Comparative analysis between the early months of 2020 and 2021 in the process of monothematization of the news coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic in Jornal Nacional

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-58442022105pt

Keywords:

Monothematization, News coverage, COVID-19, Jornal Nacional

Abstract

This paper aims to understand the journalistic processes in the coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic by Jornal Nacional on TV Globo in the 2020-2021 period, directing journalistic attention to a comparative analysis in the monothematic coverage. It is considered that, since the outbreak of the disease and its consequences, the attention of journalists was divided among three political crises generated by the federal government. Such facts divide the times of TV news coverage with the biggest health crisis, on a global scale, in the 21st century. As research methods, bibliographical research, exploratory research, and the Content Analysis technique were employed to compare, from the news, how the sanitary and political crises intermingled and became a political crisis of public health.

Author Biographies

  • Paulo Eduardo Silva Lins Cajazeira, Universidade Federal de Pelotas. Pelotas – RS, Brazil, Universidade Federal de Pelotas. Pelotas – RS, Brasil, Universidade Federal de Pelotas. Pelotas – RS, Brasil

    Post doc in Communication Sciences by Beira Interior University (Portugal). Doctor in Communication and Semiotics by PUC from São Paulo. Associate Professor at the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL). Tenured Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Library Science (PPGB/UFCA). Researcher of the Laboratory of Advanced Research in Journalism – LABJor/UFPEL.

  • José Jullian Gomes de Souza, Universidade Federal do Cariri. Juazeiro do Norte – CE, Brazil, Universidade Federal do Cariri. Juazeiro do Norte – CE, Brasil, Universidade Federal do Cariri. Juazeiro do Norte – CE, Brasil

    Master in Library Science by the Federal University of Cariri (UFCA). Bachelor in Journalism by the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). Researcher of the Center of Studies and Research in Journalism – CEPEJor/ UFCA.

  • Cleide Luciane Antoniutti, Universidade Federal do Cariri. Juazeiro do Norte – CE, Brazil, Universidade Federal do Cariri. Juazeiro do Norte – CE, Brasil, Universidade Federal do Cariri. Juazeiro do Norte – CE, Brasil

    Post doc in Communication by the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). Doctor in Information Science by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ/IBICT). Researcher of the Center of Studies and Research in Journalism (CEPEJor/CNPq). Adjunct Professor of the Federal University of Cariri, Course of Journalism.

  • Wesley Guilherme Idelfoncio Vasconcelos, Universidade Federal do Cariri. Juazeiro do Norte – CE, Brazil, Universidade Federal do Cariri. Juazeiro do Norte – CE, Brasil, Universidade Federal do Cariri. Juazeiro do Norte – CE, Brasil

    Bachelor in Journalism by the Federal University of Cariri (UFCA). Member of the Center of Studies and Research in Journalism (CEPEJor/CNPq).

  • Lucas Sobreira Galvão Sales, Universidade Federal do Cariri. Juazeiro do Norte – CE, Brazil, Universidade Federal do Cariri. Juazeiro do Norte – CE, Brasil, Universidade Federal do Cariri. Juazeiro do Norte – CE, Brasil

    Undergraduate student of Journalism by the Federal University of Cariri (UFCA). Scholarship fellow in Scientific Initiation at CNPq/UFCA. Member of the Center of Studies and Research in Journalism (CEPEJor/ CNPq).

  • Thais Suiane Santos da Silva, Universidade Federal do Cariri. Juazeiro do Norte – CE, Brazil, Universidade Federal do Cariri. Juazeiro do Norte – CE, Brasil, Universidade Federal do Cariri. Juazeiro do Norte – CE, Brasil

    Bachelor in Journalism by the Federal University of Cariri (UFCA). Member of the Center of Studies and Research in Journalism (CEPEJor/CNPq).

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2022-05-25

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Vol. 45 (2022)

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Comparative analysis between the early months of 2020 and 2021 in the process of monothematization of the news coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic in Jornal Nacional. Intercom - Brazilian Journal of Communication Sciences, São Paulo, v. 45, p. e2022105, 2022. DOI: 10.1590/1809-58442022105pt. Disponível em: https://revistas.intercom.org.br/index.php/revistaintercom/article/view/3861. Acesso em: 16 jul. 2026.