The article examines how mainstream news organizations in Brazil have tweeted about Jair Bolsonaro, investigating to what extent they may (voluntarily or not) amplify the visibility of populist leaders. We also scrutinize the levels of audience engagement with posts mentioning the President. Our empirical design comprises a content analysis of 128,096 tweets published throughout 2019 by Folha de S. Paulo, O Estado de S. Paulo, and O Globo. The results reveal that such newspapers focused on controversies and negative issues involving Bolsonaro, while posts addressing public policies did not achieve high visibility or engagement. The article also discusses to what degree the newspapers may be taking advantage of users' preferences for content with populist features to reinforce their watchdog role and boost audience ratings. Our findings also contribute to understanding how populist leaders and media organizations can build a mutually beneficial relationship, even though they publicly claim to oppose each other. Finally, the paper suggests new hypotheses to be explored, such as the argument that quality papers may be loosening the division between news and opinion when using social media to satisfy audience niches in polarized environments.
ResumoTendo em vista o baixo número de mulheres eleitas para cargos nos órgãos legislativos brasileiros, o presente artigo analisa como as candidatas ao cargo de Deputada Federal pelo estado do Paraná apareceram no Horário Gratuito de Propaganda Eleitoral (HGPE) nas eleições de 2014. Considera-se que, como ocorre em relação a outros recursos aplicados durante o período eleitoral, as mulheres possuem um acesso desigual à propaganda televisionada, quando comparadas aos candidatos homens. Além disso, esse tratamento tende a aumentar ou a diminuir nos diferentes partidos. A partir de uma análise quantitativa de conteúdo dos segmentos da campanha televisiva, demonstra-se que o HGPE não reflete a cota estabelecida por lei de um mínimo de 30% de candidatas, já que os homens são sobrerrepresentados nas inserções. Há, contudo, diferenças significativas entre os partidos e entre as próprias mulheres que ocupam os segmentos televisivos de campanha.Palavras-chave: representação feminina; mulher e política; eleições proporcionais brasileiras; HGPE.
Female representation on electoral adversiting in Brazil: the women candidates of Paraná federal representative on tvAbstract Bearing in mind the low number of women elected for positions at the Brazilian legislative bodies, this article analyzes how the candidates for federal deputy of one of its states, Paraná, have appeared at the electoral advertising at 2014. It's considered that, as it occurs with other resources applied during the electoral period, women have an unequal access to television ads, when compared with the male candidates. Besides that, this treatment tends to increase or diminish in the different parties. With a quan-titative content analyzes, the article shows that the television's electoral advertising doesn't reflect the law, which establishes a quota of at least 30% women candidates, and has the men over-represented. Nonetheless, the parties have significant differences: the left ones tend to show more women at the ads than the right ones. Furthermore, the analysis shows that exists inequality between the women who appear at the campaign segments.
This article analyzes the diversity of the available media frames about the tragedy in Mariana. Based on Entman's (1993) framing and Porto's (2007) frame diversity concepts, we propose a content analysis of the materials presented in several media outlets, namely a local media (Estado de Minas), three online portals dedicated to journalism (G1, R7, Uol) and three outlets of national reach (Folha de S. Paulo, O Estado de S. Paulo, O Globo). We opted by a convenience sample that seeks to evaluate immediate and subsequent repercussion. Our analysis reveals a coverage that privileges official sources, leaving little room for affected people's perspective or even for "public interest" frames.
Em 2016, o então presidente Michel Temer extinguiu a Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) e a substituiu pelo Ministério de Transparência, Fiscalização e Controle. Especialistas criticaram a alteração, apontando que a nova configuração enfraquecia o órgão fiscalizador. Levando em conta esse cenário, este artigo busca verificar como os editoriais de O Estado de S. Paulo e Folha de S. Paulo se posicionaram sobre a transparência em 2015 e 2016. Para tanto, realiza uma Análise de Conteúdo de 123 editoriais que citaram o termo “transparência” no referido período. Duas hipóteses são testadas: H1) OESP e FSP se posicionaram de forma negativa à mudança na CGU; e H2) Quando citam o termo "transparência", os jornais clamam por essa dimensão democrática. Os resultados refutaram as hipóteses, já que poucos editoriais trataram, de fato, do tema da transparência – e apenas um se posicionou de forma contrária às mudanças na CGU.
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