Uma análise semiótica dos gráficos do achatamento da curva da pandemia da covid-19

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  • Daniel Melo Ribeiro Doutorando em Comunicação e Semiótica (PUC-SP) e bolsista do CNPq.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2237-9967.2020v9n16p147-167

Abstract

This study adresses the communicational aspects of the graphs known as “flattening the curve” of the covid-19 pandemic. These charts have become popular in the news coverage of this health crisis, as they show the relevance of social isolation measures to deal with the contagion. The chosen graphics were analyzed using concepts from Charles Peirce's semiotics. We argue that the proliferation of numerous versions of the graph of the flattening of the curve characterizes a phenomenon of semiosis, articulating meanings about the pandemic. We emphasize the diagrammatic and symbolic properties of these signs, whose multiple interpretive effects provide a broader understanding of the problem.

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Author Biography

Daniel Melo Ribeiro, Doutorando em Comunicação e Semiótica (PUC-SP) e bolsista do CNPq.

Daniel Melo Ribeiro é doutorando em Comunicação e Semiótica pela PUC-SP (CNPq), Mestre em Tecnologias da Inteligência e Design Digital pela PUC-SP (CAPES), especialista em Gestão Estratégica da Informação pela UFMG e graduado em Comunicação Social pela UFMG. Membro do Centro Internacional de Estudos Peircianos. Realizou estágio de pesquisa no Geomedia Lab da Universidade Concordia em Montreal/CA, com bolsa do Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP), concedida pelo Global Affairs Canada. Interesses de pesquisa: visualização de dados, design de informação, semiótica e cartografia.

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Published

2020-12-30

How to Cite

RIBEIRO, Daniel Melo. Uma análise semiótica dos gráficos do achatamento da curva da pandemia da covid-19. Dispositiva, Belo Horizonte, v. 9, n. 16, p. 147–167, 2020. DOI: 10.5752/P.2237-9967.2020v9n16p147-167. Disponível em: https://periodicos.pucminas.br/dispositiva/article/view/24233. Acesso em: 13 aug. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 16 (2020): Dossiê "Comunicação, Política e Saúde" - Parte I

Section

Dossiê: Comunicação, política e saúde

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