RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Santos, Gersiney Pablo
T1 Critical discourse analysis, media and homelessness in Brazil: the "aurora da rua" issue
JF Romanica Olomucensia
YR 2014
VO 26
IS 2
SP 265
OP 276
DO 10.5507/ro.2014.025
UL https://romanica.upol.cz/artkey/rom-201402-0010.php
AB The purpose of this investigation is the critical discussion over the representation and identity/identification construction of homeless social actors in the Brazilian street paper Aurora da Rua. Therefore, the main objective of this study focuses on the modes of representation and identification of the homeless population in a cover story of the publication. The theoretical basis of the investigation draws upon the analytical framework of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). As the result of the analysis, it was possible to map discursive strategies which pointed to a certain protagonism related to the homeless people who appears in the texts, although the street paper idealizes the homeless social actors (including through the reader's voices).