Cobertura jornalística sobre o HIV/AIDS : um estudo discursivo das notícias no portal TNH1

Abstract

Journalism has the power to directly interfere in society, because through the news the population will form their opinion and, consequently, will react to the facts reported. The news influences the formation of public opinion, through linguistic strategies and a persuasive discourse, the population that consumes the news believes in the veracity and impartiality of the journalistic texts. In addition to this power to interfere, journalism has at its core the work of producing meaning, so it is understood that this discourse must encompass a plurality of voices. In this research, we sought to analyze the coverage of HIV / aids on the TNH1 portal in 2018, using concepts from content analysis and discourse analysis it was possible to map the themes; identification of information sources, verifying whether the plurality of voices in the analyzed news was treated in a balanced way, in addition to observing the movements of dominance and silencing of voices. 76 news items were analyzed, of which it was found that only 17 had a focus on the disease and were mostly treated as a public policy issue. It was observed that the dominance of official sources is something that prevails, which are the most consulted for the production of news. When crossing the enunciators in the texts, a plurality of voices was observed, however, the voice of the HIV carriers still does not have as much visibility in the journalistic texts, thus emphasizing a discrepancy in the balance of the voices.