La esloganización del discurso fronterizo Los eslóganes políticos en torno a la pandemia de la Covid-19
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This study focuses on the sloganization of the political discourse on Covid-19 and borders during the first months of the pandemic, based on qualitative content analysis (QCA). First, it reviews how borders have been managed to prevent the spread of the virus. Next, the concepts of disinformation and propaganda are briefly discussed as phenomena that have implicitly underpinned the expansion and research of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and the phenomenon of sloganization is described. Finally, two cases of sloganized discourse are analyzed: «The Chinese virus» and «This virus knows no borders». The analysis shows that both cases oversimplify the complexity of pandemic management, cover up controversial decisions, and centrifuge responsibilities. The conclusions underline how the sloganization of the political discourse can be located in a border area between propaganda and disinformation, and the gestation mechanisms as well as the conceptual and formal characteristics of the slogans are systematized to approach them from the critical literacy.
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