Análisis del cubrimiento de la prensa de Mozambique del riesgo ambiental: el caso Bypass de Mozal y los periódicos “Notícias” y “O País”

Luca Bussotti

Authors

Luca Bussotti Centro de Estudios Internacionales, ISCTE de Lisboa. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1720-3571

Keywords:

Mozambique, Mozal, Bypass, Environmental Risk, Press

Abstract

This article aims at verifying the way in which the Mozambican press covered the environmental risk caused by the activity of the multinational Mozal (Mozambique Aluminium). This company worked without filters, for 137 days, between 2010 and 2011, emitting polluting gases directly into the air (“Bypass”). The investigation intends to understand how the two main Mozambican daily newspapers, “Notícias” and “O País”, approached this issue. The methodology used has been quantitative (i.e. the number of articles edited and the sources used) as well as qualitative (i.e. content analysis, with the help of conceptual semantic maps) in nature. The theoretical basis of the research was the Social Amplification of Risk Framework (SARF). The investigation showed that the coverage, instead of clarifying the real environmental risks arising from the Bypass, was used for political leverage either in favour of or against the decisions of the Government.

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Author Biography

Luca Bussotti, Centro de Estudios Internacionales, ISCTE de Lisboa.

Doctorado en Sociología del Desarrollo- Universidad de Pisa, Italia. Ha sido profesor de Política de Gestión de Recursos Humanos en el Departamento de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Pisa (2002-2006) y profesor visitante en la Escuela de Comunicación y Artes de la Universidad Eduarde Mondlane de Mozambique (2006-2011). Cuenta con varios artículos en revistas científicas, y libros sobre África en habla portuguesa publicados en Italia, Francia, Brasil, Inglaterra. Colabora con la sección de habla portuguesa de CODESRIA (Dakar). Coordinador, en el período 2010-2011, de un estudio comparativo de la cobertura en prensa de las violaciones de los derechos humanos por parte del Estado de los PALOP.

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