A construção da imagem de Dilma Rousseff (PT) na esfera midiática: dissonâncias e convergências narrativas entre a presidente e a candidata à reeleição

Abstract

From the power relations that are establish between political field and the media communication system, this dissertation has as a key concept ‘the permanent campaign’, defined as the implementation of the any available resources for the political actors during their work (government, political parties, congressman or leaders) aiming to obtain and keep popular support. This research develops a study about the making of the image of Dilma Rousseff (PT) in three situations: pronouncement in TV network, HGPE and Folha de S. Paulo newspaper. This paper tries to verify how the permanent campaign has been undertaken as president of the Brazilian Republic, elected in 2010, and as a candidate running for reelection in 2014. As empirical data, firstly are analysed the institutionalized spaces occupied as president of the Brazilian Republic, defining as analytical material the pronouncements in National Network of Radio and Television (CNTR, in portuguese) during her fist mandate. Secondly, it tries to verify if the press, through its pronouncements coverage, created a negative, positive or neutral image of Dilma Rousseff in her position as president, taken as empirical data the news published by Folha de S. Paulo newspaper. As third material data, it will be analysed the programs of Free Political Advertising Time (HGPE, in portuguese) in 2014. As methodological strategy, we recurred to the Content Analysis (Bardin, 1977) with the goal of analysing separately the objects and then identify the convergence and dissonant aspects. We can identify two different moments in Dilma’s government: high popularity until june 2013 manifestations and the subsequent period with fall of approval and fierce competition on the 2014 election, when she won the elections with a minor percentage of votes in relation to the candidate Aécio Neves (PSDB). There were more confluence aspects in the first period between the president’s pronouncements and the media coverage. The second moment was troubled and there was a more negative and critical coverage by the media. The electoral communication was an attempt to retrieve the governments’ actions and there was an intense negative propaganda of attacks between the candidates.