Minorities and discourse in the digital public sphere: the case of the Gay Pride Parade

This paper investigates the debates regarding the LGBT Pride Parade,that took place in 2011 in São Paulo, Brazil. Discursive reaction to theevent on the Internet was analyzed, from news and digital conversation. Throughthese discourses, three main arguments were identified: the relevance of the even...

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Autores: Braga, Adriana Andrade, Guimarães, Juliana Depiné Alves
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Brasil
Institución:Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM)
Repositorio:Comunicação, Mídia e Consumo (Online)
Idioma:portugués
español
inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistacmc.espm.br:article/652
Acceso en línea:https://revistacmc.espm.br/revistacmc/article/view/652
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gay Pride Parade
Sexual minorities
Discourse
Digital public sphere
Marcha del Orgullo Gay
Minorías sexuales
Discurso
Esfera pública digital
Parada Gay
minorias sexuais
esfera pública
discurso
Internet.
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Sumario:This paper investigates the debates regarding the LGBT Pride Parade,that took place in 2011 in São Paulo, Brazil. Discursive reaction to theevent on the Internet was analyzed, from news and digital conversation. Throughthese discourses, three main arguments were identified: the relevance of the event;civil rights for sexual minorities; moral judgements – biological and religious –regarding sexual diversity.