The normalization of the coup: the emptying of politics in the journalistic coverage of Dilma Rousseff's “impeachment” KELLY PRUDENCIO Volume 37 PhD in Political Sociology by UFSC. Professor in the Communication issue 2 / 2018 Department in UFPR, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Coordinates COMPA, Research Group in Communication and Political Engagement. E-mail:
[email protected]. ORCID: 0000-0003-4064-8058. Contracampo e-ISSN 2238-2577 Niterói (RJ), 37 (2) CARLA RIZZOTTO aug/2018-nov/2018 PhD in Communication and Languages by UTP-PR. Professor in the Communication Department of UFPR, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Contracampo – Brazilian Journal Researcher in COMPA Research Group in Communication and Political of Communication is a quarterly Engagement. Brazil. E-mail:
[email protected]. ORCID: publication of the Graduate 0000-0002-0847-4660. Programme in Communication Studies (PPGCOM) at Fluminense RAFAEL CARDOSO SAMPAIO Federal University (UFF). It aims PhD in Communication and Culture by UFBA. Professor in the Political to contribute to critical reflection Sciences Department in UFPR, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Coordinates within the field of Media Studies, COMPA, Research Group in Communication and Political Engagement. being a space for dissemination of Brazil. E-mail:
[email protected]. ORCID: 0000-0001-5176- research and scientific thought. 173X. TO REFERENCE THIS ARTICLE, PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING CITATION: Prudencio, K.; Rizzotto, C.; Cardoso Sampaio, R. (2018). The normalization of the coup: the emptying of politics in the journalistic coverage of Dilma Rousseff's “impeachment”. Contracampo – Brazilian Journal of Communication, 37 (2), pp. 08-35. Submitted on 15th April 2018 / Accepted on 16th May 2018 DOI – http://dx.doi.org/10.22409/contracampo.v37i2.1137 Abstract The article presents the results of research on the coverage of the impeachment process of President Dilma Rousseff between December 2015, when the process was opened in the Chamber of Deputies, and August 2016, when she was definitively dismissed by the Federal Senate.