Meaning effects in a Big Tech’s discourse on the PL of Fake News bill

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1519-5392.2023v23n4p388-408

Keywords:

Discourse analysis, Media, Politics

Abstract

The algorithm stands as a privileged entity for scrutinizing the determination of media enunciative practices by Big Tech companies, which function as discursive-ideological subjects, symbolically working to stabilize a range of semantic evidences that naturalize the social framework to which they are subject. In light of Materialist Discourse Analysis, as proposed by scholars such as Michel Pêcheux and Eni Orlandi, we discursively analyze different journalistic-media denominations for the Legislative Bill 2630/2020 regarding the regulation of digital media, taking into account the respective informational technique. In April 2023, Google authorized assertive statements about the Legislative Bill, dubbed the "Fake News Bill," on its main platform. Statements such as "the Fake News Bill may increase confusion about what is true or false in Brazil" and "the Fake News Bill may worsen your internet" were pronounced. This naming process involves the transposition of legal discourse into journalistic discourse through an understanding of sustaining meaning effects. Our goal is to highlight the production of meaning effects for Bill 2630/2020 (in Brazil) in journalistic expressions and interpret which of these support the statements of a Big Tech entity like Google.

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Author Biographies

Eber Fernandes de Almeida Júnior, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)

Ph.D. student in the Postgraduate Program in Language Studies - PosLing (UFF). Master's in Language Studies from PosLing (UFF). Holds a degree in Portuguese Language and Literature Teaching from the Federal Fluminense University (UFF). Was a Scientific Initiation Scholarship holder (PIBIC/CNPq) during the period 2020-2021. Participates in the MiDi - Media and Discourse research group (UFF)

Bruno Roncada, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)

Master's in Language Studies from the Federal Fluminense University (2022). Participates in the research group MiDi - Media and Discourse. Holds a degree in Social Communication with a specialization in Journalism from the Federal Fluminense University (2016). Has experience in the field of Linguistics with an emphasis on Discourse Analysis and in the field of Communication with a focus on Communication

Christiano Titoneli Santana, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)

Ph.D. and Master's in Language Studies (concentration area: Linguistics) from the Federal Fluminense University (UFF), postgraduate degree in Reading and Text Production (UFF), postgraduate degree in English Language (PUC-Rio), and Bachelor's degree in Languages (Portuguese/English) from UNIPLI (Niterói-RJ). Holds a TESOL Methodology Course certificate from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UBMC), affiliated with the U.S. Embassy. Works as an English Language professor at the Federal Institute of Northern Minas Gerais (IFNMG - Pirapora campus). Is a member of the MiDi - Media and Discourse research group at UFF (2020-present). Is a member of the editorial team of the Diálogo das Letras Journal, affiliated with the University of the State of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN/2016-present). Served as a substitute professor of English Language and Methodology/Teaching Practices in English Language at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ/FFP) from 2013 to 2014. In the publishing market, has experience in agencies and publishers working in translation, copyediting, and proofreading. Areas of interest include: Materialist-based Discourse Analysis; English language teaching and learning from a discursive perspective; Discourse and education; Discourse and media; Literary translation as a discursive process; Historical and discursive study of Phrasal Verbs in the English language; Lexicology and phraseology in the English language.

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Published

2023-12-31

How to Cite

FERNANDES DE ALMEIDA JÚNIOR, Eber; RONCADA, Bruno; TITONELI SANTANA, Christiano. Meaning effects in a Big Tech’s discourse on the PL of Fake News bill. Entretextos, Londrina, v. 23, n. 4, p. 388–408, 2023. DOI: 10.5433/1519-5392.2023v23n4p388-408. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/entretextos/article/view/49352. Acesso em: 3 nov. 2024.