PISA in media discourse

What is it about?

The Chapter presents a study where the authors undertake the critical exploration of the media representation of PISA in the Portuguese newspaper Público. They sought to ascertain and understand, within the Portuguese context, how a national reference general-interest daily newspaper refers to the process of Portugal’s participation in PISA, to the results of PISA and their respective implications, both in news discourse and in opinion discourses. The study shows, first, a progressive evolution of the coverage and prominence attributed by the newspaper to PISA; second, the growing positive tone of the titles of the pieces, signalling the recognition of the favourable evolution of the Portuguese results in PISA, especially evident in the news stories, in contrast to a greater negativity in the chronicles/opinion pieces; and, finally, the almost absence of the “public voice”, in particular of the direct protagonists of the schools, signalling the newspaper’s limited openness to a socially plural opinion.

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Why is it important?

See Daniel Bart's critical review of the chapter here: https://www.cairn.info/revue-spirale-revue-de-recherches-en-education-2022-2-page-147.htm