Abstract

ARAUJO, Rita  and  LOPES, Felisbela. Dengue in the Portuguese press: Público, Expresso, Jornal de Notícias and Diário de Notícias. OBS* [online]. 2014, vol.8, n.1, pp.49-68. ISSN 1646-5954.

Several cases of dengue fever were identified in Madeira Island in October 2012. The media coverage of the outbreak lasted until December and it was made especially through official news sources, mainly male, who would talk on a National level, and through documental sources. This paper studies the dengue fever coverage in the Portuguese newspapers, represented by daily newspapers Público, Jornal de Notícias and Diário de Notícias and by the weekly newspaper Expresso. We sought to understand the news-making processes and the news sources used by journalists, analyzing 39 news articles and 110 news sources.

Keywords : dengue; health journalism; crisis communication; risk communication; news sources.

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