Can television news decolonize?
Analysis of journalistic narratives from commercial broadcasters in the state of Roraima, Brazil
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Coloniality, Television Journalism, Populations of the South, Decolonial Turn, ConvictedAbstract
Based on the premises of the decolonial academic-political project, this article reflects about how (and if) commercial broadcasters’ audiovisual journalism can constitute a potential space for the circulation of decolonial narratives, contributing to the epistemic “turn” that encompasses decoloniality. Through bibliographic research, a conceptual connection is established between decolonial ideas and television journalism. A methodology is also developed to analyze 234 narrative units from news programs from four broadcasters in the state of Roraima, Brazil, which produces informative content. The results indicate that, despite journalism's potential to contribute to the decolonial turn, most of the journalistic narratives analyzed do not allow for the deconstruction or questioning of the colonial matrices that reinforce the "condemned" status of South populations.
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