Análise da cobertura jornalística sobre pessoas com deficiência física/motora nos jornais diários “Notícias” e “o País” em 2019

Abstract

The media, in particular the Printed Newspaper, play a key role in the social inclusion of people with physical disabilities in Mozambique. They are a crucial means of raising social awareness of the importance of social inclusion of people with disabilities, for a fairer society and full access to society's resources. The present research with the theme: Analysis of the Journalistic Coverage on People with Physical/Motor Disabilities in the newspapers Notícias and O País in 2019, aimed to analyze how the newspapers Notícias and O País, contributed to the social inclusion of the physically disabled in their reports in the year 2019, which was the year in which the National Plan for the Area of Disability, which lasted for 7 years (2012 – 2019). Since then, there has not yet been another plan of this size in Mozambique for people with disabilities. The methodology used for the present research combined qualitative and quantitative methods. The analysis and interpretation carried out found that although there are several unsigned articles and several news items on even pages (which at first may mean that there is a certain lack of interest in these articles) the newspapers were concerned with promoting the social inclusion of people with physical disabilities and in the promotion of their rights.