Open AccessSymbolic violence on social media: Covid-19 and the elderly
Author(s) -
Elaine Santana,
Arianna Oliveira Santana Lopes,
Alessandra Souza de Oliveira,
Nádia Cristina Moraes Sampaio Gobira,
Layanne Christinne dos Passos Miguens,
Luana Araújo dos Reis,
Luciana Araújo dos Reis
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
research, society and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2525-3409
DOI - 10.33448/rsd-v10i5.15060
Subject(s) - content analysis , social media , denial , qualitative research , sociology , covid-19 , psychology , the internet , autonomy , internet privacy , social psychology , social science , computer science , world wide web , medicine , political science , law , disease , pathology , psychoanalysis , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Objective: To analyze the symbolic violence related to COVID-19 and the elderly on social media. Methods: Qualitative research with a Brazilian case study as investigation strategy. The data collected for analysis were Brazilian memes published on the internet via Instagram social media. Such memes were randomly selected by searching the words “elderly” and “quarantine”. In order to analyze as much material as possible, nineteen memes were selected. Content analysis, as proposed by Bardin, was used to investigate data supported by QSR NVivo® software. Results: Two categories for analysis emerged from the connection observed on the content of the memes selected: the elderly stigmatization and their autonomy denial. Final Considerations: The analysis of the study allowed interpreting that aged people have been constantly experiencing symbolic violence linked to COVID-19 on social media.