The economist coverage of human rights issues in Brazil (1964 to 2010)
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https://doi.org/10.22481/sertanias.v3i1.12016Keywords:
Brazil, Human Right, Media, The EconomistAbstract
The paper focus on how The Economist dealt with the human rights affairs in Brazil between 1964 and 2010. Through content analysis texts addressing the topic directly or indirectly were visited and analised. The Economist position was also compared with The Times and The Guardian, as well as with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) dispatches. The ambition is to make a portrayal of the publication’s behaviour about human rights in Brazil, clarifying the evolution of its perspective about the theme. It is possible to suggest that political issues had had low priority, mainly during the so called “economic miracle”.
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DEMOCRACY IN nappies. (1987) The Economist. London, 25 Apr., p. 15.
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