From precariously managing risks to building social resilience: The safety of women journalists in Brazil

Baroni, Alice and Marinho, Simone (2023) From precariously managing risks to building social resilience: The safety of women journalists in Brazil. Journalism Studies, 24 (7). 936–955. ISSN 1461-670X

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Abstract

Attacks on journalists and the media in Brazil have a long history but have become even more problematic through the use of social media, particularly following the election of Jair Bolsonaro as president in 2019. In times of industry restructuring and coronavirus pandemic, the systematic attacks on individual journalists and on the media by Bolsonaro and his associates are posing unprecedented challenges, and are part of a pattern of abuse to suppress media freedom and discredit journalists’ work. This article focuses upon journalists’ abilities to access different types of capital to anticipate, cope with, and create options to overcome perceived threats and generate positive outcomes. This study builds upon the works of Voss (Behemoth-A Journal on Civilisation 1 (3): 39–56, 2008), Obrist, Pfeiffer and Henley (Progress in Development Studies 10 (4): 283–293, 2010) and Hess’ (Communication Theory 23 (2): 112–130, 2013) “mediated social capital” to advance understanding of the nexus amongst risk, vulnerability and social resilience, and examines structural inequalities in and through the media. By employing a mixed-methods approach, we combine the results of a survey and in-depth interviews with high-profile figures of leading newspapers and professional bodies in the country. The findings open up possibilities on how news media’s “mediated social capital” might enhance women journalists’ capacity to move from vulnerability to social resilience, improving their safety.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	women journalists,risk,vulnerability,social resilience,safety,brazil,risk,women journalists,social resilience,communication ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3315
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy and Area Studies
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Gender and Its Intersections
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	31 Oct 2025 09:31
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2025 09:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/100866
DOI:	10.1080/1461670X.2023.2173963

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