Brazilian Press Coverage of Abortion During the Zika Epidemic, 2015-2016

43 news stories from O Globo and Folha de S.Paulo published between November 2015 and December 2016. Washington Castilhos conducted a qualitative study analyzing discourse on abortion in cases of Zika infection, identifying sources and argumentation strategies. The analysis suggests the coverage reconfigured media discourse with a more technical focus and a plurality of voices.

Use Cases

• Analyzing media framing of public health crises based on described qualitative analysis of news stories.
• Studying source representation in journalistic discourse based on the identified prevalence of specialized sources over affected women.
• Examining argumentation strategies in ethical debates based on the described use of social justice and defense-of-life discourses.
• Comparing media discourse evolution on abortion based on the study's conclusion of a reconfiguration towards technical and constitutional arguments.

Strengths

• Analysis is based on a defined corpus of 43 news articles.
• Covers a specific 13-month time period from November 2015 to December 2016.
• Focuses on two major Brazilian newspapers, providing a comparative angle.

Limitations

• The underlying textual data (the 43 news stories) is not directly provided, only the study's analysis.
• Row count and file formats for any potential dataset are unknown.
• Column-level documentation is absent; data structure must be inferred from the description.

Provenance

Source

Washington Castilhos via paperswithcode.

Collection Method

Qualitative study based on discourse analysis of news articles.

Time Range

November 2015 to December 2016

Geography

Brazil (focus on national press)