Framing e Parcialidade nos Media: Uma Análise Comparativa da Cobertura da Fox News sobre os Decretos Presidenciais de Obama e Trump

  • Fernando Amorim Universidade Lusófona
Palavras-chave: framing, parcialidade mediática, fox news, barack obama, donald trump

Resumo

Este artigo analisa comparativamente a cobertura da Fox News sobre os decretos presidenciais de Barack Obama (2009-2016) e Donald Trump (2017-2021), identificando padrões de framing seletivo e viés mediático. A hipótese central é que a emissora framed Obama como um governante autoritário, enquanto normalizou o uso de decretos por Trump. A pesquisa baseia-se na análise de discurso e no conceito de framing (Entman, 1993; Goffman, 1986), examinando manchetes, linguagem, contextualização e autoria dos textos publicados no site da Fox News contendo o termo Executive Order. Os resultados indicam que, durante o governo Obama, a emissora adotou um tom negativo, associando seus decretos a "tirania" e "abuso de poder". Já na cobertura de Trump, a abordagem foi neutra ou favorável, destacando pragmatismo e cumprimento de promessas. Esses achados corroboram o Propaganda Model de Herman e Chomsky (2008) e estudos sobre viés mediático (Hallin & Mancini, 2004; Patterson, 1993) evidenciando a influência ideológica nos media na construção de narrativas políticas. Esta pesquisa pretende contribuir para o debate sobre o papel da imprensa na polarização política, reforçando a necessidade do consumo crítico de notícias e da diversificação de fontes para preservar o pluralismo democrático.

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Biografia Autor

Fernando Amorim, Universidade Lusófona

Doutorando em Comunicação e Ativismos pela FCAATI da Universidade Lusófona – Centro Universitário do Porto e Investigador Doutorando no MelCi Lab da Universidade Lusófona

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2026-02-06
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Amorim, F. (2026). Framing e Parcialidade nos Media: Uma Análise Comparativa da Cobertura da Fox News sobre os Decretos Presidenciais de Obama e Trump. 1820-Revista De Ciência Política, 1(8), 95-109. https://doi.org/10.60543/rcp1820.v1i8.11020
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