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Digital memory in Brazil : a fragmented and elastic negationist remembrance of the dictatorship / Leda Balbino.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Balbino, Leda, author.
- Series:
- Digital activism and society.
- Digital Activism and Society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Collective memory.
- Digital media--Social aspects.
- Digital media.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (153 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2023]
- Summary:
- Digital Memory in Brazil draws on the results of three case studies to determine the strategies and practices applied by the Brazilian far-right government of Bolsonaro (2019-2023) to construct a negationist digital memory of the Brazilian dictatorship.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Digital Memory in Brazil
- Series Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Abbreviations
- About the Author
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Brazil's Digital Memory and Its Discontents
- 1.1 Digital Memory Theories and Disputed Memory in Brazil
- 1.2 Methodology and Data Analysis
- 1.3 Context: The New Right (Digitally Born) Populism in Brazil
- 2. Patterns of a Fragmented Memory
- 2.1 One-Sided Memory
- 2.2 Media's Double-Role and Anti-scientific Knowledge
- 2.3 Elastic Concepts of the Dictatorship
- 3. Overstretched Elasticity of a Fragmented Memory in the COVID-19 Era
- 3.1 Popular Sovereignty (or Aligned Supporters) Equals Democracy
- 3.2 Digital Activism (With Offline Acts) Equals Popular Sovereignty
- 3.3 Opposition (or Intertwined Enemy) Equals Coup and Dictatorship
- 4. Objectives and Strategies of a Fragmented Memory
- 4.1 Bolsonaros' Discursive Strategies
- 4.2 The Impact of Platform Affordances
- 4.3 Brazil's Social Media Ecology
- 5. Conclusion: The Future of Digital Memory in Brazil
- 5.1 Linearity and Cohesion to a Fragmented Digital Memory
- 5.2 Missing Points on Mapping the Digital Memory
- 5.3 Doubts Towards the Future
- References
- List of Twitter and YouTube Posts
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Balbino, Leda Digital Memory in Brazil
- ISBN:
- 1-80262-803-7
- OCLC:
- 1381713301
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