Mídia e cobertura de tragédias: uma análise da divulgação de notícias sobre os ataques às escolas em 2023

Abstract

This research aims to analyze how some of the main Brazilian television news programsnarrated the school attacks in 2023, considering that at the time, many education and healthexperts raised concerns about the responsibility of reporting these acts and giving notoriety to the aggressors. We analyzed the coverage carried out by Rede Globo on Jornal Nacional, Record TV on Jornal da Record, and CNN Brasil on Prime Time, on April 5, 2023. This date was chosen as it is emblematic for understanding how reference journalism has reported similar episodes, as it was the day of the attack at a daycare center in Blumenau (Santa Catarina), which resulted in the deaths of four children aged between 4 and 7 years old. The aim is to analyze to what extent and in what ways the coverage by these three networks reviewed their editorial practices to fulfill the role of informing without causing social harm, such as the so-called “contagion effect.” Furthermore, the research presents data on school attacks in Brazil and discusses other coverage of sensitive topics involving children and adolescents.