The picture of meningitis epidemic in 1971 and 1974 in the newspapers O Globo and Folha de S.Paulo

Authors

  • Catarina Menezes Schneider Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Faculdade de Comunicação Social, Programa de Pós-graduação em Comunicação e Sociedade. Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
  • Michele Tavares Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Comunicação, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
  • Christina Musse Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Faculdade de Comunicação Social, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação. Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v9i4.995

Keywords:

Folha de S.Paulo, O Globo, Journalism, Dictatorship, Epidemic, Meningitis, Silencing

Abstract

This article presents an analytical approach about media coverage on Folha de S.Paulo and O Globo of meningitis epidemic that broke out in 1971, and reached its peak in 1974. This epidemic comes at a time when Brazil was under the dictatorship and it was in the worst period, known as the "years of lead" (1968-1972). From a theoretical point of view, we have developed a discussion of the evolution of the concepts of "health", "disease" and “epidemics", in addition to a brief history of meningitis epidemic at the time. From the analysis of the newspapers, it appears as the disease has been reported, and also notes how at first she was barely released, with a jump in the number of publications and a major exhibition by the media since 1974.

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Published

2015-12-18

How to Cite

Schneider, C. M., Tavares, M., & Musse, C. (2015). The picture of meningitis epidemic in 1971 and 1974 in the newspapers O Globo and Folha de S.Paulo. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 9(4). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v9i4.995

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 4 (2015)

Section

Original articles

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