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- Title
Media coverage of national and international Roma days in Portugal and Brazil: reflections on social (in)visibility.
- Authors
Alves Brasil, Julia; Bonomo, Mariana
- Abstract
The different ethnic groups known as Roma/Gypsies have historically been discriminated against in different countries of the world. Commemorative dates, such as national and international days, are, in addition to celebrations, also opportunities to inform the population about various social issues and contribute to the fight against prejudice towards different minority groups. The media coverage of these events can contribute to increasing the social visibility of these groups, especially if carried out in such a way as to include the voices of these individuals. In view of these considerations, this study aimed to analyse how the coverage of the national and international Roma days was shaped in Brazilian and Portuguese newspapers in different years, without delimitation of temporal space. For that, 56 journalistic pieces were analysed, through the Descending Hierarchical Classification (DHC), with the help of the Iramuteq software and through the Theme/Category-based Content Analysis, through the identification of thematic (sub)categories that organize the content of the material. In addition, certain variables of interest were analysed, such as date of publication of the news articles, social actors heard as sources, use of images, among others. The results made it possible to identify thematic clusters that underline the historical process of discrimination suffered by the Roma people, as well as the existence of different strategies already implemented or still to be built to guarantee the integration of these groups. Although the Roma were invited to speak on the pieces we analysed, the representatives of government-related bodies were the most heard social actors. The study highlighted the invisibility that such observances related to the Roma still have in both countries, especially in Brazil. The frequency and the way in which these dates are reported in the journalistic media are constantly changing and can help defend the rights of different minority groups, contributing to the construction of more inclusive societies.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; PORTUGAL; ROMANIES; ETHNIC groups; MINORITIES; SOCIAL marginality; LEGAL status of minorities; CONTENT analysis
- Publication
Observatorio (OBS*), 2022, Vol 16, Issue 4, p63
- ISSN
1646-5954
- Publication type
Article