The visibility of a political leader on the front pages of newspapers: a comparative study of the coverage during the dictatorship and democracy in Brazil

Authors

  • Emerson Urizzi Cervi Universidade Federal do Paraná/Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa
  • Michele Goulart Massuchin Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Milian Cercal Daldegan Universidade Federal do Paraná

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/fem.2011.133.06

Abstract

The paper discusses criteria for the definition of what can be discussed by the public based on journalistic production of high visibility: newspapers first page. The object used to discuss this issue is the regional political leadership of the Paraná State (Jaime Lerner) at two different periods: from 1971 to 1975 and from 1988 to 1992. The comparative analysis aims to identify whether there are differences in the treatment given to him in these two moments: the first constrained by formal censorship that affected content published in newspapers, and the second during a period of full democracy. The newspaper analyzed is Gazeta do Povo, a major newspaper in Curitiba. Because it is the same governor, public office, and newspaper, the assumptions is that if there is a difference in treatment to Lerner, it is related to the restrictions imposed by the military regime to the press, that is, the restriction was determined by external political institutions.

Key words: visibility, first page, Gazeta do Povo, political leader.

Author Biographies

Emerson Urizzi Cervi, Universidade Federal do Paraná/Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa

Emerson Urizzi Cervi é cientista político, doutor em Ciência Política pelo IUPERJ, docente do Departamento de Ciências Sociais da Universidade Federal do Paraná e do departamento de Comunicação Social da Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, coordenador do grupo de pesquisa em Comunicação Política UEPG/UFPR. E-mail: ecervi7@gmail.com. Currículo Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/9196373186050152

Michele Goulart Massuchin, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Bacharel em Comunicação Social pela Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, mestranda em Ciência Política pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), pesquisadora bolsista do Programa REUNI e membro do grupo de pesquisa em Comunicação Política e Opinião Pública da UFPR. E-mail: mimassuchin@hotmail.com. Currículo Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2274642614968177

Milian Cercal Daldegan, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Jornalista formada pela Universidade Positivo, mestranda em Ciência Política pela Universidade Federal do Paraná, bolsita REUNI, membro do grupo de pesquisa em Comunicação Política e Opinião Pública.

Downloads

Published

2011-02-06

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 3 (2011): September/December

Section

Articles

License

I grant the journal Fronteiras - estudos midiáticos the first publication of my article, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license (which allows sharing of work, recognition of authorship and initial publication in this journal).

I confirm that my article is not being submitted to another publication and has not been published in its entirely on another journal. I take full responsibility for its originality and I will also claim responsibility for charges from claims by third parties concerning the authorship of the article.

I also agree that the manuscript will be submitted according to the journal’s publication rules described above.