As formações discursivas da Segurança Pública fluminense no Twitter

Abstract

The objective of this research was to present the discursive formations of public security in Rio de Janeiro based on the analysis of tweets from the newspaper O Globo; compared to posts by the Military Police of the State of Rio de Janeiro (PMERJ) on Twitter. In the area of public security there is a latent discomfort between security agencies and the mainstream media, more specifically with “reference journalism”, a concept presented by Zamin (2014). The result of this veiled tension can affect society and negatively reflect on citizens' sense of security. It is not uncommon to observe discordant narratives between the mainstream media and public security bodies, especially the Military Police, whose agents operate on the front line in direct contact with the population. The research demonstrates the discursive formations of these two relevant social actors, the mainstream media and the Military Police, and proposes actions that can minimize discomfort between them. The methodology used mixed methods, with content analysis, multiple case studies and participant observation with interviews based on posts about the same facts on Twitter profiles - @OGlobo_Rio and @PMERJ during 2021.