Keywords
Metaframes
Political news
International news
Content analysis
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Abstract
ABSTRACT – This paper presents the results of a quantitative framing analysis and a concise concept via ATLAS.ti, a qualitative data analysis tool, of news stories about Brazil’s 2022 presidential election published by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal. The goal was to determine how major U.S. newspapers framed a foreign election that was significant for two reasons. First, it involved an incumbent dubbed the “Tropical Trump”, referencing U.S. President Donald Trump. Second, its outcome was of international significance due to the potential for the continued destruction of the Amazon rainforest. The results showed that the political “game” metaframe dominated 60% of the coverage. Conflict, political strategy, and “horserace” were the most common election-specific frames. The results suggested that competition between political figures continues to generate more election stories than important but abstract topics, even in a context distant from most U.S. news consumers.
RESUMO – Este artigo apresenta os resultados de uma análise quantitativa de enquadramento e uma análise concisa de conceitos realizada com o auxílio do ATLAS.ti, uma ferramenta de análise qualitativa de dados, sobre reportagens a respeito das eleições presidenciais brasileiras de 2022 publicadas pelo The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today e The Wall Street Journal. O objetivo foi determinar como os principais jornais dos Estados Unidos enquadraram uma eleição estrangeira que foi significativa por dois motivos. Primeiro, envolvia um presidente em exercício apelidado de “Trump Tropical”, em referência ao ex-presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump. Segundo, o resultado teria relevância internacional devido ao potencial de continuidade da destruição da Floresta Amazônica. Os resultados mostraram que o metaquadro (metaframe) de “jogo” (game) dominou 60% da cobertura. Ao nível de enquadramentos específicos, os mais prevalentes foram conflito, estratégia política e corrida eleitoral (horserace). Os resultados sugerem que o foco na competição entre figuras políticas, mesmo em um contexto distante para a maioria dos consumidores de notícias nos EUA, continua gerando um número maior de reportagens eleitorais do que temas importantes, porém abstratos.
RESUMEN – Este artículo presenta los resultados de un análisis cuantitativo de encuadres y un análisis conciso de conceptos realizado con ATLAS.ti, una herramienta de análisis cualitativo de datos, sobre noticias relacionadas con las elecciones presidenciales de Brasil en 2022, publicadas por The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today y The Wall Street Journal. El objetivo fue determinar cómo los principales periódicos estadounidenses encuadraron una elección extranjera que fue significativa por dos razones. En primer lugar, involucraba a un presidente en funciones apodado el “Trump Tropical”, en referencia al expresidente estadounidense Donald Trump. En segundo lugar, su resultado tendría una importancia internacional debido al potencial de continuidad en la destrucción de la selva amazónica. Los resultados mostraron que el metaencuadre (metaframe) del “juego” político dominó el 60 % de la cobertura. A nivel de encuadres específicos, los más prevalentes fueron el conflicto, la estrategia política y la carrera electoral (horserace). Los resultados sugieren que el enfoque en la competencia entre figuras políticas, incluso en un contexto lejano para la mayoría de los consumidores de noticias en EE.UU., sigue generando un mayor número de noticias electorales que los temas importantes pero abstractos.
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