O olhar de A Razão e Diário de Santa Maria sobre o extracampo na cobertura do clássico Rio-Nal

Abstract

This research aims to analyze how the media coverage on off-field happenings of the football derby between Riograndense and Internacional de Santa Maria Rio-Nal is done by two local newspapers, A Razão and O Diário de Santa Maria. Therefore, as a general objective, it aims to describe and analyze issues published by the newspapers that are not directly related to what happens on the playing field. As a specific objective, we discussed issues related to football soccer and its emergence, its arrival in society and participation in the constitution of the Brazilian identity, as well as its development into a business and a spectacle. The paper presents issues related to sports journalism, news values and meaning effects of theming as theoretical and methodological support. Four categories of analysis were elaborated for the analytical stage: structure, violence/security, fans and thematic football derbies where a theme, festivity, or commemorative date boosts coverage. The corpus analysis consists of 19 article published by both newspapers. In conducting a comparative study of the major newspapers of the city of Santa Maria, it appears that in general both papers publish off-field events in their coverage of the Rio-Nal football derby. Regarding the issues of structure and violence/security, the approach of both newspapers was similar. However, with regard to fans and thematic football derbies, it is possible to notice differences between them.