Health and politics in the Covid-19 crisis: notes on the pandemic in the Brazilian press

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https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v14i2.2128

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Coronavirus, Covid-19, Epidemiology, Folha de S.Paulo, Journalism, Pandemic

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

Luiz Marcelo Robalinho Ferraz, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Instituto de Ciências Humanas, Comunicação e Arte. Maceió, AL

Doutorado em Informação e Comunicação em Saúde pela Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 

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2020-06-26

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Ferraz, L. M. R. (2020). Health and politics in the Covid-19 crisis: notes on the pandemic in the Brazilian press. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v14i2.2128

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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2020): Dossiê Comunicação e Meio Ambiente

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Notes on current situations

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