Reflexivity and media: the covid-19 and local development in Brazil
International Journal of Development Research
Reflexivity and media: the covid-19 and local development in Brazil
Received 17th May 2020; Received in revised form 09th June 2020; Accepted 24th July 2020; Published online 30th August 2020
Copyright © 2020, Carlos A F Silva and Wanderson Suzart. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This study focuses on the Jornal Nacional (JN), the most-watched television news in Brazil. We used two guiding objectives; the first seeks to analyze information broadcast by JN; the second aims to discuss the gaps in the program's report and how the lack of clarification to the population can impact local development. We collected the data during the prime-time of Brazilian television, between 8:30 pm and 9:30 pm. We analyzed all programs in April 2020. In this period, the Covid-19 pandemic advanced in Brasil, and the National Congress amended the Brazilian Constitution. The finds show the negligence of issues related to changes in the Brazilian Constitution and the transformation of coronavirus in a spectacle.
