Deliberative characteristics of Brazilian conversations about the [not] decriminalization of abortion in Argentina

Authors

  • Carla Candida RIZZOTTO Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)
  • Luciane LEOPOLDO BELIN Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.16921/chasqui.v1i147.4039

Keywords:

decriminalization, abortion, deliberation, online conversations

Abstract

This article proposed to discuss the repercussion the debate about the decriminalization of abortion in Argentina in Brazilian social networks from the analysis of 3207 comments in Facebook posts of the newspapers’ fanpages El País, Estadão and O Globo. Based on the theory of deliberation, through a content analysis, this article identified in the comments in question the manifestation of the variables positioning, type of thought, speech shift, theme, form, rationality, source, rhetorical strategy and resources arguments. The results point to a strong polarization and high levels of conflict. There is predominance of rational comments, and the main source of justification are personal experiences and values.

Author Biographies

  • Carla Candida RIZZOTTO, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)
    PhD in Communication at Tuiuti University of Paraná. Professor at the Department of Communication and the Post Graduation Program in Communication at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). Member of the research group “Communication and Political Participation” (COMPA)
  • Luciane LEOPOLDO BELIN, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)
    Doctoral Student at the Post Graduation Program in Communication at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). Member of the research group “Communication and Political Participation” (COMPA) with a CAPES fellowship

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Published

23-08-2021

Issue

No. 147 (2021): Redes digitales como espejos sociotécnicos de Iberoamérica

Section

Monográfico:Convocatoria 147. Redes digitales como espejos sociotécnicos de Iberoamérica

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