MEIO AMBIENTE, ECONOMIA, CONTROLE DE IRREGULARIDADES E POLÍTICA: AS NOTÍCIAS SOBRE A AMAZÔNIA DURANTE OS PLEITOS PRESIDENCIAIS

ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY, CONTROL OF IRREGULARITIES AND POLITICS: THE NEWS ABOUT THE AMAZON DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

Abstract

this paper analyzed how Brazilian journalism used numerical data to report on the Amazon during four presidential elections. Its empirical object was news published in the Folha de S. Paulo and Estado de S. Paulo newspapers in 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022. Content analysis was used to evaluate the news, its data and its sources. The results, in comparative historical series, showed that the political scenario, represented by the incumbent and the main candidates in the election, had an influence on the presence of the agenda on the Amazon and the diversified use of themes, data and sources. Despite this diversification, the data dealing with environmental issues was the most prominent and the change in relevance between one election and another demonstrated the importance of these issues in the dispute between the journalistic and political fields.