Neuroscience in the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper from 1986 to 2015: biologization of the social and the creation of chronic patients

biologização do social e a criação de doentes crônicos

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https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2237-9967.2021v10n17p80-98

Abstract

In this research we set out to examine how journalistic coverage of neuroscience occurs in the Brazilian print media. With this objective in mind, we conducted a content analysis of the news about neuroscience published in the printed newspaper Folha de São Paulo, in three consecutive periods, between 1986 and 2015. Of the 12 thematic categories identified, nine of them highlighted the frameworks: “biologization of the social” and/or “creation of chronic patients”. Based on the analysis of the results and a review of the literature, we discussed the role of the media and scientists in the construction of the proposed discourse and frameworks, indicating the urgency of promoting a closer relationship between these actors.

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Marcus Vinicius Dos-Santos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas

Bacharel em Jornalismo, Mestre em Medicina Molecular, Doutorando do Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Molecular

Helena Lemos Gontijo

Médica pela PUC Minas.

Valéria de Fátima Raimundo, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Departamento de Comunicação Social.

Coorientadora da pesquisa.

Débora d’Ávila Reis, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Núcleo de Educação e Comunicação em Ciências da Vida, Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Molecular

Orientadora da pesquisa

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2021-09-13

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DOS-SANTOS, Marcus Vinicius; GONTIJO, Helena Lemos; RAIMUNDO, Valéria de Fátima; MIRANDA, Aline Silva de; REIS, Débora d’Ávila. Neuroscience in the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper from 1986 to 2015: biologization of the social and the creation of chronic patients: biologização do social e a criação de doentes crônicos. Dispositiva, Belo Horizonte, v. 10, n. 17, p. 80–98, 2021. DOI: 10.5752/P.2237-9967.2021v10n17p80-98. Disponível em: https://periodicos.pucminas.br/dispositiva/article/view/24278. Acesso em: 5 oct. 2025.

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Vol. 10 No. 17 (2021): Dossiê "Comunicação, Política e Saúde" - Parte II

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Dossiê: Comunicação, política e saúde

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