Between journalism and activism

interactive documentary as a means of affective mobilization on gender issues

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-5462_38_1

Keywords:

journalism, activism, interactive documentary, affective mobilization, gender issues

Abstract

This paper explores the boundaries between journalism and activism through the analysis of two interactive documentaries, focused on the representation of women’s violence: Mujeres en Venta (2014), denouncing women’s trafficking for sexual exploitation, and Artigo 170 (2019), focused on testimonies of women victims of sexual harassment in different contexts. Through content analysis of both documentaries, in the light of the functions of language formulated by Jakobson, we argue that the interactive documentary, based on the heritage of the most activist documentary practices, works as a structuring device for denouncing gender issues and provides a multifaceted affective encounter with a variety of powerful testimonies. This way of representing social issues, according to this research, blurs the boundaries between journalism and social activism, while enhances the affective engagement and mobilization of the audience.

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Author Biographies

Patricia Nogueira, Instituto Universitário da Maia – ISMAI

Patrícia Nogueira is an assistant professor at ISMAI and a guest professor at the University of Coimbra, a PhD in Digital Media under the UT Austin-Portugal international program and has a master degree in Photography and Documentary Film from ESMAE.
Over the last 20 years she has collaborated regularly with other directors, both in fiction and documentary, but as a director it is through documentary film where she finds room to create. Her films, as an author, are mainly focused on female issues and have been selected for various festivals in Europe and North America.
During 2015 she was in residence at the National Film Board of Canada and in 2016 she was a visiting scholar at the Radio, Television and Film department, in the University of Texas at Austin. She co-leads the European research group CCVA - Cinema and Contemporary Visual Arts.

Yone Salles, Instituto Universitário da Maia –ISMAI

Yone Sales da Fonte holds a Master Degree in Multimedia Communication from the University Institute of Maia (Pt) and a degree in Journalism, since 2003, from the Catholic University of Pernambuco (Br). For 17 years she worked as a journalist / reporter, editor and producer in major communication companies in Brazil. During the master's degree Yone found a new way of communicating in the interactive documentary form. Since then she has been working in Digital Media and in Digital Marketing studies, namely Copywriting. Currently she works as a producer of multimedia content for web platforms.

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Published

2021-04-20

How to Cite

Nogueira, P., & Da Fonte, Y. S. (2021). Between journalism and activism: interactive documentary as a means of affective mobilization on gender issues. Media & Jornalismo, 21(38), 15-37. https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-5462_38_1

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 38 (2021): Hybridity in the media: new journalistic genres and formats

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Articles

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