Abstract

MARTINS, Erikson de Carvalho  and  SANTOS, Gilberto Lacerda. The development of argumentative capacity in digital social medias: the pedagogical use of the Whatsapp. ETD [online]. 2018, vol.20, n.1, pp.137-152. ISSN 1676-2592.  https://doi.org/10.20396/etd.v20i1.8647934.

This article aims to analyze the pedagogical use, of the social digital medias to the development of argumentation. We look for theoratical contributions of Wittgeinstein (1999) e Lyotard (2013), who discuss the construction of the various language games in human interaction; of Barton & Lee (2015), Xavier & Lyra (2012) and Carvalho Martins (2015), who talk about the use of digital spaces for the development of posture/argumentation; and, finally, of Perelman & Olbrechts-Tyteca (2005) and Leitão (2011), that approach about the argumentative strategies. With qualitative approach, of exploratory intent and with action research features, we developed as studying methodology the application of a pedagogical activity proposal to 21 students of the second year of a technician high school in the discipline of Portuguese Language. This activity consisted in the discussion about a polemic theme in a social digital media choosed by the students: The WhatsApp. The data collected were analysed from the content analysis viewpoint (Bardin, 2009), to understand and interpret the messages posted on the group of the App. Finally, we indicate that is possible to use the spaces of online writing offered by several social digital medias to the development of the student’s argument, stimulating them to discuss, to show a critical positioning and build several arguments to defend them.

Keywords : Argumentation; Social Digital Medias; WhatsApp; Pedagogical Proposal.

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