O jornalismo infantil do Joca e as percepções de crianças do interior

Abstract

This work sought to observe how news published by the newspaper Joca, from São Paulo, is perceived by boys and girls from 7 to 12 years old, living in the municipality of Paripiranga, located in the Northeast of Bahia state. The question that guided the research was how the selected contents, language and narrative constructions designed for a predominant audience of students from private schools in São Paulo are apprehended by these children and adolescents from the countryside, whose experiences, values and cultural references are very different from those his peers from the largest city in the country. For this purpose, activities were carried out to present the newspaper to the children, duly authorized by their legal guardians, by means of a declaration of free informed consent, followed by collections of testimonies about their perceptions of the material shown. Before, a previous analysis of the structure and types of content, both textual and visual, was carried out to get to know Joca better. In the end, it was possible to conclude that, despite not having so many difficulties in terms of comprehension of text, children in the countryside have some limitations that can hinder their interest in the news, such as the lack of incentive to read and access restrictions on computer, smartphone and internet.