WAR JOURNALISM AND THE DISCURSIVE EFFECTS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

The coverage of the Second World War was a milestone not only in the history of humanity, but also in the history of war journalism. At the time, during coverage, the reader had to wait for the next morning to get the day's newspaper and update themselves with news that arrived outdated due to technological limitations. This research sought to use theories and foundations of Discourse Analysis, such as the concepts of discursive memory and discursive subject, to understand the effects of technology on discursive memory in the context of the Second World War, identifying the particularities in the relationship between the consumer and the news. The methodology used was exploratory-qualitative research, based on a bibliographical review, followed by documentary analysis of news from the war column of the extinct Diário de São Paulo, published between the years 1939 and 1943. Finally, an interview with a member of the family of the owner of the war notebook, where the selected news was obtained. The result showed that the relationship between consumer and text is greatly affected by the path they take, but the reader's relationship with the war is also affected by the way they find out about it.