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[email protected] Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação Brasil Garcia Kieling, Camila A noção de dispositivo e o enquadramento da imprensa oitocentista Intercom - Revista Brasileira de Ciências da Comunicação, vol. 37, núm. 1, enero-junio, 2014, pp. 91- 109 Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação São Paulo, Brasil Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=69831538005 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative The notion of device and the framework of the press in the 19th century Camila Garcia Kieling* Abstract 19th century Brazilian periodicals were vastly different from today’s informative newspapers. Articles laden with vitriolic language, diminutive headings, scant editorial expedients and a mixture of information and opinion are some of the characteristics of the 19th century press, characteristics that challenge the re- searcher to apprehend the formal framework of that journalistic discourse. We have aimed at analyzing elements such as the name, headings and titles of the newspaper O Povo (1838-1840), employing the category of device as proposed by Mouillaud (2002). Beyond the large blocks of text there is a complex network of meanings, traces of a journalistic practice different from that held by modern newspapers. Keywords: History of the Press. Device. Communication. Introduction ontemporary researchers who venture to use as their source 19th century newspapers will be challenged, even Cbefore they can answer any of the questions posed by their research, to understand the framework of that type of journalistic discourse.