The lies of the I: procedures, genres and actors of first person misinformative discourse
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https://doi.org/10.18617/liinc.v18i2.6062Keywords:
Misinformation, WhatsApp, Audio, Discourse, SemioticsAbstract
In this article, we analyze the first-person discourse in audio misinformation disseminated via WhatsApp in Brazil. The corpus selected for the study includes 100 audios collected through WhatsApp Monitor between March 16 and June 15, 2020, and between March 27 and October 26, 2021. Our objectives are: (i) to verify how many audio messages that spread misinformation use first-person discourse; (ii) how it is used to get the addressee to believe what is being said in the audio; (iii) which discursive resources it triggers. Our analysis relies on the theoretical and methodological framework of Greimas' semiotics. The results point to the prevalence of procedures (first person discourse and interpellation), genres (testimony and commentary) and actors (the expert and the common person) typical of the disinformative discourse based on the use of the “I”
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