Disinformation In The Covid-19 Pandemic: Informational Similarities Between Trump And Bolsonaro

This empirical research aimed to investigate possible informational similarities between the former president of the United States and the president of Brazil, due to the political-ideological alignment between Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, who had a contradictory position in the fight against Covid-19. In order to elucidate the research question, data were collected from posts on the profiles of presidents on Facebook and official pronouncements on government websites since the first day of notification in countries to carry out Content Analysis through the program IRaMuTeQ, based on the theoretical-conceptual framework on disinformation. The results of the analyzes showed informational similarities between the two presidents, as well as similarities in the controversial speech and in attitudes contrary to the measures advocated by the World Health Organization.