The Environmental Boom in the Media: An Analysis of the News on Deforestations and Forest Fires in the Amazon During the Last Decades

Authors

  • Luciana Miranda Costa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v17i0.13412

Keywords:

desmatamento, queimadas, mídia impressa, Amazônia, análise de discurso, deforestation, forest fires, Amazon, Brazilian media

Abstract

This article presents the conclusions of research (PARD/UFPA/CNPq, 2006) that analyzed the significantrole of the press in exposing environmental issues in the past decades (1975-2002), with emphasis ondeforestations and forest fires in the Amazon. This article points at the media as an essential multiplieragent of information to the digital media, the role of the Brazilian government in the root causes of environmentalproblems in the Amazon, the causes and effects of deforestations and forest fires in the regionand the social agents involved in this process. About 1.300 reports published in Brazilian newspappersand magazines during the last decades were analyzed.

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Published

2008-06-06

How to Cite

Costa, L. M. (2008). The Environmental Boom in the Media: An Analysis of the News on Deforestations and Forest Fires in the Amazon During the Last Decades. Desenvolvimento E Meio Ambiente, 17. https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v17i0.13412

Issue

Vol. 17 (2008): Appropriation and Reappropriation of Nature

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