Social Representations of Political Polarization through Traditional Media: A Study of the Brazilian Case between 2015 and 2019

IF 0.4 Q3 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

Human Affairs-Postdisciplinary Humanities & Social Sciences Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-01-17 DOI:10.1515/humaff-2022-2032

A. Giacomozzi, Juliana Gomes Fiorott, Raquel Bertoldo, A. Contarello

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Abstract Brazil has recently been experiencing a phenomenon of political polarization: a conflict involving political views and social identities. Considering the extent to which this socially constructed conflict has been partially fueled by the media, we propose to use the Social Representations Theory. The present study explores how discourses in the mainstream media construct the political polarization taking place in Brazil. The topics covered in 82 texts published between January 2015 and August 2019 in Brazilian mainstream press, Folha da S. Paulo and Estado de S. Paulo, were examined using content analysis and Reinert’s method with IRaMuTeQ software. A descending hierarchical analysis divided the corpus into four classes, and content analysis showed that both daily newspapers strongly criticized the political polarization underway, which was anchored to and objectified through episodes of violence, and they supported the valorization of democracy.

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通过传统媒体实现政治两极分化的社会表征：2015年至2019年巴西案例研究

近年来，巴西出现了一种政治极化现象，即政治观点和社会身份的冲突。考虑到媒体在一定程度上助长了这种社会建构的冲突，我们建议使用社会表征理论。本研究探讨主流媒体的话语如何建构巴西正在发生的政治极化。2015年1月至2019年8月期间，在巴西主流媒体《圣保罗页报》和《圣保罗州》上发表的82篇文章中所涵盖的主题，使用IRaMuTeQ软件使用内容分析和Reinert的方法进行了研究。降阶分析将语料分为四个等级，内容分析表明，两家日报都强烈批评正在进行的政治两极分化，这种两极分化通过暴力事件锚定和客观化，他们支持民主的增值。

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1.30

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