The thesis film In the Eyes of Others is the result of three-years of research on viewers' fascination with horror films, Brazil televisions' seeming non-stop broadcast of news about crimes of passion, and my study of the link between crimes of passion and domestic violence. The film tells the story of Amanda and Jack, a battered woman and her abusive husband, who, in the eyes of others, seem like the perfect couple. By showing one of the possible tragic outcomes of a life where violence against women is hidden from the eyes of society, my goal with In the Eyes of Others is to advocate the end of violence against women and to promote discussion that will lead us to gender equality.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T19:34:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Edson Correia de Oliveira.pdf: 5797059 bytes, checksum: 8fe09687b1400b8eee23aca22c5a2451 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-03-02 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The aim of this thesis is to present a discourse analysis of press media in order to investigate how this discourse within a historical and social context, reproduce or change social values and ideologies from the perspective of gender relations, specifically in the stories of crimes of passion. For this, we selected four cases of crimes of passion of great media coverage from the 1970's and the news published by the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo in the two days following the crimes. The thesis is situated in the field of discourse analysis and is based mainly on studies of Teun A. Van Dijk, whose goal is to analyze the structure of the news and its processes of production and reception related to social practices and ideologies of those who produce in a given social context. The news discourse in society has a handler function, because it is produced by an organization that has a specific form of public communication that plays to the society what is in their interest and thus directs the reader to understand this particular speech, and thus manipulation is accomplished, which leads to hegemony or social change. The newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, in the news coverage of crimes of passion analyzed, acted in accordance with the values that were socially acceptable in every season, now promoting the hegemony, now promoting change / O objetivo desta tese é apresentar uma análise do discurso da imprensa escrita visando investigar em que medida esse discurso, dentro de um contexto histórico e social, reproduz ou modifica ideologias e valores sociais na perspectiva das relações de gênero, especificamente nas notícias de crimes passionais. Para isso, foram selecionados quatro casos de crimes passionais de grande repercussão na mídia a partir da década de 1970 e as notícias publicadas pelo jornal Folha de S. Paulo nos dois dias subsequentes aos crimes. A tese situa-se no campo da Análise do Discurso e apoia-se principalmente nos estudos de Teun A. Van Dijk, cuja proposta é analisar a estrutura da notícia e seus processos de produção e recepção relacionados às práticas sociais e ideologias de quem as produz, em um determinado contexto social. O discurso da notícia exerce na sociedade uma função manipuladora, porque é produzido por uma organização que detém uma forma específica de comunicação pública que reproduz para a sociedade aquilo que é de seu interesse e assim direciona o leitor para determinada compreensão desse discurso e, assim, se concretiza a manipulação, que provoca a hegemonia ou a mudança social. O jornal Folha de S. Paulo, nas coberturas jornalísticas dos crimes passionais analisados, atuou de acordo com os valores que eram socialmente aceitos em cada época, ora promovendo a hegemonia, ora promovendo a mudança