Retratos da violência: a construção da notícia no Jornal do Tocantins

Abstract

Observes and analyzes the relationship between the repressive apparatuses of the State – Security Forces – with the ideological apparatuses of society – the press and pressure groups. Presents, through bibliographical research, observations on the press, news construction, public opinion, communication in neoliberal capitalism, news constructed under social, economic, cultural and state pressure. Observes communication in the Military Police of the State of Tocantins, in the Center for Human Rights of Palmas and in the Jornal do Tocantins through non-standardized and directed interviews. Performs content analysis of news from all journalistic genres, in all pages published in the Jornal do Tocantins in 2004 that deal with civilian deaths caused by military police officers in the State of Tocantins. The analysis is carried out based on the newsmaking criteria enumerated by WOLF (2002). Concludes that the Military Police of the State of Tocantins does not have its communication policies organized in a clear way. That the Palmas Human Rights Center needs to better structure itself in order to influence the Jornal do Tocantins more concretely to achieve its objectives. It also concludes that the Jornal do Tocantins, due to economic issues, harms the quality of the news and often functions as a mouthpiece for the state's security forces.