The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in the News: Melodrama and Factual Record
The controversial establishment of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Portugal was the subject of many news reports during the 1990s, in which accusations of serious crimes — from charlatanism to connections to drug trafficking and child abduction — filled the pages of newspapers (G. M. D...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:cs_7971 en https://journals.openedition.org/cs/7971 2023-02-02T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/eyrc https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in the News: Melodrama and Factual Record Comunicação e sociedade Centro de estudos de comunicação e sociedade info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2183-3575 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1645-2089 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cs Minga, Ester Amaral de Paula jornalismo representações sociais Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus melodrama telenovelas journalism social representations Universal Church of the Kingdom of God melodrama soap operas The controversial establishment of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Portugal was the subject of many news reports during the 1990s, in which accusations of serious crimes — from charlatanism to connections to drug trafficking and child abduction — filled the pages of newspapers (G. M. Dias, 2006; R. A. S. Dias, 2016; Farias, 1999; Farias & Santos, 1999; Júnior, 2013; Machado, 2003). Many of these news reports linked the Church with stereotypes about Brazil and Brazilians and referenced Brazilian soap operas, which were quite popular in the country at the time. To observe whether these characteristics have been maintained over the years, the author analysed reports published by the influential newspapers Público and Expresso from the early 21st century (2001 and 2002), in 2010 and 2017, respectively. Inspired by critical discourse analysis and framing analysis, and with the theoretical support of the theory of social representations, such analyses allowed the author to conclude that the characteristics identified in the 1990s remained, although the Church’s media presence has since reduced. In turn, the reference to soap operas manifests in the fabric of journalistic discourse, with a hybridisation formed between the melodramatic and informational genres. O polémico estabelecimento da Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus em Portugal deu ensejo a uma cobertura jornalística durante a década de 1990, em que acusações de crimes graves — de charlatanismo a ligações com o narcotráfico e o rapto de crianças — preencheram as páginas dos jornais (G. M. Dias, 2006; R. A. S. Dias, 2016; Farias, 1999; Farias & Santos, 1999; Júnior, 2013; Machado, 2003). Também se observou no discurso jornalístico do período a associação da Igreja a estereótipos sobre o Brasil e os brasileiros e a referência às telenovelas brasileiras, então bastante populares no país. Com o objetivo de observar se estas características se mantiveram ao longo dos anos, analisámos peças publicadas pelos jornais de referência Público e Expresso no início do século XXI (2001 e 2002), em 2010 e em 2017. Inspirada pela análise crítica do discurso e a análise de enquadramentos, e com o suporte teórico da teoria das representações sociais, tal análise permitiu-nos concluir que se mantém as características identificadas nos anos 1990 na cobertura da Igreja, embora a sua presença mediática se tenha atenuado. Por sua vez, a referência às telenovelas revela-se na tessitura do discurso jornalístico, com uma hibridez entre os géneros melodrama e informativo. |
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The controversial establishment of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Portugal was the subject of many news reports during the 1990s, in which accusations of serious crimes — from charlatanism to connections to drug trafficking and child abduction — filled the pages of newspapers (G. M. Dias, 2006; R. A. S. Dias, 2016; Farias, 1999; Farias & Santos, 1999; Júnior, 2013; Machado, 2003). Many of these news reports linked the Church with stereotypes about Brazil and Brazilians and referenced Brazilian soap operas, which were quite popular in the country at the time. To observe whether these characteristics have been maintained over the years, the author analysed reports published by the influential newspapers Público and Expresso from the early 21st century (2001 and 2002), in 2010 and 2017, respectively. Inspired by critical discourse analysis and framing analysis, and with the theoretical support of the theory of social representations, such analyses allowed the author to conclude that the characteristics identified in the 1990s remained, although the Church’s media presence has since reduced. In turn, the reference to soap operas manifests in the fabric of journalistic discourse, with a hybridisation formed between the melodramatic and informational genres. |
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Minga, Ester Amaral de Paula |
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The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in the News: Melodrama and Factual Record |
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