Humor gráfico y negacionismo científicoun estudio comparado de las viñetas sobre el cambio climático y la COVID-19 en los Estados Unidos de América

  1. Moreno-Tarín, Sara 1
  2. Pina Desfilis, Tatiana
  3. Domínguez Romero, Martí
  1. 1 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/043nxc105

Revista:
Estudios sobre el mensaje periodístico

ISSN: 1988-2696

Año de publicación: 2022

Título del ejemplar: Monográfico: Comunicar sobre la crisis climática en la era Covid-19: conexiones, innovaciones y nuevos retos

Volumen: 28

Páginas: 563-572

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5209/ESMP.80735 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Estudios sobre el mensaje periodístico

Resumen

La humanidad atraviesa una crisis sin precedentes derivada del cambio climático (CC) y recientemente se ha visto sumida en otra más inminente relacionada con la COVID-19. En este estudio se realiza un análisis multimodal del contenido de 1110 viñetas centradas en el CC y la COVID-19 de los principales viñetistas conservadores estadounidenses. Los resultados de este estudio revelan que si bien los viñetistas esgrimen argumentos científicamente refutados para negar que se está produciendo una variación en algunos de los indicadores climáticos globales, muestran un escepticismo sutil y menos frecuente cuando representan la temática de la COVID-19. En ambos casos,  este escepticismo está enfocado a retroalimentar un clima de desconfianza y crispación general que parece apoyarse en los movimientos negacionistas de la ciencia.

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