This article aims to analyze the relationship between print journalism and the history of local cinemas in Novo Hamburgo, Brazil. For this, we focus on the records published on NH Newspaper that depicted the decline of movie theaters in the city between the 70's and the year 2000. The method chosen for such qualitative analysis is depth hermeneutics according to Thompson (1995). It allows analyzing the materials reported in the newspaper, seeing them as symbolic forms embedded in a given socio-historical context and allowing a re-interpretation of the facts today. The study also highlights the importance of information as mediated by the press as sources of research and use these records to reconstruct cultural facts of importance to society.
History of Journalism; Cinema; Depth Hermeneutics; Print newspaper; NH Newspaper
