This report examines the explicit and implicit messages embedded in the media’s presentation of issues related to both early child development and urban violence in Brazilian newspapers. The report finds that the dominant media frames are reflective of the Brazilian public’s understandings on these issues and therefore miss opportunities to expand the discourse in productive ways.
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