Análise de conteúdo do programa de jornalismo de jogos eletrônicos Ei Games

Abstract

Electronic games are increasingly popular and, together, a specialization of the journalistic field is configured. This present final paper uses analysis of the content based in Bardin (1977) in an episode of the EI Games TV show, transmited twice a week through cable and digital plataforms, and the interactions in the program’s Twitter profile regarding the may 2022 publications – month which the chosen episode went on the air. The objective of this monograph is to understand the characteristics of the program in question and its contributions to the recognition of the electronic games area as a specialization of journalism, and also analyze program’s profile interactions on Twitter. For this, it is based on theoretical references on electronic game journalism and on television in cyberspace and adopts the inductive method of Content Analysis, proposed by French author Laurence Bardin (1977). From a categorical framework in accordance with the research objectives, we were able to describe and evaluate the characteristics and contributions of the EI Games program to specialized journalism in electronic games.