Debasement Language

The Sharp-Tongued Loudmouth: Incivility and Debasement in Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro’s YouTube Livestreams

This chapter focuses on debasement language in contemporary Brazilian political communication, analyzing Jair Bolsonaro’s YouTube livestreams from 2019 to 2020. We understand debasement language as a discourse aiming to demean, degrade, or discredit …