Polarização, Hiperpartidarismo e Câmaras de Eco: Como circula a Desinformação sobre Covid-19 no Twitter

Autores

  • Raquel Recuero Universidade Federal de Pelotas Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul MIDIARS - Laboratório de Pesquisa em Mídia, Discurso e Análise de Redes https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7417-9782
  • Felipe Soares Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul MIDIARS - Laboratório de Pesquisa em Mídia, Discurso e Análise de Redes https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4850-9255
  • Gabriela Zago MIDIARS - Laboratório de Pesquisa em Mídia, Discurso e Análise de Redes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/contracampo.v40i1.45611

Palavras-chave:

Desinformação, Twitter, Hidroxicloroquina, Links, Câmara de eco.

Resumo

Neste artigo, analisamos a circulação de links desinformativos sobre a pandemia de Covid-19 no Twitter, a partir de um conjunto de 159.560 links coletados da API do Twitter entre os meses de março e julho de 2020. Através de um mapeamento da rede e da observação da vizinhança dos links e dos links mais compartilhados, observamos uma polarização e redução da circulação dos links de acordo com seu sentido (pró-hidroxicloroquina ou anti-hidroxicloroquina). Os resultados também apontam para uma maior atividade na divulgação de links pró-hidroxicloroquina, grupo onde também circula a maior quantidade de desinformação e de veículos hiperpartidários. Do mesmo modo, a circulação de veículos de mídia tradicional e institucionais é bastante reduzida neste grupo, fortalecendo a associação entre mídia hiperpartidária e desinformação.

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