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A entrada do Chega na Assembleia da República, após as eleições legislativas de 2019, representou um ponto de viragem nos panoramas político e mediático portugueses. Intrinsecamente ligado à figura do seu líder, André Ventura, este partido surgia como o primeiro representante da direita radical populista a alcançar um assento parlamentar em Portugal. Ao longo de toda a campanha eleitoral, foi possível notar que a comunicação política do partido liderado por André Ventura demonstrava um profundo conhecimento das rotinas de produção noticiosa. Entre os atos comunicativos produzidos pelo Chega com vista a atrair as atenções mediáticas encontrava-se um conjunto de pseudoacontecimentos, criando uma interrogação relativa à cobertura noticiosa do partido referido: teriam os media noticiosos veiculado os pseudoacontecimentos produzidos pelo Chega? No caso de a resposta ser afirmativa, como teria sido feita essa veiculação? A pretensão de responder a estas duas perguntas criou a necessidade de uma análise qualitativa das peças de cariz informativo sobre o partido liderado por André Ventura, publicadas durante o período eleitoral, de 1 de agosto a 6 de outubro de 2019. A investigação feita no presente trabalho mostrou que apenas o jornal I e o Correio da Manhã veicularam os pseudoacontecimentos produzidos pelo Chega, com temáticas circunscritas às questões de género e à corrupção, e com a controvérsia, o conflito e a continuidade como valores-notícia dominantes.

The accession of Chega to the Assembly of the Republic, after the legislative election of 2019, represented a turning point for Portuguese political and mediatic landscapes. Inherently linked to the figure of its leader, André Ventura, this party emerged as the first representative of the populist radical right who managed to get a seat in the parliament of Portugal. Throughout the electoral campaign, one could notice how much Chega’s political communication was influenced by a profound knowledge of news-making routines. Among the communicational acts created by Ventura’s political party, one could see the presence of pseudo-events, leading one to pose two questions regarding its coverage: did the news-media outlets propagate any pseudo-event produced by Chega? The answer to that question being affirmative, how was that propagation made? The goal of answering those two questions led to the qualitative analysis of every news piece published during the electoral period, from August 1 to October 6 of 2019, whose subject was the party led by André Ventura. As the results of this paper’s research show, I and Correio da Manhã were the only print-media outlets to propagate the pseudo-events produced by Chega, its subject being circumscribed to gender issues and corruption, and its dominating news-values being continuity, conflict and controversy.

The accession of Chega to the Assembly of the Republic, after the legislative election of 2019, represented a turning point for Portuguese political and mediatic landscapes. Inherently linked to the figure of its leader, André Ventura, this party emerged as the first representative of the populist radical right who managed to get a seat in the parliament of Portugal. Throughout the electoral campaign, one could notice how much Chega’s political communication was influenced by a profound knowledge of news-making routines. Among the communicational acts created by Ventura’s political party, one could see the presence of pseudo-events, leading one to pose two questions regarding its coverage: did the news-media outlets propagate any pseudo-event produced by Chega? The answer to that question being affirmative, how was that propagation made? The goal of answering those two questions led to the qualitative analysis of every news piece published during the electoral period, from August 1 to October 6 of 2019, whose subject was the party led by André Ventura. As the results of this paper’s research show, I and Correio da Manhã were the only print-media outlets to propagate the pseudo-events produced by Chega, its subject being circumscribed to gender issues and corruption, and its dominating news-values being continuity, conflict and controversy.

The accession of Chega to the Assembly of the Republic, after the legislative election of 2019, represented a turning point for Portuguese political and mediatic landscapes. Inherently linked to the figure of its leader, André Ventura, this party emerged as the first representative of the populist radical right who managed to get a seat in the parliament of Portugal. Throughout the electoral campaign, one could notice how much Chega’s political communication was influenced by a profound knowledge of news-making routines. Among the communicational acts created by Ventura’s political party, one could see the presence of pseudo-events, leading one to pose two questions regarding its coverage: did the news-media outlets propagate any pseudo-event produced by Chega? The answer to that question being affirmative, how was that propagation made? The goal of answering those two questions led to the qualitative analysis of every news piece published during the electoral period, from August 1 to October 6 of 2019, whose subject was the party led by André Ventura. As the results of this paper’s research show, I and Correio da Manhã were the only print-media outlets to propagate the pseudo-events produced by Chega, its subject being circumscribed to gender issues and corruption, and its dominating news-values being continuity, conflict and controversy.