Abstract

PEREDO RODRIGUEZ, Valeria. Organization, speech and digital activity. An approach to the antivaccine movement in WhatsApp groups. Punto Cero [online]. 2022, vol.27, n.44, pp.71-88.  Epub June 31, 2022. ISSN 1815-0276.  https://doi.org/10.35319/puntocero.202244192.

In January 2022, Bolivia experienced massive protests led by the antivaccine movement. In this article we explore the technological dimension of the conflict, through an approach to anti-vaccine groups on WhatsApp. We explore general characteristics of their organization, we describe central elements in their speech and we approach the activities they carry out within group chats. Likewise, and given that there is not much social research within WhatsApp in Bolivia, this article also makes a methodological proposal, which combines ethnographic observation with digital methods. In addition, we tested possible ethical considerations for research within the app.

Keywords : Anti-vaccine movement; online social movements; digital ethnography; WhatsApp.

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