Newscast and soap opera: the fiction-reality discourse

Authors

  • Silmara Cristina Dela-Silva Imes - Fafica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-6924.2008v5n1p87

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze discourses. Howthe same theme is presented on news programs and in soap operas produced in Brazil? Programs that are intended to show, respectively, reality and fiction on TV. The selected objects of analysis are O Clone soap opera and the Jornal Nacional TV news, both broadcasted by Rede Globo de Televisão. It investigates the language and the process of making sense from these TV productions. Its goal is to identify how reality and fiction are constituted on these programs, considering the existence of soap opera fiction on news programs and of the facts related to reality on Brazilian soap operas.

Author Biography

Silmara Cristina Dela-Silva, Imes - Fafica

Jornalista, mestre em Estudos Linguísticos pela Unesp, doutoranda em Linguística pela Unicamp, docente dos cursos de Comunicação Social do Imes-Fafica.

Published

2009-06-02