Desinformação e esfera pública no Twitter: disputas discursivas sobre o assassinato de Marielle Franco

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the discursive struggles on Twitter based on disinformation campaigns about Marielle Franco’s case. We used content analysis to identify how disinformation spread and which discursive struggles were involved in the conversation. We created two categories of tweets in our analysis: those that helped to reverberate disinformation, trying to disqualify Marielle, and those that tried to deny the false accusations, defending Marielle. In our results, we found that the reverberation of disinformation altered the main subject initially highlighted by media outlets – Marielle’s public life. Further, we found that mainstream media played a central role in reverberating disinformation and latter denying the false acusations against Marielle.Keywords: Discursive struggles. Disinformation. Public sphere.