[The coverage of science in television news programs in Brazil and Colombia: a comparative study of media constructs].
This study analyzes and compares the science and technology coverage in Brazil's main television news program (Jornal Nacional) and its Colombian counterpart (Noticias Caracol). Using content analysis, we investigated a corpus of news stories broadcast from April 2009 to March 2010. We found that Jornal Nacional presented over twice as many reports on science and technology as Noticias Caracol, and that its levels of reporting remained fairly stable throughout the year. The Brazilian reports were also longer, were featured more prominently, and used more visual resources. Even so, some similarities were found: news about health and medicine was most frequent; the reports focused primarily on announcing new research; scientists were the main sources cited; and national research was prioritized.
Pesquisadora, Núcleo de Estudos da Divulgação Científica (NEDC)/ Museu da Vida (MV)/Casa de Oswaldo Cruz (COC)/Fiocruz. marinar@coc.fiocruz.brBrasil.
Marina
M
Ramalho
Pesquisadora independente. Carrera 21 34-34 1111311 - Bogotá - DC - Colômbia. taniaarboleda@gmail.com.
Tania
T
Arboleda
Professor, Departamento de Comunicação Social/ Universidad Eafit. Carrera 49N 7 Sur, 50, bloque 38, oficina 532 05001000 - Medellín - ANT - Colômbia. dhermeli@eafit.edu.co.
Daniel
D
Hermelin
Mestranda, NEDC/MV/COC/Fiocruz. gabriela_reznik@hotmail.comBrasil.
Gabriela
G
Reznik
Pesquisadora, NEDC/MV/COC/Fiocruz. lumassa@fiocruz.brBrasil.
Luisa
L
Massarani