Apología del crimen: análisis situacional de la comunicación dentro de los comandos criminales en Brasil

Abstract

This article presents partial results of my research on strategic violence with political effects in the world of crimein Brazil. Using Situational Analysis as the methodological approach, thirtyvideos of exaltation of criminal groups and criminal events circulating on YouTube were analyzed. The situational map of the analytic situation empirically constructed allowed theidentification of apology for crime as a discursive terrain and a phenomenon of communication with political tones. The description of oneself as member of the armed and political arm of criminal commands, dehumanization of the enemies and affective and cognitive shielding were identified as the axis of a process of preparing for a war around programmatic narratives of commands. The violence against previously named blanks following regimes of practices and conduct programs was identified as the central axis of a programmatic violence suggesting the existence of radicalization processes.