A DISSEMINAÇÃO DE FAKE NEWS NO CASO DO CORONAVÍRUS (COVID-19): UMA ANÁLISE DISCURSIVA.

This article seeks to understand how the fake news, that comes to us in hand by means of digital media environments produce meaning. Initially, we sought to understand how this new phenomenon arose and how they reproduce in the online environment. Furthermore, a brief parameter of the current situation of corona virus (COVID-19) in Brazil and in the world, and finally, the theoretical framework was developed based on the principles of Discourse Analysis: Brandão (2014); Benveniste (1989); Bahktin (2006) and Charaudeau (2013, 2016). In the analyses, it was possible to identify the strategies used by those who build the fake news. Therefore, recognizing them, it is possible to avoid their spread, as well as preventing them from having an impact on life and decision making in the offline environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]