The construction of the bolsonarist's truth

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https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2237-9967.2021v10n18p63-88

Abstract

In a context marked by the crisis of the truth, we investigate empirically how the bolsonarismo appropriates the digital spaces for the construction of its enunciations. First, we propose a theoretical review that takes the discursive mobilization of the resentment arising from the “threatened white male power” as a key for the understanding of the contemporary regime of truth marked by the alliance between neoliberalism and neoconservatism. Then, we monitored Jair Bolsonaro's posts on his official Facebook page for 17 weeks, establishing six predominant discursive meanings: attacks on the press, on independent institutions of power and on science-promoting bodies, as opposed to a constant appeal to nationalism, militarism and religiosity.

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Allan Santos, ECO-UFRJ

Doutorando pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação e Cultura da Escola de Comunicação da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (ECO-UFRJ) e pesquisador integrante do Núcleo de Estudos em Comunicação, História e Saúde (NECHS - ­­Fiocruz/UFRJ). 

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2021-12-19

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SANTOS, Allan. The construction of the bolsonarist’s truth. Dispositiva, Belo Horizonte, v. 10, n. 18, p. 63–88, 2021. DOI: 10.5752/P.2237-9967.2021v10n18p63-88. Disponível em: https://periodicos.pucminas.br/dispositiva/article/view/23205. Acesso em: 20 aug. 2025.

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Vol. 10 No. 18 (2021)

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