THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTIONS AT THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO ON THE PAGES OF THE NEWSPAPER A TRIBUNA – A CASE STUDY
Name: TATIANA MATIAS DE MOURA
Publication date: 04/12/2023
Examining board:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| CICILIA MARIA KROHLING PERUZZO | Presidente |
| MARILENE MATTOS SALLES | Examinador Externo |
| OSVALDO MARTINS DE OLIVEIRA | Examinador Interno |
Summary: This paper examines the journalistic coverage of the A Tribuna newspaper regarding
affirmative actions and their implementation in the Federal University of Espirito Santo
- Ufes. The paper challenges the newspaper's stance concerning the debate around
the policy of reserving vacancies for black students in the only federal university in
the state. The study has the general aim to analyze how the newspaper A Tribuna
covered the impact of the affirmative action policy by the University - Ufes, in a way
to identify its political-ideological positioning. For the specific aims the proposed are:
a) Analyze the coverage by the media vehicle, to ascertain if it contributed to civil
society's understanding of the relevance of affirmative action policies for the social
and economic advancement of black people or if it reproduced racist biases; b)
Quantify, in the established time frame, the issues published about the affirmative
action policy adopted by Ufes; c) Identify the interviewers, who brings the perception
of the presence and proportions between blacks and whites. This case study, which
corpus composed from issues published in the editorial "Cidades" in the mentioned
journal, from 2006 to 2008, and in 2012. At first, we used bibliographical and
documentary research, and subsequently, we used content analysis and semi-
structured interviews to complement the information we found and broaden our views
on the subject. We concluded that the newspaper adopted an unfavorable stance on
the reservation of places at UFES, even though certain articles may be considered as
impartial.
