Verb-visuality in journalistic infography: an analysis from a social semiotic perspective

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https://doi.org/10.5007/1807-9288.2021.e81200

Abstract

The infographic is a discursive genre explored in different language practices in cyberculture, configuring n-designs from socio-historical aspects and different multimodal resources. Based on the hypothesis that, over time, there has been a greater articulation of resources of the visual modality in this discursive practice, we aim to analyze how these visual elements are used in the production of meaning in infographics in the journalistic sphere. For the constitution of the corpus of analysis, we selected 16 infographics from the Gráfico section of Nexo Jornal in the period from 2015 to 2019, considering aspects such as quarterly periodicity, different themes and graphical representation. The analysis was based on the conceptions of the New London Group (1996), the Grammar of Visual Design by Kress and Van Leeuwen (2001) and on the re-elaborations by Cope and Kalantzis (2009a, 2009b) on the theme. The results of the analysis revealed that there was no increase in the amount of visual resources used, but changes in the way that visual resources started to be used: increasingly articulated and inseparable in the production of meanings.

Author Biographies

Maria de Lourdes Rossi Remenche, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR)

Pós-doutora pela Universidade do Minho (UM). Doutora em Linguística pela Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo (FFLCH/USP). Professora Associada do Departamento Acadêmico de Linguagem e Comunicação da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR).

Gilmar Montargil, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

Jornalista. Mestre em Estudos da Linguagem pela Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (PPGEL/UTFPR) e mestrando em Comunicação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (PPGCOM/UFRGS).

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2021-08-04

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Vol. 17 No. 1 (2021): Multimodalidade em textos digitais - Parte I

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