Tragédia no Jornalismo Esportivo: uma análise sobre a cobertura das mortes do acidente da Chapecoense

Abstract

Sports journalism is largely known for its emotional nature, transmission of adrenaline and vibrancy. However, there are rare moments in this journalistic specialty when the cheers of the fans fall silent, the narrators speak timidly and the excitement gives way to mourning. We are talking about death. Very common in everyday coverage, this type of event (Traquina, 2004; Silva, 2005) also appears in sports journalism, in smaller numbers, it is true. When a great athlete dies, it is the sports journalist's duty to report his departure and everything he left behind in life. In this work, the objective is to analyze the journalistic coverage of the biggest air accident in the history of world sport, the crash of the Chapecoense plane, in 2016, and to observe the journalistic discourses produced based on this fact. For this, the case study methodology was adopted, through documentary analysis and bibliographical research, which led to the results achieved, such as proving the imperativeness of the editorial line of each vehicle and death as a news value that has been perpetuated in journalism over the centuries.