Viéses e reveses da cobertura de imprensa: um estudo comparativo dos casos occupy wall street e jornadas de junho

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze the journalistic coverage of the new social movements, focusing on Occupy Wall Street, in 2011, and on the Jornadas de Junho, in 2013. It’s understood that the media is a power agent that influences the formation of public opinion, therefore being a key element for the analysis of social movements. At first, we seek to understand the relationship between media and democracy, and how the first affects the second. In addition, we try to verify how the private character of the media influences the narrative trends used in journalistic coverage. Secondly, a contextualization of the movements is presented, such as their evolution and main demands. In addition, the similarities between both are analyzed. Finally, through a comparative policy analysis, using headlines and opinion polls, as well as word clouds produced through Iramuteq, to relate media trends and public opinion with the evolution of movements. Finally, it is understood that the journalistic coverage of Occupy and the Jornadas, despite being used to inform the population, has a certain press bias that directly impacts public opinion and the adhesion and acceptance of the protests, as well as of the protesters demands.