Studies About Violence at School and the Media

Abstract

There is a significant interest in the phenomenon of "violence" in different areas of knowledge, including Education. This article presents the results of an investigation that collected, described, and analyzed academic productions (theses and dissertations) around the theme "violence at school" reported in the media, defended and published from the 2000s onwards. Based on the theoretical-methodological formulations of Laurence Bardin's Content Analysis, the research mapped works that examined the role of media in the conception, understanding, and dissemination of violent cases in the school environment. In this article, we considered the following criteria for treating the analyzed materialities: a) author profiles; b) research focus; c) methods and techniques; and d) references, followed by brief notes on the information collected. The data allowed us to understand better the production of knowledge about how violence in Brazilian educational institutions is reported in newspapers, magazines, radio, and other means. We hope this review can contribute to future investigations and understanding of the current state of academic interest in the topic.