Guest Paper: The Children's Rights Movement in Brazil and the Construction of News Agendas

As part of the on-going ICAn seminar series, Lidia Maropo - a visiting scholar from the University of Fortaleza in Brazil and the New University of Lisbon, Portugal - will be delivering a paper entitled 'The Children's Rights Movement in Brazil and the Construction of News Agendas' on Wednesday 25th March.

This presentation analyses the relationship between the children’s rights movement and the news media in Brazil. In her research, Lidia Marôpo raised questions such as: the social movement succeeded in becoming a credible news source? What structure and resources were needed to influence the journalistic discourse? What strategies did the movement use? What was the social actors’ knowledge on the media’s working routines? Was there a professional management with the media? What agreements and conflicts existed between the media and the movement? The research findings were based on interviews with activists and on quantitative and qualitative content analyses of two Brazilian newspapers.

Time: 4.00-6,00pm. Place: GEE219, Clifton Campus, NTU.
Everyone welcome.