Abstract
A pandemia afetou o modo e a substância da campanha oficial para as eleições presidenciais portuguesas de 2021 e obrigou a um ajustamento das ações planeadas, subtraindo mobilidade, mobilização e rua aos/às candidatos/as. Mais profundamente, favoreceu a fermentação de discursos populistas e a radicalização do debate. Estas circunstâncias tornaram a disputa única na história da democracia portuguesa contemporânea. Um dos temas menos explorados nos estudos sobre o populismo é a questão de género e o lugar da mulher na sociedade globalizada. Neste quadro, propomo-nos analisar a cobertura conferida às presidenciais nos jornais televisivos da noite da RTP1, SIC, TVI e CMTV, durante o período da campanha eleitoral, tendo como objeto central as duas candidatas mulheres, Ana Gomes e Marisa Matias.
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the form and substance of the official campaign for the 2021 Portuguese presidential elections. It called for several adjustments to planned campaign actions, constraining candidates’ mobility and popular mobilization. This context favored the fermentation of populist discourses and the radicalization of political debate. These circumstances led to an unprecedented electoral contest in the recent history of democracy in Portugal. One of the least explored topics in studies about populism is gender and the place of women in the globalized society. In this context, this paper examines the media coverage of the 2021 Portuguese presidential elections in television news services of the following channels: RTP1, SIC, TVI and CMTV. This analysis covered the period of the official campaign and focused on the two female candidates, Ana Gomes and Marisa Matias.
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the form and substance of the official campaign for the 2021 Portuguese presidential elections. It called for several adjustments to planned campaign actions, constraining candidates’ mobility and popular mobilization. This context favored the fermentation of populist discourses and the radicalization of political debate. These circumstances led to an unprecedented electoral contest in the recent history of democracy in Portugal. One of the least explored topics in studies about populism is gender and the place of women in the globalized society. In this context, this paper examines the media coverage of the 2021 Portuguese presidential elections in television news services of the following channels: RTP1, SIC, TVI and CMTV. This analysis covered the period of the official campaign and focused on the two female candidates, Ana Gomes and Marisa Matias.
| Translated title of the contribution | In between the Pandemic and Populism: A look into the 2021 female presidential candidates in Portugal |
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| Original language | Portuguese |
| Pages (from-to) | 50-87 |
| Number of pages | 38 |
| Journal | ExAequo: Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Estudos sobre Mulheres |
| Issue number | 46 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Keywords
- Eleições
- Pandemia
- Populismo
- Cobertura televisiva
- Candidatas
- Elections
- Pandemic
- Populism
- TV coverage
- Female candidates.