Representações de violência veiculadas pela mídia: a crise da segurança pública no Espírito Santo

Abstract

It’s intended to identify the social representations of violence emerging from the events arising from the Public Security Crisis in Espírito Santo in February 2017. An exploratory and descriptive documentary study was carried out on the contents of the local printed newspaper “A Tribuna” published between 4 and February 28 of that year. The material was submitted to lexicographic analysis with the aid of IRAMUTEQ software. The Descendant Hierarchical Classification divided the corpus into two sub-corpus: “Criminal actions” and "Occurrences and society". The first originated the classes "Victim X Bandit", "Post crime" and "Scenes of crime", while the second originated the classes "Security and social life", "Records and reports of occurrences" and "Police stations and attendance of occurrences". The results of the class analysis pointed to a detailed description of the crime scenes, their consequences, as well as a depiction of violence from the dichotomy between "good people" and "criminals." There were also reports on the administrative consequences of the crimes, the restoration of social order and security measures. The news undermines the understanding of violence as a broader social phenomenon, strengthening stereotypes and contributing to the phenomena of exclusion