‘Back to nature’ through ‘the miracle of Olympics’: narratives on the salvation of Rio de Janeiro in the television documentary Naturopolis

Authors

  • Ana Teresa Gotardo Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação, Faculdade de Comunicação Social. Rio de Janeiro, RJ Universidade Federal Fluminense, Superintendência de Comunicação Social. Niterói, RJ http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7713-6780

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v14i2.2060

Keywords:

Olympic city, Production of meanings, Sustainability, City branding, Television documentary, International Olympic Committee, Urban modifiations.

Abstract

Health and politics appear closely related in the COVID-19 pandemic, more than ever. Taking as an example the news from the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo from January to May 2020, we analyze the characteristics that differentiate the press coverage about this newly discovered severe acute respiratory syndrome in Brazil. The progress of the disease and the announcement of the pandemic by the World Health Organization, on March 11, led to an overexposure of the subject in the media, reaching a limit in journalistic production, from March until the fist half of April. This occurred even before an increase in the curve of COVID-19 cases in Brazil. Later on, the political crisis caused a gradual reduction in publications, until the end of May, opposing the rise in cases, in a period of worsening disease.

Author Biography

Ana Teresa Gotardo, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação, Faculdade de Comunicação Social. Rio de Janeiro, RJ Universidade Federal Fluminense, Superintendência de Comunicação Social. Niterói, RJ

Doutorado em Comunicação pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

Published

2020-06-26

How to Cite

Gotardo, A. T. (2020). ‘Back to nature’ through ‘the miracle of Olympics’: narratives on the salvation of Rio de Janeiro in the television documentary Naturopolis. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v14i2.2060

Issue

Section

Communication and environment dossier