A cobertura jornalística das eleições para o governo de Mato Grosso em 2018 : um estudo dos jornais A Gazeta e Diário de Cuiabá

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the coverage of the 2018 elections for the government of Mato Grosso, in the newspapers A Gazeta and Diário de Cuiabá, through the methodology of protocol analysis of news coverage, focusing on printed texts. The corpus to be analyzed are the articles published in the period from August 16, 2018, the day when it was allowed to carry out electoral propaganda, until October 6, 2018, the day before the first round of elections, when the Electoral Justice closed the advertising period. The results showed not only a difference in the type of approach and the amount of broadcasting, but also the impact that these publications can have on the outcome of the elections. In this sense, we concluded on the importance of the selection of text genres, the forms of approach in the coverage and the corresponding analyses, which allow us to understand how the events occurred and to demonstrate the need for coverage to be done in a fair and balanced way, because of the impact it has on society.