Television news, infotainment and sensationalism

an analysis of Rede TV!

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-58442023131pt

Keywords:

Telejournalism, Infotainment, Sensationalism, Reception Theory, National Alert Program

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the National Alert program to understand how the spectacularization of news about crime interferes in the public’s relationship with conventional professional journalism. The study was concatenated in four parts: observation of the content and profile of viewers; public analysis based on opinion polls; interview with the presenter of the National Alert program; and the analysis of the construction of belonging based on Hall’s et al. (1980) coding-decoding model. It was concluded that the Programa Alerta Nacional brings with it several characteristic elements of political ideologization and influence on its viewers, based on a discourse that reflects an approach that denotes the perception of social behavior imbued with a process of humor based on the construction of the bond receptive communicational.

Author Biographies

  • Heliany Rodrigues Costa, Centro Universitário do Norte. Manaus - AM, Brazil, Centro Universitário do Norte. Manaus - AM, Brasil, Centro Universitário do Norte. Manaus - AM, Brasil

    Graduated in Journalism from the Centro Universitário do Norte - Uninorte. A journalist, she works as a reporter and journalism producer at TV Tapajós (Sistema Tapajós de Comunicação), a Rede Globo affiliate in the west of Pará. She works as communications director for the volunteer humanitarian aid project “Mãos que ajudam” (Helping Hands) in the western region of Pará.

  • Diego Leonardo de Souza Fonseca, Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Londrina – PR, Brazil, Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Londrina – PR, Brasil, Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Londrina – PR, Brasil

    PhD student in the Postgraduate Program in Information Science at the State University of Londrina (since 2021). Master’s in Production Engineering and Specialist with an Executive MBA in Production Engineering and Total Quality Engineering Management from the Federal University of Amazonas (2016). Specialist in Technological Information Management from the Higher School of the Amazon (2012). Bachelor’s degree in Library Science from the Federal University of Pará (2010). He currently works as a Documentary Librarian at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Amazonas - Manaus East Zone Campus (IFAM).

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Published

2023-12-13

Issue

Vol. 46 (2023)

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Television news, infotainment and sensationalism: an analysis of Rede TV!. Intercom - Brazilian Journal of Communication Sciences, São Paulo, v. 46, p. e2023131, 2023. DOI: 10.1590/1809-58442023131pt. Disponível em: https://revistas.intercom.org.br/index.php/revistaintercom/article/view/3923. Acesso em: 21 jul. 2026.