Voices and Power in the Tv News Broadcast: The Workings of the Reported Speech in Rede Globo´S National News

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  • Dóris de Arruda Carneiro da Cunha Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2236-4242.v30i1p89-114

Abstract

This article presents some reflections on the voices and power of journalism on TV, based on a study of a news report in Jornal Nacional, via Rede Globo, an evening Brazilian TV news program. The central question is the power of the editor and the journalists in the construction of the news, constituted mostly by the use of reported speech. In the analyzed newscast, the ways the heterodiscourse are inserted are little diversified and apparently neutral: the citing discourse of the editor and the one of the presenter calls the journalist who introduces other voices – fragments of interviews, official statements and testimonies, in the form of direct or indirect citation. The strategy is not to use linguistic forms that explicitly state their points of view. However, the selected voices serve to illustrate and highlight the veiled views of the company and its professionals, acting as an authoritative argument. This way, TV Globo exercises its power by manipulating a large audience, unaware of this strategy, who believes that the news broadcast on Jornal Nacional is neutral and truthful.

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Author Biography

  • Dóris de Arruda Carneiro da Cunha, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

    Professora Doutora da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco – UFPE; e da Universidade Católica de Pernambuco – UNICAP

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Published

2017-08-28

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 1 (2017): The Power of Discourse in Different Knowledge

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CUNHA, Dóris de Arruda Carneiro da. Voices and Power in the Tv News Broadcast: The Workings of the Reported Speech in Rede Globo´S National News. Linha D’Água, São Paulo, v. 30, n. 1, p. 89–114, 2017. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2236-4242.v30i1p89-114. Disponível em: https://www.journals.usp.br/linhadagua/article/view/128319.. Acesso em: 14 may. 2024.