A construção da agenda sobre o conflito armado em Cabo Delgado: uma análise comparativa entre os jornais Savana e Zambeze

Abstract

With this study, it was intended to explore how the problem of the armed conflict in Cabo Delgado is scheduled by the Mozambican press. Having as objects of analysis two weekly papers, Savana and Zambeze, and the Agenda Setting as theory of analysis, the author focused on comparative analysis of content published in both newspapers, identifying, classifying, describing and evaluating the news articles reported and the texts of opinion on terrorism published in the period between September 2017 and July 2021. For this purpose, data collection spreadsheets were built based on variables collected according to the bibliographic review carried out. Two main conclusions were reached at; first, opinion texts about the armed conflict in Cabo Delgado increase as the volume of news about the conflict increases and decrease as less news about the conflict is published by both newspapers; second, the quantity and frequency of publication of articles about the armed conflict in Cabo Delgado increases and decreases in the same proportions in the two newspapers, which means that both have similar media agendas.