Análise da cobertura jornalistica de assuntos sobre saneamento do meio em Moçambique: Jornal Notícias

Abstract

The media play a key role, since they are the main sources of information for the population, considering themselves as a decisive factor in the processes of opinion formation of the environmental problem. The educational issue of environmental journalism, that is, the use of this medium as an aid in the construction of a conscious citizen. The present study aims to analyze the journalistic coverage of issues on environment sanitation in the News Journal. Where it seeks to investigate the contribution of reports to the improvement of environmental education in the country. This research was moved by the following question: to what extent do the articles on environment sanitation contribute to the formation of the reader's awareness of the preservation of the environment in the country? To answer this question, content analysis was carried out and qualitative analysis was carried out, applied in a sample of 20 articles published in January to May 2022. The study concludes that the articles of the newspaper about environment sanitation contribute to the formation of citizens' environmental awareness because they are clear and educational. Results obtained in this research show that, although some articles published in the newspaper lack deepening and contextualization, which may indicate ways and solutions to address the environmental problem in Mozambican society, the News in a certain way sensitizes citizens to the practice of environmental conservation.