A representação identitária do adolescente em conflito com a lei na mídia paranaense.

This article presents the results of an investigation into the social representation and the identity of adolescents in conflict with the law in the contents of Paraná/Brazil media, specifically in the newspapers Gazeta do Povo and Folha de Londrina. It aims to describe the social representation of these subjects from the narratives of the newspapers and understand how their identities are established in the print medium. The methodological procedures adopted involve content analysis (BARDIN, 1977; KRIPPENDORF, 1990; FONSECA JR, 2012) of 39 newspaper articles (news, report, article, editorial opinion and interview) published from May 2013 to November 2014. The conclusions point to a negative and incriminating social representation of the adolescents, indicating an identity constructed by social and symbolic marks concentrated in transgressions and "punishment". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]