O sentido das catástrofes naturais na mídia: da prevenção à adaptação

Abstract

The assumption of this paper is on the idea that “natural disasters” in different occasions mobilize discourses in which their causalities constitute a sense framework. Recognizing the media as an active vector in contemporary culture, the objective is to analyze a series of articles tracing the explanatory schemes offered to catastrophes due to the floods that occurred in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1988 and in 2011. The conclusion highlights a significant lack of questioning of social vulnerability, and a newfound predominance of preparedness measures or adjustments in order to adapt the population to “living with risk”.