DESINFORMAÇÃO E EPIDEMIA SEMIÓTICA: COMENTÁRIOS A PARTIR DO FILME PONTYPOOL

DISINFORMATION AND THE SEMIOTIC EPIDEMIC: COMMENTS FROM THE MOVIE PONTYPOOL

Abstract

This essay explores the proposal of meaning as a semiotic infection, based on an analysis of Pontypool, a 2008 Canadian film. The story takes place on an atypical day at a local radio station, when strange events from a widespread linguistic infection that occurs in the small town quickly burst into the broadcasting studio, demanding a disruption in the logic of understanding the signs known until then. The text seeks to relate ideas extracted from the film's narrative to the contemporary context taken over by the phenomenon of disinformation, approaching Peircean semiotics as theoretical and methodological support in the elaboration of the reflections presented.