Abstract
This paper is based on the background hypothesis that no discourse modality spreads socially if it is not supported by broader cultural patterns paved in everyday life. The goal is to analyze the modalities of the hate speech against the LGBT population in comments of news posts on Facebook platform in the Mato Grosso do Sul context. The research addresses the scenario of the constitution of social networks, the increasing appropriation of these spaces by journalistic companies for the dissemination of news and the consequences of these phenomena in the manifestation of hate speech. The paper presents a qualitative and quantitative analysis of comments classified as hate speech in the nine news posts of the three main cybermedia from Mato Grosso do Sul – Campo Grande News, Midiamax e Correio do Estado. Within a total universe of 1.784 comments from these publications, 477 were classified as hate speech, with the prevalence of the categories “repulsion for the existence or repudiation of LGBT people’s attitudes” and “discrediting journalistic information”.
Keywords
Communication; Journalism; Social networks; Hate speech; Mato Grosso do Sul