The Believer as an Advertising Medium: Discursive Analysis on a Publishing Campaign by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God

Authors

  • Marco Túlio de Sousa
  • Jênifer Rosa de Oliveira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-7714.no.2014.90217

Keywords:

media, religion, Universal Church, Discourse Analisis

Abstract

This paper analyzes the campaign "Eu sou a Universal" (I am the Universal) from the Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (IURD). It consists of a series of testimonials from successful professionals who are supposedly real to the denomination. Unlike stories published in many TV and radio programs of the church, the relationship with the institution is not evident in the whole context of the narrative. Only at the end, the connection with the IURD appears through the words: "I am the Universal". Having as theoretical referencial the french discourse analysis, from authors such as Pêcheux and Orlandi, as well as Aristotelian rhetoric, we aim to identify the type of relationship that the IURD seeks to build with the public and how it reacts. For this, we take the campaign site and facebook page as the object of analysis, paying attention not only to official posts but to the comments.

 

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Author Biographies

  • Marco Túlio de Sousa

    Professor do curso de Comunicação da Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais (UEMG-Frutal). Mestre em Comunicação pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), graduado em Comunicação (habilitação Jornalismo) pela Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF). E-mail: marcotuliosousa@hotmail.com

  • Jênifer Rosa de Oliveira
    Mestranda em Comunicação pela Universidade Metodista de São Paulo (UMESP). Graduada em Comunicação Social pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Bolsista Capes e integrante do MIRE (grupo de pesquisa em Mídia, Religião e Cultura) E-mail: jeniferdeoliveira@gmail.com

Published

2014-12-18

Issue

Section

ARTICLES

How to Cite

Sousa, M. T. de, & Oliveira, J. R. de. (2014). The Believer as an Advertising Medium: Discursive Analysis on a Publishing Campaign by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. Novos Olhares, 3(2), 226-238. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-7714.no.2014.90217