Política externa brasileira e a mídia nacional: análise do tratamento editorial da Folha de São Paulo, O Globo e do Estado de São Paulo sobre a China.

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze the correlation between Brazilian foreign policy and the media, through the analysis of the editorials of the three largest newspapers in circulation in the country: Folha de S.Paulo, O Estadão and O Globo between December 2001 and 2009. The period refers to China’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) and China’s becoming Brazil’s largest trading partner. Thus, it seeks to understand how the interaction of these strands occurs, focusing on how the Brazilian conservative media portrays diplomatic relations with China. The method of the case study was used, given the immensity of actors. The method used allows the use of several methodological approaches, to which the formation of clouds of words and graphics, through the Orange program, for the better understanding and crossing of the results. The main results point to the perpetuation of the liberal conservative values and principles of the big Brazilian newspapers in the form of retraction of the themes related to China. The following paper concludes that there is a convergent approach on the subject from the perspective of the main Brazilian newspapers. Thus, new studies and analysis would contribute to further deepening the analysis and impact of major editorials on Brazilian foreign policy.