Análise dos desastres noticiados na mídia por meio do jornal impresso de Guarapuava-PR

Abstract

On this paper, our general purpose is to analyze how media approaches certain environment phenomena and contributes, with its discourse, to the building of certain concepts and meanings in society. The aim of this research is also to understand the role media have in building information to the reader about the elements that are part of natural disasters, more specifically about the damages caused by floods, inundations and overflows. These disasters occur in several places in Brazil, bringing social and economic consequences of high impact; it is also a process that deserves special attention in the city of Guarapuava, place where the analyzed news occurred. Our methodology was based on the Discourse Analysis and newspaper content. The research showed that the media has an important role announcing the events, popularizing the disasters consequences, but it proves itself ineffective when explaining the different reasons that influence the processes, and as a rule, it naturalizes environmental problems and also puzzles the reader regarding the concepts and the cause of the natural disasters.