When political journalism is a joke

analysis of political content of Sensacionalista and its diffusion in social media

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-677X.rum.2018.146594

Keywords:

Journalism and politics, Humor, Fake news, Sensacionalista

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the published contents on the humorous website Sensationalista, in order to understand how much of this content relates to politics in the strict sense. Based on a discussion on the accuracy and objectivity of journalism, a content analysis was carried out on the collected posts. Our goal was to identify which were the humorous contents on politics that generated more engagement in among Facebook users. While the amount of the contents on politics presented in the sample do not seem initially to be of expressiveness, these contents are among those that generate greater interest amongst the website users.

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Author Biographies

  • Viktor Chagas, Fluminense Federal University

    Professor e pesquisador do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação da Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). Bolsista CNPq de Pós-Doutorado Jr. pela Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA/INCT.DD). Doutor em História, Política e Bens Culturais (Cpdoc/FGV).

  • Fernanda Freire, Rio de Janeiro State University

    Mestre em Comunicação pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Uerj).

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2018-12-20

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How to Cite

CHAGAS, Viktor; FREIRE, Fernanda. When political journalism is a joke: analysis of political content of Sensacionalista and its diffusion in social media. RuMoRes, [S. l.], v. 12, n. 24, p. 271–292, 2018. DOI: 10.11606/issn.1982-677X.rum.2018.146594. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/Rumores/article/view/146594. Acesso em: 6 feb. 2026.