Análise da cobertura jornalística dos direitos da criança, caso de estudo - Jornal Notícias

Abstract

The proposal is to discuss children's rights and their participation in the media, their implications for the relationship between children and the news media. From the point of view of news framing, we want to reflect on what these social actors should expect from the news media, on their right to be heard, to freedom of expression and to contribute to the decisions that directly affect them, including in journalism. Based on the content analysis of news published in the Jornal Notícias, we discuss three central issues for the debate on journalism and children's rights: privacy, stigmatization and their participation in the news discourse. We conclude that the relationship between the analyzed reference newspapers and children's rights represents a paradox in the Mozambican panorama caused by factors such as news framing, poor investigation of sexual violation cases and promotion of children's rights. The State has ratified several conventions aimed at valuing and protecting children's rights, but this is not felt in practice, in the applicability of the law is not reflected in the daily lives of Mozambican children.