A bola e o globo: o processo de letramento geopolítico através do jornalismo esportivo

Abstract

The following paper tried to identify in the sports section of journals a process of dissemination of geopolitical knowledge. Starting from the perception that journalism is capable of promoting a unique type of knowledge, this research sees the journalism text as a participant in literacy processes. Especially, sports journalism would have the potential to contribute to a so-called “geopolitical literacy”, a concept formulated with vast help from the fields of education and geography. Based on that, this research analysed 63 texts published across four newspapers (Folha de S. Paulo, O Globo, Público e Jornal de Angola), all covering the Morocco campaign in the 2022 World Cup, theme chosen as a hook that would make the geopolitical literacy process possible. The texts were submitted to content analysis, made possible by defining four dimensions of geopolitical literacy, that helped identify and quantify characteristics of this kind of literacy in the chosen texts