Rainhas de Bateria no jornal O Dia: um estudo sobre as representações do personagem na mídia popular carioca

Abstract

This paper proposes a study on social representations of the Rainhas de Bateria of the principal groups of the samba schools of Rio de Janeiro, in the popular newspaper O Dia, since the appearance of the character until today. Among our main objectives, we can highlight the review about the rise of the character in the media and it´s popularity in carnival. As methodology, we will use a qualitative analysis and discourse analysis of the newspaper O Dia, correlating the facts published in the journal with the thought of authors who study social representations, body and communication. We will also make a quantitative survey in order to check the rise in the number of material produced about the character. This contribution will guide our central question, in other words, how the character Rainha de Bateria appears in the newspaper O Dia, and how this media gives prominence to the character in the contemporary world