Violence against the elderly in the media: a reflection on the production of the senses

The article reflects upon how the hard press named Jornal da Paraíba (JP), from Campina Grande (Paraíba), has reported violence against old people. The study, investigating two recent pieces of news reports, aims at calling attention to the construction of violence against old people as news report....

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Autores: Ó, Alarcon Agra do, Souza, Rosângela Nascimento de, Costa, Thaiany da, Almeida, Vanessa B. de
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Brasil
Recursos:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Revista FAMECOS: Mídia cultura e tecnologia
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/6886
Acesso em linha:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/revistafamecos/article/view/6886
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Media
violence
old age
Journalism
Medios
violencia
vejez
Periodismo
Mídia
violência
velhice
Jornalismo
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Resumo:The article reflects upon how the hard press named Jornal da Paraíba (JP), from Campina Grande (Paraíba), has reported violence against old people. The study, investigating two recent pieces of news reports, aims at calling attention to the construction of violence against old people as news report. It is necessary to think – and to make people think – about the implications of the way the governmentalized discourse is constructed, addressing imprisioned bodies by old age.