A Construção da imagem dos povos indígenas e produtores rurais nos jornais online da região sul do estado de Mato Grosso do Sul

Abstract

The main objective of this investigation is to analyze the social boundaries produced, reinforced and reproduced by the online newspapers located in cities of the southern region of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in relation to the indigenous peoples that inhabit this region, and their historical antagonists, landowners. Throughout the research, editorials and journalistic themes that received the most attention by online communication vehicles were analyzed, through the analysis of the publications in the region's newspapers, from 2016 to 2018. Special attention was given to the way in which indigenous and landowners were presented and addressed in the news published by the media. I analyzed the most representative online newspapers in the region studied, such as Dourados News, Caarapó News, Midiamax. I also used the newspaper Correio do Estado, headquartered in the capital of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and, in some cases, articles from national newspapers such as UOL and G1 have also been analyzed, which in some way serve as a counterpoint or as a contribution to the analysis of themes studied. The methodology adopted was the identification and analysis of news published by the newspapers between 2016 and 2018, applying research procedures that allowed to identify how the press has been positioned in the issues that involve the conflict between the segments identified in the topics/subjects/subject-matter/reports as landowners and indigenous peoples in MS. For the construction of the theoretical referential I turned to authors of Anthropology and Media who carried out studies on the construction of images in the online media. The research concludes that economic factors and a local common sense, and balanced by a strong anti-indigenous ideology, are in syntony and synergy with the way these newspapers approach conflicts, either through editorial positions or determining the agenda. It results in the production / reinforcement of an image extremely unfavorable to the indigenous peoples and the uplifting of the landowners, refractory to the recognition of indigenous territorial rights.