The representations of the pandemic in the narratives of the Porto Alegre's digital newspapers

Abstract

Based on the theoretical-methodological assumptions of the international research network “Ciudades y Comunidades Imaginedas Latinas en la Era Digital”, this article aims to verify how the media constructed the representations about the coronavirus pandemic and the city of Porto Alegre from the local newspaper stories. The research was carried out in the digital newspapers Correio do Povo, Jornal do Comércio and O Sul, from october 2020 to december 2020. The study analyzes the main information disclosed and the images about the pandemic in the city. The news about the pandemic privileged the protocols adopted and the impacts that it brought to the various sectors that involve the dynamics of the city. It is concluded that digital newspapers, through the dissemination of informational content and images transmitted, exert mediation in the construction of representations about the pandemic in the city.