The Social Representation of Marijuana in Brazilian Journalism
Analysis of The Coverage of Portal G1
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51473/rcmos.v2i2.464Keywords:
Social representation, Marijuana, Cannabis, Journalism, Portal G1Abstract
This research presents a study on the employability of the world’s “marijuana” and “cannabis” in selected articles from the G1 news portal in 2022. The corpus of this research consists of 31 articles extracted from the G1 news portal, using the following keywords for search: “marijuana G1” and “cannabis G1”. The investigation sought to understand the context behind the use of the term “marijuana” and the term “cannabis” in selected subjects. The study brings contributions to journalism through the observation of journalistic news, pointing out its infl uences in the construction of social representation related to the herb in Brazilian society.