Pandemic and biography in journalism: an analysis of the personal accounts of experience with Influenza H1N1 in O Dia

The paper “Pandemic and biography in journalism: an analysis of the personal accounts of experience with Influenza H1N1 in O Dia”, of researchers Igor Sacramento and Kátia Lerner (UFRJ), published between May and August 2009, analyzes the personal narratives of experience with H1N1 influenza published in the newspaper O Dia, between May and August 2009, under two different formats: Viva Voz and Carta Aberta. This types of discourse constitutes an extension of direct speech and the presence of the “other” within the news reports, gaining a specific space to small autobiographical narratives anchored on the experience with the new disease. In these autobiographical spaces, the authors identified an oscillation between victimization, shame, guilt and indignation. The authors concludes that the subjectivity and otherness reinforces the referential pact and authority of journalistic enunciation. Check out the full article in the link below.

https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/revistafamecos/article/view/19552/13484