THE LAW IS FOR EVERYONE: AN ANALYSIS ABOUT SOCIODISCURSIVES IMAGINARIES ABOUT MAGISTRATE PROJECTS AID IN THE NEWSPAPER FOLHA DE S. PAULO
Housing allowance; Semiolinguistic Theory; Communication Framework; Argumentative controversy; Sociodiscursive Imaginary.
The research analyzes the sociodiscursive imaginary about the housing allowance of magistrates projected by Folha de S. Paulo. The corpus consists of eight news items published throughout 2018. The theoretical-methodological framework is based on Patrick Charaudeau's Semiolinguistic Theory; for the investigation we used as support the analysis grid proposed by Mendes, making possible an interrelation between the semiolinguistic theory with the studies on Polemic of Ruth Amossy, among other authors. Based on the Charaudean conception, the press reverberates with sociodiscursive imagery, which attributes to legal actors, in general, arguments based on knowledge and knowledge of belief conditioned to the illegality / legality imagery; immorality / morality associated with the Judiciary. Through the analysis, it is possible to affirm that the theme of housing assistance addressed by the journalists of the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper corroborates the construction of the controversy, because it opposes speeches, promotes social polarization, tending to disqualify opponents in a communicative situation. The controversy, therefore, is an enactment of the debate, the confrontation and the controversial game based on the aims of attracting and credibility. In this perspective, the subject requires greater debate and reflection with Brazilian society, in view of the contradictions of the benefit and on the part of its members. This ends up weakening judicial institutions and legal actors, as well as Brazilian democracy.