Desenvolvimento e socioambientalismo: uma análise do discurso jornalístico de O Liberal e Diário do Pará sobre a Usina Hidrelétrica de Belo Monte

Abstract

The debate on Belo Monte Hydroelectric construction feasibility, in Xingu region of Pará state, came back to the pages of two major newspapers in Pará, O Liberal and Diário do Pará, after 30 years of project creation by the federal government of Brazil. In the period from May, 5th 2009 to set, 30th 2010, the publications reconstructed the established combat atmosphere among various social agents and institutions about the hydroelectric project, publishing 475 newspaper articles on the subject, considering editorials, interviews, articles, notes, headlines, factual news and reports. To understand the communication process/discursive production and repetition of meanings embodied in the journalistic texts, it opted for the French methodology of discourse analysis, with attention to the relationship between communication and discourse, presented discursive formations in the texts as well as the expression of interdiscursivity. The result of the analysis, exemplified by the presentation of discursive sequences, taken from 32 selected texts of the main body and divided into subthemes, showed that there is a predominance of the development discourse at the expense of social and environmental discourse, with strong links to other speeches already said about Amazon. This is still seen as a place full of riches to be exploited and to serve the interests outside the region. It is also evident the appreciation of officials statements and conservationist NGO representatives, artists and researchers. The Forest Folks remain in a visibility lower level in the reconstruction of the controversy about Belo Monte Hydroelectric.