Contribuições para a compreensão do negacionismo científico a partir da teoria ator-rede: o estudo de uma comunidade antivacina no facebook

Abstract

In this article we present part of a study that takes place in an open Facebook group antivaccine. With theoretical references based on the Actor-Network Theory (ANT) and on the studies of Bruno Latour, Anne-Marie Mol and John Law, we aimed to map the processes of action and construction of realities of a group of vaccine denialists. In addition to ANT, our methodological guidelines were also based on Social Network Analysis (SNA). Thus, we investigated posts and comments produced by community members between the months of March and April of the year 2021. Our results indicate that the participants of this anti-vaccination community produce realities of attacks and defense movements against science. In this way, we suggest that we must position ourselves to face this war in favor of defending science, scientists, scientific knowledge, as well, democracy and the composition of a good common world.