2548843News and Novela in Brazilian Mediahttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/news-and-novela-in-brazilian-media-9780739189795/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3314864/adb651db-3f1a-4449-9331-45567b7ac3c0.jpg?v=63838519478193000017531948MXNLexington BooksInStock/Ebooks/Citizens everywhere are turning to multiple news sources to inform their daily decisions. In Brazil, an emerging global power and democracy, those sources include the ever-popular telenovelas and, on a rising basis, newspapers. News and Novela in Brazilian Media: Fact, Fiction, and National Identity examines how news issues help frame telenovela plots, comparing key issues across Brazilian media to highlight differing levels of progression associated with press freedom. Scrutiny of concurrent print news stories, print news photos, and telenovela scenes indicate that when a hit telenovela is compared to news, the novela becomes a more progressive storyteller. At least, race, class, gender, and religious news issues seem more progressive: An Afro-Brazilian wins a local election; a favela or shantytown is idealized; a less popular African religion is heralded while Protestantism is marginalized and Catholicism continues as the right religion; and women achieving power leads to a more egalitarian society. In a diversifying media environment, where lines between fact and fiction are increasingly blurred, Brazilian alternative news studies are critical measures of Brazils state of media opening that inform national identity formation....2485118News and Novela in Brazilian Media17531948https://www.gandhi.com.mx/news-and-novela-in-brazilian-media-9780739189795/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3314864/adb651db-3f1a-4449-9331-45567b7ac3c0.jpg?v=638385194781930000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20149780739189795_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_Citizens everywhere are turning to multiple news sources to inform their daily decisions. In Brazil, an emerging global power and democracy, those sources include the ever-popular telenovelas and, on a rising basis, newspapers. News and Novela in Brazilian Media: Fact, Fiction, and National Identity examines how news issues help frame telenovela plots, comparing key issues across Brazilian media to highlight differing levels of progression associated with press freedom. Scrutiny of concurrent print news stories, print news photos, and telenovela scenes indicate that when a hit telenovela is compared to news, the novela becomes a more progressive storyteller. At least, race, class, gender, and religious news issues seem more progressive: An Afro-Brazilian wins a local election; a favela or shantytown is idealized; a less popular African religion is heralded while Protestantism is marginalized and Catholicism continues as the right religion; and women achieving power leads to a more egalitarian society. In a diversifying media environment, where lines between fact and fiction are increasingly blurred, Brazilian alternative news studies are critical measures of Brazils state of media opening that inform national identity formation.9780739189795_Lexington Bookslibro_electonico_f468dd34-14b0-3c54-9e89-3d2f6420ed4b_9780739189795;9780739189795_9780739189795Tania CantrellInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/rowman_academic-epub-c7ad0c3b-a3dc-4768-bfbd-b1944624bbc1.epub2014-06-25T00:00:00+00:00Lexington Books