The article investigates if, and to what extent, editorials pieces of O Estado de S. Paulo (OESP), one of the main Brazilian newspapers, express an adversarial position towards the Brazilian Congress. Our hypothesis is: the editorial text is a space in which the newspaper expresses its role as an adversary to the political field. By applying a Frame Analyses, we identified the main frames in 124 texts published by OESP between 2011 and 2013. We found that "Conflicts between government and its allies and between government and Congress" and "Measures to improve Brazilian economy" were the most recurrent frames. Half of the editorials in our sample presented an adversary position against the House of Representatives or Senate. However, there are distinct degrees of adversarial behavior. Therefore, our hypothesis was partially confirmed. Finally, we argue that such adversarial approach is part of OESP's strategy to legitimate itself as a political representative of its readers.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The political field and adversarial journalism: Studying the editorials of O Estado de S. Paulo on the Brazilian Congress
- Creators
- Camila Mont'Alverne - Univ Fed Parana, Polit Sci, Curitiba, Parana, BrazilFrancisco Paulo Jamil Marques - Univ Fed Parana, Polit Sci, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Canadian journal of Latin American and Caribbean studies, Vol.43(3), pp.417-441
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.1080/08263663.2018.1514099
- ISSN
- 0826-3663
- eISSN
- 2333-1461
- Number of pages
- 25
- Language
- Spanish
- Date published
- 01/01/2018
- Academic Unit
- Center for Social Science Innovation; School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Record Identifier
- 9984772262702771
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