Brazilian news portals and interest of the audience: what has changed between 2012 and 2013 in the "most read story" section?

Authors

  • Michele Goulart Massuchin Universidade Federal de São Carlos
  • Camilla Quesada Tavares Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)/Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-6924.2015v12n2p359

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of the interests of Internet users who access information sites. For that, we use data on the most searched news in Brazilian's five major news sites - UOL, Terra, G1, The Globe and Folha.com. The collection of this material occurred during the election period of 2012 and was replicated in the same period of 2013, year no election. Is discussed, compared, changes and maintenance with regard to the themes of the news and features that were the most read of the day these media analyzed in both periods. It is considered important to identify what kind of information draws attention of users in this space, under the assumption that news characterized as softnews (entertainment, celebrity and sports) offer little substantive to add to the debate, while hardnews (health, education, politics, violence, minorities, etc.) highlight issues of public interest. Altogether, there were 1,929 entries from 2012 and 1806 of 2013.

Author Biographies

Michele Goulart Massuchin, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Doutoranda em Ciência Política pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar). Mestre em Ciência Política pela UFPR e graduada em Jornalismo pela UEPG. Membro do Grupo de Pesquisa em Comunicação Política, Partidos e Eleições da UFSCar e do Grupo de Pesquisa em Comunicação Política e Opinião Pública (CPOP) da UFPR. Bolsista FAPESP. E-mail: mimassuchin@gmail.com.

Camilla Quesada Tavares, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)/Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG)

Doutoranda em Comunicação pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). Professora colaboradora do curso de Jornalismo da Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG). Membro dos Grupos de Pesquisa Mídia, Política e Atores Sociais (UEPG) e do Laboratório de Mídia e Democracia (UFF). E-mail: camilla.tavares8@gmail.com.

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Published

2015-09-16

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2015): Verdades, Narrativas e Sentidos

Section

Temas Livres

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