Violence and the production of "truths": (un) discursive encounters between hegemonic media and young people from loteamento Kephas/RS

Abstract

This article comes from a qualitative research, under development, as part of the master's degree. It uses the theoretical and methodological contributions of Foucault (2008) to analyze the (dis)meetings between the news about violence in Loteamento Kephas – municipality of Novo Hamburgo (RS) – and the narratives of nine young residents of the territory. It seeks to understand if the "truths" produced by the media device contribute to the production of stigmas about the subdivision, while it proposes to listen to the narratives of young people produced there. It is concluded that journalistic discourses contribute to the production of stigmas, since of the 76 reports about the territory, aired between 2017 and 2021, 40 dealt with the theme of violence. Police patrols and drug seizures stand out. On the other hand, the young people interviewed note the reduction of violence over the years and denounce that the media highlights only one of the possible stories to be told about Kephas.