Discursos jornalísticos sobre a Comunidade LGBTI+: Uma Análise Comparada nas Afiliadas do Portal de Notícias g1 da Região Norte

Abstract

The dissertation analyzed journalistic discourses on sexual and gender diversity, focusing on the LGBTI+ community, as disseminated in the Northern Region of Brazil. The main premise of the research considers that issues related to sexual and gender dissidences are subject to stigmas and discriminatory prejudices. The news coverage of these topics is influenced by the reproduction of hegemonic heteronormative and cisnormative conceptions, as well as by structural binary formations in journalistic production. Media outlets, immersed in market competition and large-scale production, utilize web journalism as a means of disseminating information in real time. However, these publications often perpetuate ideas rooted in dominant ideological and symbolic orders. In this context, journalistic production contributes to the perpetuation of stereotypes, as the credibility of information transmitted by web newspapers is tied to the reproduction of meanings reflecting the regional context of each outlet. Thus, regional journalism portrays local events but often adopts approaches shaped by dominant notions, marginalizing content outside social norms and reinforcing prejudices about sexuality and gender identity. The research analyzed journalistic discourses about the LGBTI+ population published by eight g1 portals of Grupo Globo (g1 Acre, g1 Amapá, g1 Amazonas, g1 Pará, g1 Rondônia, g1 Roraima, g1 Santarém e Região, and g1 Tocantins), which cover the states in Brazil's Northern Region. Adopting a qualitative approach, the study employed a comparative method and triangulated data collection instruments through documentary research in the web newspapers' archives over a one-year period (2023–2024). It also conducted content analysis of the obtained data and in-depth interviews with journalists from these web newspapers. The findings reveal that publications on sexual and gender diversity vary across the portals, although they present similarities in certain events. These dynamics highlight the lack of critical reflections and investments in addressing these themes during the journalists' work routines.