Name: Raquel Lucena Paiva
Type: MSc dissertation
Publication date: 22/03/2018
Advisor:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| Elaine de Azevedo | Advisor * |
Examining board:
| Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| Alexandre Curtiss Alvarenga | External Examiner * |
| Celeste Ciccarone | Internal Alternate * |
| Daniela Zanetti | External Alternate * |
| Elaine de Azevedo | Advisor * |
| Eliana Santos Junqueira Creado | Internal Examiner * |
Summary: ABSTRACT
This research analyzes the signification process of Agroecology in journalistic matters
produced by news sites with hegemonic and counter-hegemonic profile in the
southeast region, of Brazil. From the concept of Agroecology delineated by science
and by social movements, this study examines the transition of agroecological
discourse when inserted in the discursive formation of journalism. Considering the
discursive and non-discursive context in which the news is inserted, it was observed
the low visibility attributed to the theme and the absence of social movements as
sources of the news produced by hegemonic journalism, WHEREas in counterhegemonic
journalism the participation of social movements presented itself as
decisive for the discussion of the agroecological theme. The analysis of the content
also presented contrasting results between the two journalism profiles, the first ones
used the word in matters that, as a rule, only touched the theme and the second
presented a considerable amount of texts that presented principles, public policies,
social mobilizations, risks related to pesticides, among other information related to the
theme. The theoretical assumptions of Critical Discourse Analysis led to research and
the environmental dimension was also evidenced through the analysis of the
environmental discourses present in the texts.
Keywords: agroecology; environmental sociology; rural sociology; environmental
communication; critical analysis of discourse.
