The medical knowledge and the health news: how an epidimic is reported
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v11i2.1291Keywords:
health news, medical knowledge, biopolitics, governmentality, narrative.Abstract
In this article, we analyze how cases of microcephaly in Brazil were reported as an epidemic. The news have came as alerts and sought explanations for the problem, as well as they have discussed possible solutions. From the concept of medical knowledge and from the delimitation of characteristics of health news, we observe how the knowledge produced by journalism is useful for the dissemination and strengthening of this system. The coverage showed how the concepts of biopolitics and governmentality gain their own dimensions when we understand health news as a device and technology of power.
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