Elderliness and violence in print media

Authors

  • Beltrina Côrte Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-677X.rum.2007.51096

Keywords:

Elderness, violence, news coverage, newspapers, city.

Abstract

What is the approach given to news in newspapers? Are they taken for simple information, under principles of objectivity, impartiality, neutrality? These questions have guided a research on São Paulo’s press news coverage regarding violence against the elderly. After gathering pieces related to the subject of elderness and getting old from four daily newspapers published in the city it was made a selection of the ones involving violence. 209 pieces were chosen for study from a total of 1980, taken from 736 newspapers editions, during 6 nonconsecutive months between the years of 2004 and 2005. Newspapers pages showed what is settled as a discourse on violence. They have, among other roles, the one of building the symbolic stage of societies, each time more having to deal with the fact of human longevity.

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Author Biography

  • Beltrina Côrte, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo
    Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), Brazil. beltrina@uol.com.br

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Published

2007-12-25

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2007)

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Articles

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How to Cite

CÔRTE, Beltrina. Elderliness and violence in print media. RuMoRes, [S. l.], v. 1, n. 1, 2007. DOI: 10.11606/issn.1982-677X.rum.2007.51096. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/Rumores/article/view/51096. Acesso em: 8 feb. 2026.