Estão Representados Mediaticamente, Logo Existem: Protestos de Hong Kong em 2019 no Correio da Manhã e no Jornal de Notícias

Célia Belim; Artur Simões

doi:10.17231/comsoc.42(2022).4001

Authors

Célia Belim Centro de Administração e Políticas Públicas, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9927-8018
Artur Simões Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5670-7182

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17231/comsoc.42(2022).4001

Keywords:

media representation, Hong Kong protests, protest paradigm, Correio da Manhã, Jornal de Notícias

Abstract

This article seeks to understand how Correio da Manhã (CM) and Jornal de Notícias (JN) represent the Hong Kong protests between March 31 and November 29, 2019, by understanding the agenda surrounding their representation and identifying framings. Through content analysis, the results suggest a mainly neutral perspective of both newspapers, denoting a slight pro-government bias in JN and pro-democracy bias in CM. There is also a difference in the selection of sources: JN included sources in almost 75% of its news pieces, preferring anti-protest sources, whereas CM named sources in almost 60% of its pieces, with a tendency to select pro-protest sources. However, in both newspapers, there is a description of a violent scenario from both protesters and the government. The causes of the protests are almost entirely attributed to the government or individuals in Hong Kong, with rare attributions to external elements. Hong Kong and its citizens are also blamed for resolving the protests. There is a tendency towards a negative description of the government and, to a lesser extent, the protesters. Statistically significant associations are identified between newspaper and source; newspaper and mention of the protest causes; sources and description of protesters’ behaviour; description of protesters’ behaviour and mention of the protest causes.

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Author Biographies

Célia Belim, Centro de Administração e Políticas Públicas, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Célia Belim is an assistant professor in communication sciences at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences, Universidade de Lisboa, teaching since 2000. She holds a PhD in communication sciences, a master’s degree in political science and a post-graduate degree in political science and Islamic studies. Currently, she is the executive coordinator of the 1st communication sciences cycle. She coordinates the Agendas e Comunicação (Agendas and Communication) and Comunicar a Saúde (Communicating Health) projects and has oriented research in the three education cycles. She has participated in conferences and has published on her thematic interests. She is a researcher at the Centre for Public Administration and Public Policies of Institute of Social and Political Sciences. She has received four academic awards, three for research.

Artur Simões, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Artur Simões has a degree in communication sciences from the Institute of Social and Political Sciences, Universidade de Lisboa. He has been a radio announcer and content producer at Cidade FM since 2017.

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