Newspaper editorials about ecology: private opinion as mediated public opinion

Authors

  • Antonio Teixeira de Barros Centro Universitário de Brasília (UniCEUB).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/c&i.v3i1.22864

Keywords:

Press and ecology. opinative jorunalism and ecology. journalistic editoriais.

Abstract

This article analyzes journalistic editoriais on environment published by the Brazilian newspapers "O Estado de S. Paulo", "Folha de S. Paulo", "O Globo" and "Jornal do Brazil" in the decades from 1970 ("Eco 72") to 1990 ("Eco 92"). It verifies that opinion is used as support of the information: that the editoriais represent more support elements to the informative covering, as they refer, in its majority, to the subjects that appear with larger emphasis in the informative texts, as estrategy to fasten in the public opinion the focus of the informative covering.

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Author Biography

Antonio Teixeira de Barros, Centro Universitário de Brasília (UniCEUB).

Doutor em Sociologia e mestre em Comunicação, Professor do Curso de Comunicação Social do Centro Universitário de Brasília (UniCEUB).

Published

2013-02-28

How to Cite

BARROS, A. T. de. Newspaper editorials about ecology: private opinion as mediated public opinion. Comunicação & Informação, Goiânia, Goiás, v. 3, n. 1, p. 65–79, 2013. DOI: 10.5216/c&i.v3i1.22864. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/ci/article/view/22864. Acesso em: 23 nov. 2024.

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