Da intolerância religiosa ao racismo religioso: uma análise discursiva de notícias da mídia sergipana sobre a hostilidade aos povos de terreiro

Abstract

This study focuses on the statements that constitute the media discourse of TV Atalaia, mobilized to report news about religious racism and religious intolerance in Sergipe. The general objective of the research was to understand the enunciative choices made by the broadcaster and their possible regularities when addressing violence directed at terreiro communities. The specific objectives were: a) to identify antagonistic or resistant/contrary/offensive statements towards terreiro communities in TV Atalaia's news; b) to identify discursive regularities that may imply the suppression of violence directed at the rituals of African-derived religions; c) to analyze statements based solely on Christian truth to validate or invalidate the truth of African-derived religions; and d) to identify resistant statements by subjects (reporters, interviewees, presenters) against racism towards African-derived religions.The research corpus consists of ten news reports available on the broadcaster's YouTube channel, posted between 2018 and 2023. Although the news was televised, the choice to analyze it through the digital platform comes from the ease of availability of the materials, that is, it is possible to download them and access them more than once. The analyses were conducted based on the theoretical-methodological framework of discourse analysis, specifically Foucaultian archeogenealogy (1969, 1971, 1994), along with concepts such as religious racism and religious intolerance, discussed by authors like Nogueira (2020), Silva Júnior (2021), and Gigio (2023). The concept of racism was addressed based on Munanga (2010) and Santos (2022), while the notions of hostility and hospitality were mobilized from Derrida (2003). Finally, the concept of mediatization was examined based on Hjarvard (2014).The research sought to answer the following question: how does TV Atalaia mobilize discourses when reporting on religious racism? Among the findings, it was observed that Sergipe's media employs statements that reveal a lack of understanding about African-derived religions, resulting in the suppression of the deities of these religions in favor of the figure of a Christian god.