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creators_name: Mennucci Wasserstein, Felipe
title: Tabloid Journalism in Ireland and Brazil: A Comparative Analysis between an Irish and a Brazilian Tabloid.
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subjects: H1
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divisions: fac_eng
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keywords: Irish and Brazilian news, Irish Daily Mirror, Brazil’s Meia Hora de Noticias and news related to urban violence.
abstract: This dissertation analyzes and compares Irish and Brazilian coverage of news 
related to urban violence from two tabloid papers, namely Ireland’s Irish Daily Mirror and Brazil’s Meia Hora de Noticias, over a period of three weeks, from 27th 
April 2018 to 18th May 2018. The aims are to verify the similarities and differences 
observed between the two papers selected, and to determine how the subject of 
urban violence is dealt with in both publications. The methodology uses both 
quantitative analysis and discourse qualitative analysis to achieve these aims. 
The analytical categories of the research included medium, date of publication, 
size/length of the article, classification according to genre, articles’ sources, 
articles’ subjects, news values and lexical choice. The analysis showed that the 
coverage of news related to urban violence in both papers was mostly similar, 
especially in the categories related to sources and news values. The categories 
of articles’ subjects and lexical choice presented both similarities and differences 
that reflected the realities experienced by both countries on the subject of urban 
violence. The major differences were noticed in terms of articles’ size/length. 
Sensationalism was present in both papers, though it was slightly more common 
in the Irish Daily Mirror. It is suggested that future research should cover a larger 
period of analyses and include more tabloids from both nations. In addition, it is 
also recommended that future research brings more cross-national studies 
comparing Irish tabloids with those from other countries.
date: 2018
date_type: published
institution: Griffith College
department: Journalism & Media Communications
thesis_type: masters
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Mennucci Wasserstein, Felipe  (2018) Tabloid Journalism in Ireland and Brazil: A Comparative Analysis between an Irish and a Brazilian Tabloid.  Masters thesis, Griffith College.   
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