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Sampaio Pedroso de Holanda, Juliana (2022) From Rio92 to Rio+20 : Brazilian media coverage of sustainable development. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
This thesis explores Brazilian media coverage of sustainable development and analyses the connection between media representation and environmental protection in Brazil. It investigates how the Brazilian national newspapers Folha de S. Paulo and O Globo covered and framed the concept of sustainable development in Brazil between 1992 and 2012. The period chosen for this research corresponds with the occurrence of two international conferences in the city of Rio de Janeiro: the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in 1992, and the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) in 2012. The timeframe is significant, as analysing the ways these major national newspapers covered a wide range of topics related to sustainable development during and between these seminal environmental events can reveal long-term patterns in both official and public perceptions of environmental concerns in Brazil. To understand how the media plays a role in cultivating such perceptions, the thesis uses thematic textual and content analysis, informed by the principles of Critical Discourse Analysis as its key methodological approach. By analysing 240 texts published in the 20-year period covered, the study uncovers the ways these publications position the integration of the principles of sustainability and the imperatives of development. The analysis reveals that the coverage produced by Folha de S. Paulo and O Globo focused on economic concerns and often ignored or undervalued the implications of environmental sustainable development. Despite acknowledging intermittent efforts to promote environmental awareness in Brazil, the study identifies coverage gaps, a lack of contextualisation, superficiality, missing and inaccurate information, and greenwashing strategies as the dominant strands shaping this media coverage. The thesis concludes that the principles of sustainable development have been distorted by the Brazilian media coverage, as instead of promoting its potential by aligning it with the activities of Rio92 and Rio+20, news media was largely responsible for disseminating disinformation throughout Brazil.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Sustainable development -- Brazil, Sustainable development -- Press coverage -- Brazil, Media coverage of sustainable development | ||||
Official Date: | April 2022 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Kääpä, Pietari, 1977- ; Costa, Luciana Miranda | ||||
Sponsors: | University of Warwick. Chancellor’s International Scholarship | ||||
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Extent: | 323 pages : illustrations (mostly colour), charts | ||||
Language: | eng |
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