O sensacionalismo no The New York Times: análise sobre o caso do serial killer Ted Bundy

Abstract

This graduation project is about the sensationalism in the North American newspaper The New York Times regarding the case of serial killer Ted Bundy. Its main objective is to analyze the newspaper's coverage in two articles written by the journalist Jon Nordheimer, one on the trial and the other on Bundy's execution. For that, we analyzed two articles: “ALL-AMERICAN BOY ON TRIAL”, from 1978, about his trial and “Bundy Is Put to Death in Florida After Admitting Trail of Killings”, from 1989, about his execution. The method used was the Content Analysis proposed by author Laurence Bardin, which qualitatively analyzes two large groups proposed – with sensational and stereotyped terms – in both articles. In the end, it is considered that yes, The New York Times newspaper was sensationalist towards the trial and the execution of Theodore Robert Bundy, between the years of 1970 and 1990.