A formação da terceira via enquanto objeto discursivo: uma análise das produções opinativas do jornal O Estado de S. Paulo .

Abstract

This research seeks, through qualitative-interpretivist research, to present the emergence of the third way as one of the discursive objects present in the journalistic discourse at the end of 2021. The study makes use of the theorizations found in the method of Foucauldian discursive analysis (2020), highlighting the notion of “object formation” which integrates the idea of “discursive formation”. The research relates to these theories the contributions of Galtung and Ruge (1965), Traquina (2005), Wolf (1995) and Marques de Melo (2003) regarding the debate surrounding newsworthiness and journalistic genres. Furthermore, the research also seeks to consider the way in which this discursive object occupies the place of other objects, presenting the third way political project proposed by Giddens (2005). To do this, it takes as its analytical corpus five opinion texts found in the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo in the months of November and December 2021. From them, it problematizes and discusses various aspects that cross this object and demonstrate the necessary relation they have with each other, enabling the emergence of the third way in the contemporary historical and political context. In conclusion, the research demonstrates the influence of the editorial line of the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo and the weight of journalistic structures in the emergence of the third way as a discursive object.