Narratives of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy from the «Invisible Enemy» to the «Health Dictatorship»

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Narrativa, Pandemia de COVID-19, prensa, Twitter, enemigo invisible, dictadura sanitaria

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El propósito de este artículo es explicitar las conexiones entre las variables y los objetos problemáticos implicados en la narrativa mediática del riesgo para la salud, ya que las narrativas son también el medio de empujar tanto al individuo como a la comunidad a la acción. Teniendo en cuenta esta afirmación, las preguntas a las que se intentará dar respuesta son: ¿Qué ocurre con la narrativa de un problema social como una pandemia? ¿Y qué ocurrió con la narrativa de la pandemia COVID-19 en Italia? El intento se presentará a través del análisis de la narrativa producida por la prensa diaria italiana en la fase inicial de la pandemia y la narrativa de la plataforma social Twitter (ahora X), que mostrará cómo el encuadre interpretativo predominante se articuló entre la construcción de un «enemigo invisible» y la «dictadura sanitaria».

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2025-12-19
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Mangone, E. (2025). Narratives of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy from the «Invisible Enemy» to the «Health Dictatorship». Erebea. Revista de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales, 15, 9-29. https://doi.org/10.33776/EUHU/erebea.v15i.9577