“I WATCH YOU”: UMA ANÁLISE DIALÓGICA DA LINGUAGEM VERBO-VISUAL DE CAPA DA REVISTA ÉPOCA SOBRE A ESPIONAGEM DIGITAL DO GOVERNO NORTE-AMERICANO

Abstract

In this paper, we aimed to analyze, based on the dialogic approach of the Bakhtin Circle, the verb-visual language of the cover of the edition number 790 of Época magazine, which characterized by constructing meanings related to the digital surveillance performed by the United States. This text was marked by approaching the North American president Barack Obama to the famous image of the character Uncle Sam and by making a criticism on the system of digital spy developed by the U.S. intelligence. With the study, it was possible to conclude that, in this cover, Época magazine inscribed itself ideologically in relation to the issue addressed and that the analyzed material was constructed dialogically, establishing meaning relations with the discourse of the war propaganda from the U.S.

Keywords

• verb-visual language
• verb-visual ideological sign
• dialogism
• dialogical relations
• Época