Setting the Agenda?

The selective use of statistics in Brazilian media

Authors

  • Oscar Arruda d'Alva Universidade Federal do Ceará
  • Daniel Zirker, Prof. University of Waikato

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33956/tensoesmundiais.v15i29.1937

Keywords:

Media, Agenda setting, statistics, Impeachment, Brazilian Politics

Abstract

This article examines the apparently selective production of political narratives by the three major Brazilian newspapers and surrounds the use of economic statistics. We employ content analyses to understand at least three phenomena: (i) the high levels of convergence of the Brazilian print media; (ii) the increasing and selective use of specific national statistics; (iii) instances of anomalous patterns in news production, again surrounding the use of such statistics, 2015-2017.

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Published

2020-01-06

How to Cite

D’ALVA, O. A.; ZIRKER, D. Setting the Agenda? The selective use of statistics in Brazilian media. Tensões Mundiais, [S. l.], v. 15, n. 29, p. 73–96, 2020. DOI: 10.33956/tensoesmundiais.v15i29.1937. Disponível em: https://revistas.uece.br/index.php/tensoesmundiais/article/view/1937. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.