Representações da China contemporânea na internet brasileira: uma análise a partir de canais de Youtube de diferentes orientações políticas e ideológicas

Abstract

This work consists of the presentation and analysis of the different ways in which China is represented on the internet, or more specifically on Youtube, with the aim of comparing the different discourses and better understanding not only how contemporary China is being portrayed in the digital sphere but also explore how the platform works, its potential and challenges. Starting with a brief summary of the recent history of the asian giant, condensing the entire communist government that began in 1949 to the present day, followed by a presentation of the concept of Public History and its relationship with the internet, culminating in the video-sharing site Youtube and spanning its entire history from its conception in 2005 to its uses as a source of information today, with the area of history teaching being the priority of the work and finally in the presentation, analyzing and comparing of the speeches, elaborated after examining fifteen videos from three channels of three different political alignments on Youtube, five of each, bringing to light which China is being presented to the Brazilian internet users.