Legitimacy of sources and opinion about coronavirus in O Grande Debate

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v15i2.2192

Keywords:

Journalistic sources, Opinion, Pandemic, Covid-19, CNN Brazil.

Abstract

Based on the tension between concepts such as objectivity and opinion in journalism, spectacular polarization and the approach to health by journalism, this article reflects on the legitimacy of the sources to which participants in O Grande Debate, transmitted by CNN Brazil, resort. Fourteen editions of this panel were observed, recording the strategies employed by commentators in order to identify patterns of legitimacy and legitimation of the sources. We could detect that official or documentary sources were exploited, as well as false or pseudo sources, contributing to the equivalence between opinion, fact and untruth in the debates about the new coronavirus.

Author Biographies

Juliana Costa, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Departamento de Comunicação. Natal, RN

Mestrado em Comunicação pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco.

Kênia Maia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Departamento de Comunicação. Natal, RN

Doutorado em Ciência da Informação e da Comunicação pela Université de Metz.

Published

2021-06-30

How to Cite

Costa, J., & Maia, K. (2021). Legitimacy of sources and opinion about coronavirus in O Grande Debate. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v15i2.2192