The myth of the nation’s savior on Jair Bolsonaro’s Instagram after his 2022 election defeat

In 2018, Jair Bolsonaro manipulated political mythologies to establish his public image and won the elections. In 2022, he repeated the strategy, but was defeated and did not recognize the result. After three days of silence, he released a video full of ambiguities. The aim of this research is to an...

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Autores: Braga, Thales Ernesto Cristino, da Fonseca, André Azevedo [UNESP]
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/309850
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.5433/1984-7939.2023v20n35p112
https://hdl.handle.net/11449/309850
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:campanha eleitoral
election campaign
Jair Bolsonaro
mitologia política
political mythology
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Sumario:In 2018, Jair Bolsonaro manipulated political mythologies to establish his public image and won the elections. In 2022, he repeated the strategy, but was defeated and did not recognize the result. After three days of silence, he released a video full of ambiguities. The aim of this research is to analyze, from the perspective of political myths, the comments made by users on Bolsonaro’s first manifestation on Instagram after his defeat in the elections. The method used was documentary analysis. It was concluded that the myths of conspiracy and the heroic savior were the most frequently used narratives, since they evoked the figure of a providential leader capable of saving the country from its enemies.