Identidade territorial das favelas do Rio de Janeiro/RS : um olhar a partir da agência de notícias das favelas.

Abstract

This dissertation aims to understand how the contents conveyed by the Agência de Notícias das Favelas act in the construction of the territorial identity of the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. The organization is made up of more than 400 employees, mostly slum dwellers, who write the news in order to present a different perspective on what the mainstream media does. The work done by a case study of qualitative nature, starts from theoretical analyzes about the process of social and spatial segregation of Rio de Janeiro, going through concepts about city, urban space and favelization. It was also made a bibliographic review on the theme of identity and territorial identity, bringing a reflection on the role of the media in this process of identity construction. We sought to give a detailed description of the operation of the Agência de Notícias das Favelas and the communication channels that the organization maintains. Based on approaches to alternative communication and journalistic practices exercised by the entity itself, the objective was to understand how the ANF presents its contents and, from them, identify identity elements. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire and semi-structured interviews, in addition to the analysis being done in a documentary way and by the content conveyed by the Agency. Eight stories were selected to be analyzed in order to identify identity characteristics from the following aspects: cultural, social, urban and political, and what emerged from the news was collated with data pointed by interviews and questionnaires. It was noticed that the Agency proposes much more to present the contents from the residents' perspective than to confront a stereotype of the favela and its residents built by the hegemonic media. It was also noticed that the ANF fits into the context of alternative journalism and functions much more as a media than as a news agency. Finally, it was found that the Agência de Notícias das Favelas acts in the construction of identity about the favelas by highlighting identity elements from the perspective of those who live in those territories.