Programas policiais, discursos de ódio e preconceito e direitos humanos: uma análise sobre as narrativas do Programa Patrulha da Cidade e de seus espectadores

Abstract

Police programs are a television format that became popular in Brazil since the 90s. Responsible for covering public security, criminal, judicial and police investigations, these programs have the main characteristic of approaching the facts in a sensationalist way, keeping the viewer's attention and, often, disrespecting the Brazilian Journalist Code of Ethics for and violating fundamental rights. This work, therefore, identifies and analyzes violations of human rights, through hate and prejudice speeches, present in 27 editions of the Programa Patrulha da Cidade, police format shown by TV Ponta Negra in Rio Grande do Norte. Besides that, it makes a content analysis of comments from viewers of the program in 6 videos published on the profile of the same broadcaster in order to apprehend the perceptions about this public with regard to human rights. The results indicate that there are elements of socio-cultural reproduction fostered in the violating speeches, through the reproduction of a culture of violence, diffusion of social representations based on stereotypes, pejorative language and a presumed personal judgment. As for the content of the comments analyzed, in addition to the population's lack of knowledge about human rights and humanitarian agendas, it is clear that many comments deliberately encourage discrimination and incite violence. These perceptions, however, are not directed at ‘good citizens’, considered to have legitimate rights, but at those classified as ‘social enemies’.