A Cobertura Jornalística Sobre a China: Um Estudo Discursivo da Folha de São Paulo

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss the media discourse of the Folha de São Paulo (FSP) about China. Taking as a discursive event the change of presidents in Brazil, from Jair Messias Bolsonaro (2019-2022) to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2023 onwards). The choice of Folha de S. Paulo as the object of study is due to its role as a reference newspaper in Brazil. Having an indispensable role both internally and externally, serving as a reference for other media. Using as corpus the first news published digitally in the FSP “Mundo” editorial from July 2022 to June 2023 with the term “China” in the title, ending with the result of a total of 12 news items, six from each year. Leaving from the hypothesis that there are differences in the discourses about China conveyed by Folha de São Paulo, due to the contrasting ideologies of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Jair Messias Bolsonaro. For methodological issues, this research falls within the field of Discourse Analysis (AD) with support from Pêcheux (1975), Orlandi (2005, 2007) and Gregolin (2003, 2007), seeking in the news the meanings inscribed for China by the FSP . By applying these methods and concepts to the analysis of the FSP discourse on China, this work also offers a substantial contribution to the understanding of media representations, highlighting the ideological and discursive nuances in a complex and dynamic political context such as Brazil.