A charge é o assunto: análise documentária de charge

Abstract

This thesis is a social qualitative research about political cartoon in information science scope. It contributes to the political cartoon insertion in a retrieval systems. Recognize the charge as an instrument for intervention in reality, for reproduction of discourses and educating the public. The objective is investigate the political cartoon in knowledge organization scope. It contributes to the theoretical framework considers the concepts of information and documents. The methodological approach is heterogeneous, according to the specific objectives. It investigates the typologies of humorous drawings to identify similarities and differences of political cartoon with other genres. It discusses the place of the political cartoon between journalistic genres. Identifies what is cartoon, caricature and cartoon in dictionaries language. It represents political cartoon and congenerous definitions in conceptual maps. It presents an overview of political cartoon in information science. It advocates the political cartoon as a document. Discusses the variables in the subject analysis of text, as proposed by Lara who considers the following elements: the document, the information, the systematization of the knowledge area, the institution, the user and the information professional. These elements are compared, interpreted and adapted in the subject analysis of political cartoon. As the results, it’s identifies semantics approximation between cartoon and caricature with the words of the foreign language. It indicates adaptations in Portuguese. Concludes that only in Brazilian Portuguese coexist lexical units used to describe different types of humor drawing. The following variables in the subject analysis of political cartoon are proposed: a) the discursive structure of political cartoon; b) the referential information in political cartoon; c) the domains around the political cartoon; d) custodial institutions of political cartoon; e) users of the political cartoon and f) information professionals profile and referral. These variables reflect the evidence of the circumscription process in specific social conditions. Thus, the subject analysis of the political cartoon cannot be neutral and impartial. This understanding led to the conclusion on the unfeasibility of a universal and non-temporal proposal for subject analysis of political cartoon.