Keywords
COVID-19
Polarization
Emotions
Colombia
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This article analyzes 102 digital pieces and 2,761 comments from Twitter and Instagram regarding eight milestones of discrimination and thirteen profiles of health professionals and social leaders in times of the Covid-19 in Colombia, to then propose a reflection on the construction of digital discourses close to reconciliation and mental health. The article discusses two findings: first, the digital discourses observed are part of what we call the vicious circle of violent expression; that is, the repeated use of violent expressions to delegitimize episodes of discrimination. Second, digital discourses are framed in what we have called ideological-affective polarization; that is, they are full of negative and aggressive feelings between opposing ideologies that mix the situation of the pandemic with the language of the Colombian armed conflict.
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