Abstract
This thesis investigates the cover photographs of three different Brazilian magazines, with
regards to the question of how political actors of the Worker’s Party are displayed according to
the editorial’s leaning. Considering the broad reach and massive impact of these editorial
groups on public opinion, it appears necessary to analyze this question, especially in times of
political turmoil and social disturbance. The timeframe and focus of the analysis are set between
2011 and 2017, a period when Brazil witnessed three major historical events: The imprisonment
of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as well as the election and later impeachment of the country’s first
female president Dilma Vana Rouseff. To comparatively analyze each cover’s representation
of these political events, the qualitative method of visual content analysis is applied. Thereby,
the findings provide evidence that three of the magazines are political biased, with Veja and
Época presenting a clear tendency to portray the PT’s party member
