ABSTRACT: Although journalism studies rely on a well-grounded debate about news values, there are fewer investigations about the values used to select a topic in newspaper editorials. By tackling the concept of editorial-worthiness, this... more
ABSTRACT: Although journalism studies rely on a well-grounded debate about news values, there are fewer investigations about the values used to select a topic in newspaper editorials. By tackling the concept of editorial-worthiness, this article aims to empirically examine which editorial values influence how news organizations build their institutional opinions. Methodologically, we use content analysis to find out what makes a topic worth being addressed in 840 editorials published by Folha de S. Paulo and O Estado de S. Paulo (two Brazilian mainstream newspapers) in 2007 and 2017. Our results reveal that “topicality,” “the power elite,” and “conflict” are the most frequent editorial values in both organizations, showing some parallel with news values, although not a complete overlap. Lastly, our framework provides a key contribution to disclosing the similarities and singularities typical of different cultures concerning editorial journalism, offering the opportunity to think abo...
Research Interests: Communication, Media Studies, Media and Cultural Studies, Journalism, Public Opinion, and 9 moreMass Communication, Political communication, Public Opinion Research, Media, Communication Studies, Journalism And Mass communication, Brazilian journalism, Sociology of Journalism, and Public Communication. Political Communication
Supplemental material, sj-pdf-4-ips-10.1177_01925121211056578 for Are politically engaged citizens more democratic? A glimpse from Brazil by Camila Mont'Alverne, Diego Moraes and Thaíse Kemer in International Political Science Review
This report details findings from an original survey of news audiences in Brazil, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It examines attitudes towards media in each country, ideas about how journalists conduct themselves, and... more
This report details findings from an original survey of news audiences in Brazil, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It examines attitudes towards media in each country, ideas about how journalists conduct themselves, and views about which sources of information can be trusted online and offline. The report focuses especially on people with minimal trust and finds some patterns across countries: the least trusting are not necessarily the most vocal critics who are often selectively trusting towards particular providers. Instead, the untrusting tend to be the least knowledgeable about journalism, most disengaged from how it is practised, and least interested in the editorial choices publishers make daily when producing the news. The primary challenge news media and journalists face from this part of the public is not hostility, but indifference. Earning their trust calls for a different approach than that required for other segments of the public
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A significant part of the Western literature on democracy assumes that political participation leads to citizens being more committed to democratic values. However, we do not know to what extent this is true in young democracies with an... more
A significant part of the Western literature on democracy assumes that political participation leads to citizens being more committed to democratic values. However, we do not know to what extent this is true in young democracies with an authoritarian tradition. Hence, this article aims to examine whether politically engaged Brazilians are more democratic. To do so, we analyzed whether there is any association between political participation, support for democracy, and democracy relativization through multivariate regression models. Our database comprises a representative sample of 2417 interviews with the electorate of São Paulo in 2019. The results show a statistically significant association between unconventional political participation and support for democracy. General political participation is associated with non-relativization of democracy only, showing a limited relationship between support for democracy and participation. Other variables, such as political interest, politi...
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As pesquisas realizadas na area de Comunicacao e Democracia tem enfatizado a importância da Internet para o jogo politico-eleitoral. Porem, poucas investigacoes tem se dedicado a estudar a influencia da Internet em campanhas que priorizam... more
As pesquisas realizadas na area de Comunicacao e Democracia tem enfatizado a importância da Internet para o jogo politico-eleitoral. Porem, poucas investigacoes tem se dedicado a estudar a influencia da Internet em campanhas que priorizam apenas uma faixa especifica do eleitorado, como aquelas empreendidas por candidatos a vereador. Tendo tal escassez em vista, o objetivo do artigo e compreender – destacando a dimensao quantitativa do fenomeno – de que maneira os parlamentares de Fortaleza utilizaram o Twitter no periodo compreendido entre Julho e Novembro de 2012. O corpus e composto pelas contas no microblog dos 25 vereadores da capital cearense que tentaram reeleicao. Constatou-se uma correlacao direta entre a quantidade de tweets publicados e a quantidade de seguidores que determinados usuarios atraem. Todavia, aponta-se que boa parte dos agentes do campo politico aqui analisados continua desinteressada em empregar o Twitter como parte de sua estrategia de comunicacao politica.
Research Interests: Information Technology, Community Informatics, Media Studies, New Media, Internet Studies, and 15 moreDigital Media, Political Campaigns, Brazilian Studies, Political Science, Democratization, Political communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Democracy, Elections, Internet politics, Online Media, Internet and politics, Online campaigning, Campanhas online, and Media theory and Research
This report details findings from an inductive, qualitative study of news audiences across four countries, examining varying ways people define the construct of trust in news, how they differentiate between sources, and the role played by... more
This report details findings from an inductive, qualitative study of news audiences across four countries, examining varying ways people define the construct of trust in news, how they differentiate between sources, and the role played by digital platforms in how news outlets get evaluated in daily life. Drawing on both focus group discussions and one-on-one in-depth interviews with 132 individuals in Brazil, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the report argues that many people focus surprisingly little on the specific journalistic practices employed by news organisations when assessing trustworthiness. Instead, many news consumers fall back on shortcuts involving impressions of brands’ reputations and stylistic differences in the way news gets presented. For those lacking strong trusting relationships to particular news outlets, the experience of navigating information online often reinforced tendencies toward generalised scepticism toward all news—making it that muc...
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RESUMO: Este artigo examina de que modo os jornaisFolha de S. PauloeO Estado de S. Paulose posicionaram editorialmente em relação ao escândalo das gravações envolvendo o ex-presidente Michel Temer e o empresário Joesley Batista. Ocorpusé... more
RESUMO: Este artigo examina de que modo os jornaisFolha de S. PauloeO Estado de S. Paulose posicionaram editorialmente em relação ao escândalo das gravações envolvendo o ex-presidente Michel Temer e o empresário Joesley Batista. Ocorpusé composto por 103 editoriais publicados entre maio e setembro de 2017 - período que compreende do dia posterior à publicação dos áudios até o encerramento do mandato do então Procurador-Geral da República, Rodrigo Janot. A Análise de Conteúdo quantitativa e qualitativa aponta diferenças no modo como os periódicos abordaram o escândalo: enquanto a FSP desconfia da conduta de Temer, OESP critica recorrentemente o Ministério Público Federal. Os dois jornais, porém, concordaram em preservar a agenda de reformas econômicas - o que evidencia a relevância dos editoriais para caracterizar as empresas jornalísticas como players do jogo político.
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O artigo examina como Folha de S. Paulo e O Estado de S. Paulo se posicionaram politicamente em seus editoriais acerca do impeachment de Dilma Rousseff. O estudo comparativo abrange as dimensões quantitativa e qualitativa de 507... more
O artigo examina como Folha de S. Paulo e O Estado de S. Paulo se posicionaram politicamente em seus editoriais acerca do impeachment de Dilma Rousseff. O estudo comparativo abrange as dimensões quantitativa e qualitativa de 507 editoriais (FSP=156; OESP=351) publicados entre 2015 e 2016 que mencionam “impeachment” ou “impedimento”, analisados por meio de Análise de Conteúdo. Propõem-se três hipóteses: Os editoriais de FSP e OESP: H1) Constroem, de forma sincronizada com o desenvolvimento do processo de impeachment nas esferas institucionais, a ideia de legitimidade do afastamento de Dilma; H2) Apresentam pontos de vista semelhantes em relação ao impeachment; H3) Ancoram a legitimidade do afastamento de Dilma, essencialmente, em argumentos jurídicos. Os resultados apontam que: os editoriais pautam o impeachment antes mesmo de a ação se iniciar institucionalmente; ambos se preocupam em validar o afastamento, mas mobilizam argumentos distintos; OESP defende o impeachment como saída ma...
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The article investigates how Folha de S. Paulo and O Estado de S. Paulo – two of the leading Brazilian quality newspapers – expressed their editorial positions on the impeachment of the ex-president Dilma Rousseff. The comparative study... more
The article investigates how Folha de S. Paulo and O Estado de S. Paulo – two of the leading Brazilian quality newspapers – expressed their editorial positions on the impeachment of the ex-president Dilma Rousseff. The comparative study encompasses quantitative and qualitative methods to examine 506 editorial texts published between 2015 and 2016. By using Content Analysis, the research found out that Folha de S. Paulo and O Estado de S. Paulo take different positions along the process: each newspaper presents particular arguments to justify the impeachment’s legitimacy; regarding the solution for the political situation, O Estado de S. Paulo fully supports the impeachment, while Folha de S. Paulo asks for the then president and her vice-president to resign. In the end, both organizations agree in their editorials that Rousseff has to be removed from office. At the same time, Folha de S. Paulo and O Estado de S. Paulo try to avoid being seen as actors conspiring against democracy, w...
Research Interests: Latin American Studies, Communication, Media Studies, Media and Cultural Studies, Journalism, and 15 moreBrazilian Studies, Mass Communication, Democratization, Brazil, Media and Democracy, Communication Theory, Media, Democracy, Mass media, Journalism Studies, Jornalismo, Impeachment, Journalism And Mass communication, Editorial, and Communication and media Studies
Research Interests: Communication, Media Studies, Journalism, Political Theory, Political Science, and 15 moreMass Communication, Political communication, Media, Democracy, Mass media, Journalism Studies, Journals, Agenda Setting, Journalism And Mass communication, Democracia, Newspaper, Communication and media Studies, Agenda Setting Theory, Brazilian journalism, and Journalism Practice
o objetivo do artigo é examinar os enquadramentos elaborados pela Folha de S Paulo em editoriais que tratam do Congresso Nacional, investigando-se as seguintes hipóteses: H1: Os editoriais adotam um tom negativo em relação ao Congresso ao... more
o objetivo do artigo é examinar os enquadramentos elaborados pela Folha de S Paulo em editoriais que tratam do Congresso Nacional, investigando-se as seguintes hipóteses: H1: Os editoriais adotam um tom negativo em relação ao Congresso ao enquadrar o Legislativo e seus integrantes como atores recorrentemente envolvidos em barganhas, irregularidades e escândalos; H2: Ao tratar do Congresso em seus editoriais, a FSP procura construir sua própria imagem como defensora do interesse público. A Análise de Enquadramentos permitiu identificar os frames existentes em 40 editoriais publicados entre 2011 e 2013. Descobriu-se que o Congresso raramente é abordado de forma isolada, uma vez que os editoriais costumam evidenciar as relações que a referida instituição e seus agentes mantêm com outros poderes. Tais relações são caracterizadas pelos editoriais como conflitos e negociações prejudiciais ao interesse público. Ademais, o periódico posiciona o Executivo como principal articulador do jogo p...
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Despite the large array of research dedicated to examining the concepts of news values and newsworthiness, journalism studies barely attempt to deal with the idea of editorial-worthiness at the theoretical level. This article proposes a... more
Despite the large array of research dedicated to examining the concepts of news values and newsworthiness, journalism studies barely attempt to deal with the idea of editorial-worthiness at the theoretical level. This article proposes a conceptual foundation to reflect on the elements influencing how news organizations build their editorial positions. Studying the idea of editorial-worthiness is essential to catalog the characteristics guiding newspapers’ editorial decisions and production processes, as well as to understand the differences between professional rules and cultures shaping opinionated practices in contemporary journalism. By employing an approach based on a review of the literature, the article proposes a conceptualization of criteria of editorial-worthiness consisting of (1) editorial factors and (2) editorial values, further divided into 25 items. The proposal allows journalism research to acknowledge how the gatekeeping function plays out on editorial pages by cate...
Research Interests: Communication, Media Studies, Journalism, Political Science, Mass Communication, and 15 moreJournalism History, Political communication, Media, Online Journalism, Editorial theory, Mass media, Journalism Studies, Newspapers, Periodismo, Jornalismo, Newspapers and online journalism, Journalism And Mass communication, Newspaper, Editorial, and Communication and media Studies
Notwithstanding journalistic editorials may evidence conflicts and negotiations involving public and private interests, their production process is little investigated in Brazil. The article examines the values and routines typical to the... more
Notwithstanding journalistic editorials may evidence conflicts and negotiations involving public and private interests, their production process is little investigated in Brazil. The article examines the values and routines typical to the work of Folha de S. Paulo’s editorialists to find out how they construct newspaper’s positions. By applying Content Analysis to three in-depth interviews, we propose four thematic axes regarding the features of journalistic editorials: Political and marketing roles; their target audience; production routines; and editorial values of the newspaper. The results indicate that editorialists exercise limited autonomy, striving to fit the positions historically defended by the publication. Such a condition is seen as natural by the interviewees, with no record of tensions between their individual opinions and newspaper’s positions. Embora o editorial possa tornar evidentes conflitos e negociações envolvendo interesses públicos e privados na atividade jor...
Research Interests: Communication, Media Studies, Journalism, Public Opinion, Science Communication, and 15 morePolitical Science, Mass Communication, Journalism History, Political communication, Media, Newspaper History, Mass media, Economic and Business Journalism, Journalism Studies, Newspapers and online journalism, Journalism And Mass communication, Newspaper, Editorial, Brazilian journalism, and Sociology of Journalism
In order to update the debate about journalism and agenda-setting, the article examines the main issues discussed by Folha de S. Paulo and O Estado de S. Paulo in their editorials. By using Content Analysis, we analyze 164 texts published... more
In order to update the debate about journalism and agenda-setting, the article examines the main issues discussed by Folha de S. Paulo and O Estado de S. Paulo in their editorials. By using Content Analysis, we analyze 164 texts published by both newspapers between 2011 and 2013. All editorials in our sample mention the terms “Brazilian Congress”, “Senate” or “Brazilian House of Representatives”. Our results point that, among the issues considered of relevance by the newspapers, there are relations between the government and its allies in Congress and political scandals; other issues of social interest were also addressed by the editorials, such as labor legislation and the quality of education and health services. The fact that editorial is an institutional genre gives a special relevance to the agendas adopted by it. The diverse emphases verified in OESP and FSP editorials also highlight that journalistic institutions have their own interests. Therefore, it is necessary that the l...
Research Interests: Communication, Media Studies, Humanities, Public Opinion, Science Communication, and 15 morePolitical Science, Mass Communication, Politics, Political communication, Media, Mass media, Comunicação, Periodismo, Comunicacion, Jornalismo, Journalism And Mass communication, Newspaper, Editorial, Brazilian journalism, and News Analysis
Research Interests: Communication, Media Studies, New Media, Internet Studies, Digital Media, and 15 moreBrazilian Studies, Political Science, Mass Communication, Internet research methods, Politics, Political communication, Brazil, Media, Democracy, Elections, Political Representation, Elections and Voting Behavior, Metodología y Teoría de la Investigación Social, Internet, and Brazilian Political Science
O artigo examina como se processa a comunicação entre a Câmara dos Deputados e os cidadãos brasileiros a partir do Portal da Câmara e do Portal e-Democracia. A análise considera a variedade e a profundidade dos mecanismos relacionados a... more
O artigo examina como se processa a comunicação entre a Câmara dos Deputados e os cidadãos brasileiros a partir do Portal da Câmara e do Portal e-Democracia. A análise considera a variedade e a profundidade dos mecanismos relacionados a três aspectos apontados pela literatura como fundamentais para as iniciativas patrocinadas: Informação, Transparência e Participação. A metodologia consiste em uma análise de conteúdo quantitativa, com aplicação de testes estatísticos para verificar a relação entre os portais e as variáveis que orientam o exame empírico. Partese da hipótese de que o Portal da Câmara é aquele que oferta mais Transparência, enquanto o Portal e-Democracia está mais atrelado ao provimento de Informação e de Participação, o que faz deles iniciativas complementares no âmbito da instituição. Partindo do pressuposto de que os portais possuem perfis distintos (priorizando, assim, recursos diferentes) é interessante perceber que, apesar de participação e educação legislativa c...
Research Interests: Media Studies, Journalism, Brazilian Studies, Mass Communication, Citizen Journalism, and 12 morePolitical Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Media, Online Journalism, Mass media, Comunicação, Jornalismo, Comunicação Social, Newspapers and online journalism, Journalism And Mass communication, Editorial, and Sociology of Journalism
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Sabe-se que a imagem pública dos representantes construída pelo Jornalismo constitui um dos fatores que influenciam a calibragem das preferências políticas dos cidadãos. Assim, pretende-se investigar, por meio do estudo dos editoriais... more
Sabe-se que a imagem pública dos representantes construída pelo Jornalismo constitui um dos fatores que influenciam a calibragem das preferências políticas dos cidadãos. Assim, pretende-se investigar, por meio do estudo dos editoriais publicados n'O Estado de S. Paulo, os enquadramentos do jornal que se ligam à construção da imagem da presidente Dilma Rousseff e do Governo que ela gerencia. São considerados os textos publicados em diferentes meses e semanas de 2012, totalizando 24 peças. Três principais eixos temáticos foram diagnosticados: Economia; Política; e Questões Sociais. Percebe-se que, embora o Jornalismo não seja o único fator a concorrer para a configuração da imagem pública dos agentes políticos, a importância de obter visibilidade positiva não pode ser desprezada, especialmente em produtos que dispõem de credibilidade junto à audiência.
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Notwithstanding journalistic editorials may evidence conflicts and negotiations involving public and private interests, their production process is little investigated in Brazil. The article examines the values and routines typical to the... more
Notwithstanding journalistic editorials may evidence conflicts and negotiations involving public and private interests, their production process is little investigated in Brazil. The article examines the values and routines typical to the work of Folha de S. Paulo's editorialists to find out how they construct newspaper's positions. By applying Content Analysis to three in-depth interviews, we propose four thematic axes regarding the features of journalistic editorials: Political and marketing roles; their target audience; production routines; and editorial values of the newspaper. The results indicate that editorialists exercise limited autonomy, striving to fit the positions historically defended by the publication. Such a condition is seen as natural by the interviewees, with no record of tensions between their individual opinions and newspaper's positions.