A Guerra Colonial nas Narrativas Mediáticas: Como os Jornais de Portugal e Angola Recontaram uma Efeméride 60 Anos Depois

Gustavo Freitas; Ana Teresa Peixinho

doi:10.17231/comsoc.41(2022).3666

Authors

Gustavo Freitas Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9497-7220
Ana Teresa Peixinho Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares, Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4533-7921

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17231/comsoc.41(2022).3666

Keywords:

representation strategies, postcolonial narratology, discourse-historical approach, media narratives, Colonial War

Abstract

March 15, 2021, marked the 60th anniversary of the Angolan insurgency that started the Colonial War. The date rekindled the memory of an intersectional milestone between the histories of Portugal and Angola, and, for having gained space in the mainstream news media, it was opportune to analyse the media narratives that recounted the conflict. The episode, in 1961, was motivated by a series of factors, with the native peoples’ dissatisfaction with the exploitation regime standing out. For this research, inscribed in the field of postcolonial narratology, it is important to understand how Portuguese and Angolan newspapers reported this event. To this end, a qualitative methodology — critical discourse analysis — was used, and journalistic texts about the event in question published in the newspapers Público and Jornal de Angola were analysed in an exploratory way. This paper aims to understand the ideological differences between the approach of each of the media productions, pointing out matches and mismatches, and identify the discursive strategies that shaped such contemporary media narratives about colonial conflicts. One of the conclusions is the perception that the Angolan newspaper sewed its narrative from an internal perspective of colonialism, addressing the events from the accounts of people who experienced them. Meanwhile, the Portuguese newspaper was guided by the already postcolonial relations emerging with the increasing globalisation.

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Author Biographies

Gustavo Freitas, Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Gustavo Freitas (born 1993 in Fortaleza, Brazil) holds a master’s degree in journalism and communication and is a PhD candidate in communication sciences, both at the Faculty of Arts, University of Coimbra. He develops research in the field of post-colonial studies and media representations, focusing on the role of discourse in their construction.

Ana Teresa Peixinho, Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares, Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Ana Teresa Peixinho (born in 1971 in Coimbra, Portugal) is an associate professor at the Faculty of Arts, University of Coimbra. She has a PhD in communication sciences. She teaches journalism and communication studies. She is a researcher at the Centre for 20th Century Interdisciplinary Studies, where she coordinates with Clara Almeida Santos the research group Communication, Journalism and Public Space. Her research interests include narrative media studies and media analysis.

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