NEWSPAPER CONTRIBUTION TO HISTORIOGRAPHIC PRODUCTION

doi.org/10.29327/217514.7.1-20

Abstract

This article aims to address the importance of newspapers for historiographical production. Regarding the methodological procedures, a bibliographical research was carried out about the press and Brazilian historical contexto (1937-1945) and an analysis of documentary sources (newspapers). The newpspapers, understood as a mens of mass communication, address in their publications a vast number of subjects/contentes, which allow the research to approach a historical contexto, unveiling ideologies and interests. For the materialization of this study, first the appearance of the written press is presented, and then a reflection on the influences exercised at the time of its elaboration and publication. Finally, reports from the newspapers Diário do Interior and A Razão, during the Estado Novo (1937-1945) are presented and, as their publications portray and act, in this historical section, to legitimize the political, economic ideological interests of the state government.