Os Memes De Humor E a Naturalização Da Violência Como Caminho Educativo

Abstract

This paper aims to understand the discourses on physical punishment manifested in the Facebook fanpage, "Bode Gaiato", in order to analyze the legitimacy and dissemination of violence against children masked by humor. For that, the punishments were discussed; The concept of meme and its projection in social networks; And analyzed the discourses present in the memes and in the comments of this one. As a methodological way, two memes on the most tainted punishments of the site were chosen, comprising the period from 2013 to 2017, which were analyzed from the Discursive Textual Analysis. As a discussion, four categories were problematized: punishment, humor, error, and family. In the conclusion, we discussed the value of violence in the education of children, as well as humor memes in the naturalization of discourses that legitimize violence as a way to educate, whether at home or at school