The image of public organizations and the sense of public discourse in cartoons about Belo Monte

Abstract

In this article we will discuss the role of the humor as a resource in the construction of social discourse on the public organizations concerning their image as well as the perspective construction on what is public starting from an analysis of a set of cartoons that satirize the construction of the Belo Monte Plant. In our analysis we use the concept of grotesque realism and the main aspects of the discussion on the role of the laugh in the mediation of asymmetrical power relations.