As propriedades do jornalismo sensacionalista: uma análise da cobertura do caso Isabella Nardoni

• Ano de defesa: 2011
• Autor(a) principal: Teixeira, Marieli Rangel
• Orientador(a): Wainberg, Jacques Alkalai
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre
• Palavras-chave em Português: COMUNICAÇÃO SOCIAL; JORNALISMO - BRASIL; IMPRENSA - SENSACIONALISMO; COMUNICAÇÃO DE MASSA - BRASIL; JORNAIS - ASPECTOS SOCIAIS
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/10923/2064

This study has arisen from investigations on the sensationalist journalism in Brazil. Due to the widespread use of several terms to define the existence of sensationalism in the news and to theoretical imprecision in the subject, we have seen the need to seek concise and clear theories for this area of the journalistic studies. Because of the existent gap relating to this genre, this study tries to unravel the properties – linguistic ones or not – that are necessary to describe the occurrence of sensationalism in the journalistic activity. As a case study, we will address the death of the girl Isabella Nardoni, which happened in March 2008, in Sao Paulo, and that received spectacular media coverage, touched Brazilian’s lives and became a landmark for the studies regarding the course of journalism in the country. The media – including a variety of programmes and editorial views – “elected” the case to be given extraordinary coverage, working, many times, ahead of the police investigation. But why did the little girl Isabella get such attention from the press and the society itself, which followed this crime so closely? And why is journalism essential to not only announce the news, but also to make value judgments about the facts? In this research, aiming to answer these questions, the importance of journalism in society will be addressed, by showing how it is able to influence the public opinion directly and instigate, very often, the violence in the people. It is evident that the wide exposure of this case in the media has caused the public outcry and that it was a determining factor to the conviction of the defendants, during the jury trial held in March 2010.