The Revista Oeste and O Liberal: narrative intersections and dissonances in the coverage of the CPI of NGOS

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The study aims to reflect on the coverage of the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee on NGOs, set up in the Federal Senate in 2023, based on the analysis of two media outlets that are central to the dissemination of information on the subject - Revista Oeste and O Liberal. The aim is to contribute to discussions on local and partisan media, inserted in communication dynamics that change and renew themselves, especially through the use of the internet. For the analysis, articles were collected from the two media outlets mentioned, during the period in which the parliamentary inquiry committee was taking place. An interpretative analysis of the data was carried out to understand the topics addressed, the sources interviewed and the main narrative lines. As a result, it is noted that Revista Oeste's coverage maintained alignment with the parliamentarians who composed the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee, making use of the arguments presented in the sessions. O Liberal, on the other hand, provided broader coverage, with discussions related to the factual environmental agenda and the use of more diverse sources.

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Caroline Pecoraro, PUC-Rio

PhD in Communication from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and a master's degree in Communication from the same institution. Graduated in Communication with a specialization in Journalism also from PUC-Rio. She has experience in Market Intelligence, Data Analysis and Strategic Communication, having worked at TV Globo. As a professor, she taught courses on content production, journalistic genres, digital communication and research methodology. Currently, she is a researcher at the Instituto Democracia em Xeque and associated with the Research Group on Communication, Internet and Politics at PUC-Rio (COMP) and the National Institute of Science and Technology in Digital Democracy (INCT.DD). Since 2024, she has been a postdoctoral fellow in the project "Development of the Climate and Socio-Environmental Information and Misinformation Panel on Social Networks", at LABIC, Ufes.

Letícia Capone, PUC-Rio

Research Director at the Democracy in Check Institute. She was a substitute professor at the School of Communication of UFRJ (ECO-UFRJ) in 2022 and 2023. She has a PhD in Social Communication from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), and a master's degree in Social Communication from the same institution. She has a degree in Social Communication (2007) and a postgraduate degree in Communication and Image (2013), also from PUC-Rio. She has experience in Communication and Marketing, having worked for different companies such as HStern, Ágora and B2W. She currently holds the position of Cultural Producer at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO. She is an associate researcher at the Research Group on Communication, Internet and Politics at PUC-Rio (COMP) and at the National Institute of Science and Technology in Digital Democracy (INCT.DD). Since 2024, he has been a Research Productivity Incentive / 4 scholarship holder in the project "Development of the Climate and Socio-Environmental Information and Misinformation Panel on Social Networks", from LABIC, Ufes.

Vivian Mannheimer, PUC-Rio

PhD in Communication from the Postgraduate Program in Communication at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and a PhD sandwich period at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Master's degree in Communication also from PUC-Rio and a degree in Journalism from the same university. She is an associate researcher at the Communication, Internet and Politics Research Group at PUC-Rio (COMP) and at the National Institute of Science and Technology in Digital Democracy (INCT.DD). Associate researcher at the Democracia em Xeque Institute. Since 2024, she has been a postdoctoral fellow in the Postgraduate Program in Communication at PUC-Rio on the project "Development of the Climate and Socio-Environmental Information and Misinformation Panel on Social Networks". For ten years, she was a correspondent for the Portuguese service of Deutsche Welle in Rio de Janeiro. He works in the Communications Department of the Casa de Oswaldo Cruz (COC/Fiocruz) and in a scientific dissemination project at the History Sciences Health-Manguinhos Magazine (COC/Fiocruz).

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2026-05-31

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No. 42 (2026): Estudos em Comunicação

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