Deliberation in online journalism: a study of commentaries of Folha.com

Authors

  • Rafael Cardoso Sampaio Universidade Federal da Bahia
  • Samuel Anderson Rocha Barros Universidade Federal da Bahia

Keywords:

Online deliberation. Online journalism. Folha de S. Paulo.

Abstract

The paper seeks to assess the deliberativeness of reader comments on the site of Folha de S. Paulo. We analyze 130 postings linked to two stories: the arrest of the governor of Brasilia, José Roberto Arruda, and agreement on nuclear energy between Brazil and Iran. Besides the commentaries, we analyze the newspaper's Web site, its discursive tools and the political positioning of the participants. We conclude that there was a relevant deliberativeness in the discussion analyzed, but that most participants sought victory in the discussion instead of mutual understanding. In the end, we consider some potentialities for increasing democratic values through the supply of discursive tools by news sites.

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Author Biographies

Rafael Cardoso Sampaio, Universidade Federal da Bahia

É jornalista pela UFJF. Especialista em Comunicação e Política pelo Uni-BH. Mestre em Comunicação Social pela UFMG. Doutorando em Comunicação Social pela UFBA.Pesquisador do Centro de Estudos Avançados em Democracia Digital e Governo Eletrônico (CEADD) da UFBA. É jornalista pela UFJF. Especialista em Comunicação e Política pelo Uni-BH. Mestre em Comunicação Social pela UFMG. Doutorando em Comunicação Social pela UFBA

Samuel Anderson Rocha Barros, Universidade Federal da Bahia

É jornalista pela UFBA e atualmente atua em campanhas eleitorais. Pesquisador do Centro de Estudos Avançados em Democracia Digital e Governo Eletrônico (CEADD) da UFBA.

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Published

2010-12-20

How to Cite

Sampaio, R. C., and S. A. R. Barros. “Deliberation in Online Journalism: a Study of Commentaries of Folha.Com”. Intexto, no. 23, Dec. 2010, pp. 164-75, https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/intexto/article/view/16449.

Issue

No. 23 (2010)

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Copyright (c) 2010 Rafael Cardoso Sampaio, Samuel Anderson Rocha Barros

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