Contingenciamentos orçamentários nas universidades públicas: análise das estratégias argumentativas nos portais G1 e R7

Abstract

This course conclusion paper aims to analyze the argumentative strategies triggered by the G1 and R7 portals in the news coverage of budget contingencies in public universities, from April 30 to May 7, 2019. Therefore, the argumentative strategies, proposed by Breton (1999), Authority, Common Assumptions or Values and Views, and Reframing were used to perform the analysis of 56 stories published in the selected period. In addition, the Brazilian political context following the 2018 presidential elections and a brief history on the relation between the Ministry of Education and budget cuts in public universities in the last decades are also presented. In addition, we discuss the media discourse, its characteristics, strategies and power relations. After the analysis, it was concluded that the portals triggered the three proposed arguments, however, while the G1 used more of the argument of Authority, from the moment it triggers sources such as rectors, representatives of associations linked to higher education and experts in the field. In this area, the R7 triggered the Reframing more, in a way, trying to alleviate the contingencies and, almost exclusively, making use of quotes from speeches by the Minister of Education, Abraham Weintraub.