Preto no branco: o dia da consciência negra no Tocantins representado no telejornal do meio dia da TV Anhanguera na última década

Abstract

This research aims to investigate black representation in the JA1 television newscast, broadcast by TV Anhanguera, focusing on the editions aired on Black Awareness Day, celebrated on November 20, over a ten-year period (2014–2024). To achieve this, the study presents a historical context, highlights the responsibilities of journalism in society, provides an overview of local journalism, analyzes the formats and discourses employed in the materials that make up the corpus, and examines the sources and journalists featured in the coverage. The hypothesis is that black representation has shown only modest and inconsistent progress over the past ten years. Using Bardin’s (2016) Content Analysis methodology, the study examines how local television journalism addresses racial issues, the presence of Black journalists, and the language used, seeking to identify possible developments and deeper approaches to the subject matter. The research is also grounded in the concepts of structural racism (Moura, 2014), identity, and visibility (Hall, 2003). Drawing on thinkers such as Gonzalez (1988), Sodré (1999), Araújo (2021), and Collins (2021), the study contextualizes structural racism in Brazil, the history of the struggle for equality, and the responsibility of journalism within this context, including the reality of the state of Tocantins. Through the analysis of editions aired between 2014 and 2024, The author partially confirmed the initial hypothesis of the research: although there have been advances, such as increased visibility of racial issues and greater participation of black professionals, these changes still occur in an irregular manner. The presence of journalists who self-identify as black, as well as the appreciation of their perspectives, which would characterize more pluralistic coverage, has not yet become a consolidated dominant practice.