BARBOSA, J. O.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3598115396902720; BARBOSA, Jeniffer de Oliveira.
Resumo:
The internet has stimulated tangible changes in interaction and in discursive
production. Consequently, we then face the emergence of online comments — a
native genre of the digital world. This discursive genre is made of concrete
statements which result from dialogical relations, and it is full of emotional-volitional
tones that reveal the ideological positions of internet users about the events that
circulate on the web. In this context, the present work analyzes dialogic-discursive
perspectives established on Instagram, specifically in the comments of meme posts
about the COVID-19 pandemic. We, therefore, ask the following problem question:
what are the points of view expressed in discursive interactions (established through
concrete statements) in online comments about the COVID-19 pandemic on
Instagram profile @barbiefascista_? Given this question, the general objective of this
research is to understand the construction of points of view in discursive interactions
regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in @barbiefascista_ on Instagram. The specific
objectives are: (1) to investigate dialogical relations and emotional-volitional tones in
online comments in @barbiefascista_; and (2) to analyze said online comments as
utterances-responses. In order to achieve the aforementioned objectives, we relied
on the Dialogical Theory of Language (VOLÓCHINOV, 2013 [1930], 2018 [1929],
2019 [1930]; BAKHTIN, 2003 [1979], 2016 [1952-1953], 2017 [1974]). In addition, we
theoretically discuss the interactive dynamics of Digital Social Networks (LÉVY, 2010,
2014; VICENTE, 2014; RECUERO, 2015, 2016). On method, the present
investigation chose the sociological method (BAKHTIN, 2017 [1974]) qualitativeinterpretative
(BORTONI-RICARDO, 2008) and Netnography (AMARAL; NATAL;
VIANA, 2008), approaches since the object of investigation is on the internet.
Therefore, from this space we chose 6 memes with their respective comments.
Depending on the question and the objectives assumed in the research, among this
universe, we selected, for analysis purposes, the quantitative of fifteen comments.
Our results point out that the dialogical relations and the emotional-volitional tones
manifested in concrete statements of online comments allow the demarcation of
axiological positions about the pandemic. Henceforth, we perceive "projects of
sayings" that are built from different points of view (validation, agreement,
depreciation, denial, etc.) and are intrinsically aligned with the ideological affiliations
of the discursive subjects.