Open AccessAnálise da retórica jornalística em notícias de popularização científica
Author(s) -
Cristina dos Santos Lovato
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
fórum lingüístico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1984-8412
pISSN - 1415-8698
DOI - 10.5007/1984-8412.2011v8n2p177
Subject(s) - impartiality , objectivity (philosophy) , journalism , contradiction , dialogic , rhetoric , sociology , deliberation , epistemology , humanities , political science , philosophy , media studies , law , linguistics , politics
In this work, journalistic rhetoric is analyzed in 30 science news for the general public, published on sites of magazines specialized in scientific journalism - Ciência Hoje, Galileu and Scientific America Brazil - in order to verify how the senses of objectivity and impartiality are constructed discursively in these texts. We use as theoretical apparatus the Appraisal System proposed by Martin and White (2005), emphasizing the Engagement Subsystem. The results indicate the predominance of the dialogic expansion through modalizations and quotes and reports. However, the exclusivity of the voice of the scientist who conducted the research spread for non-specialized audiences, as the only source for the evaluation of the scientific phenomena reported, overturns the objectivity and the impartiality in these texts. We observed, therefore, a contradiction concerning the role of the science popularization in society. In the news analyzed, the journalist assumes the role of mere informant (MOTTAROTH; LOVATO, 2011), restricting the process of science popularization to a translation and oversimplification of the scientific discoveries (HILGARTNER, 1990)