O ACIDENTE COM O CÉSIO 137 EM GOIÂNIA NAS MATÉRIAS DO CORREIO BRAZILIENSE- 1987 – 2007

Abstract

This dissertation has the objective of analyze the journalistic reports published by the newspaper Correio Braziliense about the radiation accident happened in 1987 in the city of Goiania with the chemical element called Cesium 137. This was the second largest urban radioactive accident of humanity. The circumstances of the accident and how this led to profound and tragic changes in the lives of residents directly and indirectly involved in this case were analyzed. The study was based on journalistic reports that accompanied the event for two decades. This work shows the changes in the journalistic speech over time and compare the firsts reports in 1987 with the lasts in 2007, what demonstrate how the memory is being lost and forgetfulness taking place. The dissertation was structured, besides journalistic reports, by bibliographic research about Cesium 137 and associated events with the accident, distributed in three chapters. The first chapter discuss the accident history. The second chapter brings a brief historic about Correio Braziliense and then shows analysis about the Cesium reports published in the newspaper. The third chapter analyze the speech change between the firsts journalistic reports and the special report of 20 years later the Cesium accident.