Cartografia dos afetos sobre o tratamento precoce, na timeline discursiva no Facebook, durante o primeiro ano da Covid-19

Abstract

This article aims to map the affections about early treatment against covid-19, in the discursive timeline on Facebook. To do this, we start from a theoretical review of the communication scenario in the platform society,we study the affects of fear and hope and the disinformation society. We collected from public pages and profiles, on Facebook, the words “treatment and precocious”, via CrowdTangle, from June 29th to July 8th, 2020, and analyzed the actors and narratives with the most engagement. Politicians (38%), media companies (26.7%) and right-wing activist pages (12.7%) were the actors with the most engagement in the period. There was a dispute over the meaning of the term ‘early treatment’. For many, it denoted hope of healing. For others, it is an affront to science, a promise of a cure without support in scientific studies.