Disinformation about Covid-19 on WhatsApp: the pandemic framed as political debate

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Autor(a) principal: Soares, Felipe Bonow
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Recuero, Raquel, Volcan, Taiane, Fagundes, Giane, Sodré, Giéle
Tipo de documento: preprint
Idioma: por
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Texto Completo: https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/1334
Resumo: In this paper, we discuss how the disinformation about Covid-19 is framed on WhatsApp in Brazil. Our aims are: (1) analyze political discourse influence in these processes and (2) identify the disinformation about Covid-19 characteristics on WhatsApp. We used content analysis to analyze 802 messages collected using the WhatsApp Monitor during March and April, 2020. Our main findings are: (1) the pandemic was framed as political debate and the disinformation was used to strengthen a pro-Bolsonaro narrative at a time of government crisis; and (2) WhatsApp affordances affected the content and the discursive strategies in the messages, which appropriate the most private space to propagate conspiracy theories based on opinion and use strategies such as call to action to increase the spread of misinformation.
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spelling Disinformation about Covid-19 on WhatsApp: the pandemic framed as political debateDesinformação sobre o Covid-19 no WhatsApp: a pandemia enquadrada como debate políticoAnálise de conteúdoCovid-19DesinformaçãoDiscurso políticoWhatsAppContent analysisCovid-19DisinformationPolitical DiscourseWhatsAppIn this paper, we discuss how the disinformation about Covid-19 is framed on WhatsApp in Brazil. Our aims are: (1) analyze political discourse influence in these processes and (2) identify the disinformation about Covid-19 characteristics on WhatsApp. We used content analysis to analyze 802 messages collected using the WhatsApp Monitor during March and April, 2020. Our main findings are: (1) the pandemic was framed as political debate and the disinformation was used to strengthen a pro-Bolsonaro narrative at a time of government crisis; and (2) WhatsApp affordances affected the content and the discursive strategies in the messages, which appropriate the most private space to propagate conspiracy theories based on opinion and use strategies such as call to action to increase the spread of misinformation.Neste artigo, discutimos como é enquadrada a desinformação sobre o Covid-19 no WhatsApp no Brasil. Nossos objetivos são: (1) analisar a influência do discurso político nestes processos e (2) identificar as características da desinformação sobre o Covid-19 nesta ferramenta. Para isso, utilizamos a análise de conteúdo em um conjunto de 802 mensagens coletadas por meio do Monitor do WhatsApp em março e abril de 2020. Os nossos principais resultados mostram que: (1) a pandemia foi enquadrada como debate político e a desinformação foi utilizada para fortalecer uma narrativa pró-Bolsonaro em momento de crise do governo; e (2) as affordances do WhatsApp afetam o conteúdo e as estratégias discursivas das mensagens, que se apropriam do espaço mais privado para propagar teorias da conspiração baseadas em opinião e utilizam estratégias como o call to action para aumentar a propagação da desinformação.SciELO PreprintsSciELO PreprintsSciELO Preprints2020-10-15info:eu-repo/semantics/preprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/133410.1590/SciELOPreprints.1334porhttps://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/article/view/1334/2090Copyright (c) 2020 Felipe Bonow Soares, Raquel Recuero, Taiane Volcan, Giane Fagundes, Giéle Sodréhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSoares, Felipe BonowRecuero, RaquelVolcan, TaianeFagundes, GianeSodré, Giélereponame:SciELO Preprintsinstname:SciELOinstacron:SCI2020-10-13T13:08:32Zoai:ops.preprints.scielo.org:preprint/1334Servidor de preprintshttps://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scieloONGhttps://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/oaiscielo.submission@scielo.orgopendoar:2020-10-13T13:08:32SciELO Preprints - SciELOfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Disinformation about Covid-19 on WhatsApp: the pandemic framed as political debate
Desinformação sobre o Covid-19 no WhatsApp: a pandemia enquadrada como debate político
title Disinformation about Covid-19 on WhatsApp: the pandemic framed as political debate
spellingShingle Disinformation about Covid-19 on WhatsApp: the pandemic framed as political debate
Soares, Felipe Bonow
Análise de conteúdo
Covid-19
Desinformação
Discurso político
WhatsApp
Content analysis
Covid-19
Disinformation
Political Discourse
WhatsApp
title_short Disinformation about Covid-19 on WhatsApp: the pandemic framed as political debate
title_full Disinformation about Covid-19 on WhatsApp: the pandemic framed as political debate
title_fullStr Disinformation about Covid-19 on WhatsApp: the pandemic framed as political debate
title_full_unstemmed Disinformation about Covid-19 on WhatsApp: the pandemic framed as political debate
title_sort Disinformation about Covid-19 on WhatsApp: the pandemic framed as political debate
author Soares, Felipe Bonow
author_facet Soares, Felipe Bonow
Recuero, Raquel
Volcan, Taiane
Fagundes, Giane
Sodré, Giéle
author_role author
author2 Recuero, Raquel
Volcan, Taiane
Fagundes, Giane
Sodré, Giéle
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Soares, Felipe Bonow
Recuero, Raquel
Volcan, Taiane
Fagundes, Giane
Sodré, Giéle
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Análise de conteúdo
Covid-19
Desinformação
Discurso político
WhatsApp
Content analysis
Covid-19
Disinformation
Political Discourse
WhatsApp
topic Análise de conteúdo
Covid-19
Desinformação
Discurso político
WhatsApp
Content analysis
Covid-19
Disinformation
Political Discourse
WhatsApp
description In this paper, we discuss how the disinformation about Covid-19 is framed on WhatsApp in Brazil. Our aims are: (1) analyze political discourse influence in these processes and (2) identify the disinformation about Covid-19 characteristics on WhatsApp. We used content analysis to analyze 802 messages collected using the WhatsApp Monitor during March and April, 2020. Our main findings are: (1) the pandemic was framed as political debate and the disinformation was used to strengthen a pro-Bolsonaro narrative at a time of government crisis; and (2) WhatsApp affordances affected the content and the discursive strategies in the messages, which appropriate the most private space to propagate conspiracy theories based on opinion and use strategies such as call to action to increase the spread of misinformation.
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