SOCIAL DISCOURSE AND PANDEMIC IN COSTA RICA. ANALYZING THE SOCIAL DISCURSIVITY (MARCH 2020-MARCH 2021) IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE HEALTH CRISIS DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

Since March 2020 the world has been living in a pandemic status because of Covid-19. This situation has created a context of political and social action to contain it. Research about covid-19 and its consequences has appear in different areas, topics and disciplines. In our case, this article explores the covid-19 situation thru discourse analysis, specifically social discourse, which is a macro analytical framework for doing discourse studies. By using this analytical path, we create narrative groups that give us the possibility to explore the social construction of sense and meaning. The three narrative groups are: government, experts and the media (traditional media). Thru an inductive methodology and using centrally a discourse analysis technic -emphasising the social aspect- the document ponders conflict, arrangement, problems, difficulties and social sense from this 2 years track on covid-19. A central conclusion about social discourse is that confirmed and stimulate social inequality and promotes social division in the country. The covid-19 phenomenon is presented as something almost incomprehensible due to the high complexity process linking epidemiology knowledge and social behaviour.