Right and Left

Dissent in the debate on university quotas in Carta Capital and Veja magazines

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-58442024113pt

Keywords:

niversity quotas. Ideology. Carta Capital. Veja. Social representations

Abstract

The aim of this study was to identify and understand the social representations of university quotas published in Carta Capital and Veja Brazilian magazines between 2008 and 2017. A total of 199 texts were analyzed, which showed that ideological bias acted as a metasystem to promote dissent in the understanding of the object under investigation. In comparison, Carta Capital’s social representations were based on the notion of fairness and social equality, while Veja’s texts approached university quotas as a partisan, unfair and non-meritocratic measure. The research was exploratory-descriptive in nature and used analysis supported by the Iramuteq software and the societal approach of the Theory of Social Representations.

Author Biography

Elisa Fabris de Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo e Faculdade de Ensino Superior de Linhares

Doutoranda e mestre em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (Ufes) e bacharel em Comunicação Social pela mesma instituição. É professora da faculdade municipal de Linhares - Faceli; membro do Núcleo de Estudos, Pesquisa e Intervenção com Crianças, Adolescentes e Famílias (Necriad/Ufes) e se dedica a pesquisas relacionadas à Comunicação Social, à Psicologia Social e à Juventude. 

Published

2024-09-30

How to Cite

DE OLIVEIRA, E. F.; BONOMO, M. .; ROSA, E. M. . Right and Left: Dissent in the debate on university quotas in Carta Capital and Veja magazines. Intercom - Brazilian Journal of Communication Sciences, São Paulo, v. 47, p. e2024113, 2024. DOI: 10.1590/1809-58442024113pt. Disponível em: https://revistas.intercom.org.br/index.php/revistaintercom/article/view/4231. Acesso em: 28 oct. 2024.

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