“TRASH!”, “LEFTIST!”, “SCUMBAG!”, “#FAKENEWS”, BUT NOT SO MUCH: attacks and criticism towards media institutions and strategic use of journalism by online far-right activism in Brazil

MASSUCHIN, MICHELE GOULART; ORSO, MAÍRA; MOURA, JULIA FRANK DE; SALEH, DAYANE MUHLBEIER

doi:10.25200/BJR.v18n3.2022.1533

MICHELE GOULART MASSUCHIN

study proposal

research design

data analysis

discussion of results

writing

revision

approval of the final draft

Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba – PR – Brazil

MICHELE GOULART MASSUCHIN Professor at the Postgraduate Program in Communication (PPGCOM) and Political Science (PPGCP) at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) and deputy coordinator of the Research Group on Political Communication and Public Opinion (CPOP). E-mail:mimassuchin@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7918-4487

MAÍRA ORSO

data extraction

data coding

data analysis

discussion of results

writing

revision

approval of the final draft

Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba – PR – Brazil

MAÍRA ORSO Master’s candidate in the Postgraduate Program in Communication (PPGCOM) at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) and a member of the Research Group on Political Communication and Public Opinion (CPOP). E-mail: maira.m.orso@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1942-1377

JULIA FRANK DE MOURA

data analysis

discussion of results

writing

revision

approval of the final draft

Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba – PR – Brazil

JULIA FRANK DE MOURA PhD candidate student in the Postgraduate Program in Communication (PPGCOM) at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) and a member of the Research Group on Political Communication and Public Opinion (CPOP). E-mail: juliafdmoura@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1575-8511

DAYANE MUHLBEIER SALEH

data extraction

data coding

data analysis

discussion of results

writing

revision

approval of the final draft

Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba – PR – Brazil

DAYANE MUHLBEIER SALEH Master’s candidate in the Postgraduate Program in Political Science (PPGCP) at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) and a member of the Research Group on Political Communication and Public Opinion (CPOP). E-mail: day.saleh@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9662-4456

MICHELE GOULART MASSUCHIN

Professor at the Postgraduate Program in Communication (PPGCOM) and Political Science (PPGCP) at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) and deputy coordinator of the Research Group on Political Communication and Public Opinion (CPOP). E-mail:mimassuchin@gmail.com

MAÍRA ORSO

Master’s candidate in the Postgraduate Program in Communication (PPGCOM) at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) and a member of the Research Group on Political Communication and Public Opinion (CPOP). E-mail: maira.m.orso@gmail.com

JULIA FRANK DE MOURA

PhD candidate student in the Postgraduate Program in Communication (PPGCOM) at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) and a member of the Research Group on Political Communication and Public Opinion (CPOP). E-mail: juliafdmoura@gmail.com

DAYANE MUHLBEIER SALEH

Master’s candidate in the Postgraduate Program in Political Science (PPGCP) at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) and a member of the Research Group on Political Communication and Public Opinion (CPOP). E-mail: day.saleh@gmail.com

Desk Review Editor: Laura Storch

Attacks/Criticisms	Number	Percentage
No	1581	55
Yes	1291	45
Total	2872	100

Attacks	DireitaBrasil	verdeeamarela38	Total
No	939	642	1658
%	48.10%	69.80%	57.70%
Std. Res.	-4.1	6
Yes	1013	278	1214
%	51.90%	30.20%	42.30%
Std. Res.	4.6	-6.7
Total	1952	920	2872
%	100%	100%	100%

Type of attack	Quantity	Percentage
On institutions	523	18.2
On the Media	450	15.7
Ideological	303	10.6
On values	289	10.1
General	119	4.1

	Direita Brasil	verdeeamarela38	Total
Globo	156	17	173
%	38.30%	39.50%	38.4%
Std. Res.	0	0.1
Folha de S.Paulo	27	0	27
%	6.60%	0.00%	6.0%
Std. Res.	0.5	-1.6
Veja	12	7	19
%	2.90%	16.30%	4.20%
Std. Res.	-1.3	3.8
Estado de São Paulo	29	0	29
%	7.10%	0.00%	6.40%
Std. Res.	0.5	-1.7
Media in General	92	10	102
%	22.60%	23.30%	22.7%
Std. Res.	0	-0.1
Journalists	55	7	62
%	13.50%	16.30%	13.80%
Std. Res.	-0.1	0.4
Other	36	2	38
%	8.80%	4.70%	8.40%
Std. Res.	0.3	0.2
Total	407	43	450
%	100%	100%	100%

Tenor	Quantity	%
Humor/Irony	513	18%
Radical	418	15%
Journalistic	263	9%

Type of profile	Profile label	Number of links	Total
Impersonal profile	2022eleicoes	17	46
Impersonal profile	Bolsonaro2022__	15
Impersonal profile	verdeeamarela38	14
Traditional Media	JornalOGlobo	116	365
Traditional Media	Estadao	99
Traditional Media	Folha	50
Traditional Media	veramagalhaes	32
Traditional Media	OGloboPolitica	22
Traditional Media	g1	21
Traditional Media	UOL	13
Traditional Media	UOLNoticias	12
Political Institutions/Groups/Parties	SF_Moro	16	42
Political Institutions/Groups/Parties	MBLivre	14
Political Institutions/Groups/Parties	STF_oficial	12
Political Elite	RodrigoMaia	36	184
Political Elite	BolsonaroSP	27
Political Elite	joaoamoedonovo	20
Political Elite	jairbolsonaro	18
Political Elite	rmotta2	17
Political Elite	arthurmoledoval	16
Political Elite	wilsonwitzel	15
Political Elite	KimKataguiri	14
Political Elite	Biakicis	11
Political Elite	JanainaDoBrasil	10
Bloggers/Columnists	o_antagonista	39	86
Bloggers/Columnists	diogomainardi	23
Bloggers/Columnists	FMouraBrasil	14
Bloggers/Columnists	felipeneto	10

Total up to 10 citations	-	723	56.40%
With links from profiles	-	1281	44.60%
Without links from profiles	-	1591	55.40%
Total	-	2872	100%

	Attacks on the press	Other attacks	No attacks	Total
No links	196	428	965	1589
%	12.30%	26.90%	60.70%	100%
Std. Res.	-3.4	-1.7	3.1
Links From Trad. Media.	157	164	167	473
%	33.20%	33.20%	33.60%	100%
Std. Res.	9.6	1.6	-6.3
Other Links	97	256	457	810
%	12.00%	31.60%	56.40%	100%
Std. Res.	-2.7	1.2	0.8
Total	450	841	1581	2872
%	15.70%	29.30%	55.00%	100%

[1] MICHELE GOULART MASSUCHIN

Professor at the Postgraduate Program in Communication (PPGCOM) and Political Science (PPGCP) at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) and deputy coordinator of the Research Group on Political Communication and Public Opinion (CPOP). E-mail:mimassuchin@gmail.com

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