Infodemia e discursos xenofóbicos contra a China no Twitter durante a pandemia de covid-19

uma análise multidimensional lexical

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29051/el.v11i00.19844

Palabras clave:

Infodemia, Xenofobia, Análisis , Multidimensional Lexical, Inteligencia artificial, Conciencia intercultural

Resumen

Este estudio investiga las dimensiones de variación examinando los padrones de coocurrencia de elementos léxicos en Twitter en los discursos infodémicos de xenofobia antichina durante la pandemia de COVID-19 en Brasil. La metodología utilizada fue el Análisis Multidimensional Lexical (Berber Sardinha, 2019; Berber Sardinha; Fitzsimmons-Doolan, 2025). Este estudio utilizó el Corpus de Xenofobia Antichina (COXAC) en portugués, compuesto por 100 mil tuits y 1.697.408 palabras. Analizamos los hashtags #viruschines, #pragachinesa, #pestechinesa, #pasteldeflango, #boyicoteachina, #vachina, #ChainaVirus y #wuhanvirus. Fueron identificadas seis dimensiones: 1) Manipulación de la pandemia versus Absurdo político; 2) Crítica al sistema versus Sentimiento antichina; 3) Crítica a los medios versus Rechazo a las vacunas chinas; 4) Supresión de la libertad versus Reasignación de fondos gubernamentales; 5) Destituición del sistema político versus Distorsión alimentaria china; 6) Campaña antichina versus Conspiración pandémica. Esta investigación puede servir como punto de partida para la sensibilización intercultural, ofreciendo evidencia para combatir la desinformación.

 

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Biografía del autor/a

Cícero Soares da Silva, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo

Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUCSP), São Paulo – SP – Brazil. Ph.D. candidate (LAEL), Applied Linguistics and Language Studies.

Eduardo Batista da Silva, State University of Goiás

State University of Goiás (UEG), Morrinhos – GO – Brazil. Professor (POSLLI), Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Language, Literature, and Interculturality.

Aline Andrea Zamboni Milanez, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo

Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUCSP), São Paulo – SP – Brazil. Ph.D. (LAEL), Applied Linguistics and Language Studies.

Amanda Chiarelo Boldarine, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo

Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUCSP), São Paulo – SP – Brazil. Ph.D. candidate (LAEL), Applied Linguistics and Language Studies.

Tony Berber Sardinha, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo

Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUCSP), São Paulo – SP – Brazil. Coordinator and Professor (LAEL), Applied Linguistics and Language Studies.

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Publicado

20/12/2025

Cómo citar

SOARES DA SILVA, C.; SILVA, E. B. da; MILANEZ, A. A. Z.; BOLDARINE, A. C.; SARDINHA, T. B. Infodemia e discursos xenofóbicos contra a China no Twitter durante a pandemia de covid-19: uma análise multidimensional lexical . Revista EntreLinguas, Araraquara, v. 11, n. 00, p. e025013, 2025. DOI: 10.29051/el.v11i00.19844. Disponível em: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/entrelinguas/article/view/19844. Acesso em: 15 ene. 2026.