Brazilian tourist who fell on a trail in, na, moved the country and generated strong repercussion on social networks. Since its disappearance was announced, and especially after the confirmation of death, the case has gained space in public groups of and Telegram. The personal tragedy quickly became a case of collective debate, either by the situation of the fall and the risks involved in the trail as well as the circumstances of rescue attempts.
According to the real -time monitoring of more than 100,000 public messenger groups, the name of Juliana Marins reached the mention of June 25-27. The content included misinformation, moral judgment and targeted attacks. In several groups, especially those with the greatest ideological tendency, the narrative is no longer about Juliana and became about what she symbolized to each side.
Among the leftist groups, Juliana was treated as a victim of a tragic accident, and the discussions turned to the difficulties of the rescue, the absence of consular support and the indifference of. Some messages also directed criticism of the press for spectacularizing the young woman’s death, turning her into entertainment.
There were also a series of criticism of the tourism agency responsible for the tour of Juliana. Users were based on the articles citing, the victim’s sister who highlighted the company’s neglect with their family from the first moment, as they would have been informed by the accident by other tourists passing by.
In the right -aligned groups, some messages sought to frame Juliana as “leftist” or part of a “progressive elite who despises Brazil and idolizes the outside”. The hints that she would be involved in “irresponsible” tourism was frequent, accompanied by ironies about the fact that she died in a Muslim majority country.
Other more extreme messages, even in the right groups, even implied that Juliana was used as a “instrument” to divert attention from news that would affect the Lula administration. This type of message gained intensity last Thursday (26), from the moment he announced in his account of what was, and which had been responsible for the transfer of the body to Brazil.
So that it could make the payment to the family, which prevented Itamaraty from making this type of cost. Despite the Federal Government’s efforts last Saturday (28), the City of Niterói, a city where the young woman lived, transferring to the family the amount of $ 55,000. In addition, the mayor of the city, Rodrigo Neves (PDT), also informed the realization of one.
On social networks and also in the press, the amount of information, true or not, about cases that gain national repercussions, such as Juliana’s, makes the theme easily captured by different interests, either in an attempt to polarize the discussion, or in the search for engagement. For this reason, announced last Friday (27), are fundamental for the strengthening of digital debate and increasing confidence in.
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