Edadismo en el discurso deportivo digital: análisis del lenguaje en Twitter en España

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https://doi.org/10.14198/MEDCOM.32194

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deporte, edadismo, lenguaje edadista, sexismo, Twitter, discriminación por discapacidad

Resumen

Propósito.  Esta investigación analiza cómo se configura el discurso edadista en la conversación deportiva en X/Twitter en España, identificando los recursos lingüísticos que construyen la vejez como déficit y explorando su intersección con otras formas de discriminación. Metodología. Se empleó una metodología mixta basada en minería de datos y análisis semántico-cualitativo; se recopiló un corpus de 17.658 tuits publicados entre 2021 y 2025 que incluían la palabra “inserso”, de los cuales se seleccionaron 691 mensajes de contenido deportivo conforme criterios de relevancia temática. Este subcorpus se analizó con Sketch Engine y Atlas.ti para identificar patrones léxicos, discursivos y multimodales. Resultados y conclusiones. El estudio revela tres estrategias dominantes del discurso edadista deportivo: despersonalización mediante el uso metonímico de “inserso”, deshumanización mediante metáforas de deterioro y caducidad, y trato condescendiente que asigna roles pasivos asociados a la vejez. Además, se observa una intersección frecuente con la discriminación por discapacidad y, en menor medida, con el sexismo, el clasismo y la xenofobia. Estos discursos se intensifican en contextos de resultados adversos y fichajes de jugadores veteranos, reforzándose a través de elementos multimodales como emojis. Aportación original. Este estudio constituye el primer análisis sistemático del edadismo lingüístico en el ámbito deportivo digital en España. Aporta evidencia empírica sobre sus mecanismos retóricos e interseccionales y ofrece bases para desarrollar políticas de moderación, alfabetización digital crítica y estrategias para la detección y prevención del discurso edadista en el contexto de la comunicación deportiva.

Financiación

La investigación fue financiada por el Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 y por FEDER, UE, con ROR https://ror.org/05r0vyz12, en la convocatoria del Plan Estatal 2021-2023 - Proyectos Investigación Orientada de 2023, con código PID2023-150704OB-I00 PID2023-150704OB-I00 y título Edadismo lingüístico en la comunicación digital de personas mayores: hacia un nuevo lenguaje inclusivo (EDLINC).

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16-04-2026

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Núñez-Román, Francisco, Alejandro Gómez-Camacho, y Olga Moreno-Fernández. 2026. «Edadismo En El Discurso Deportivo Digital: Análisis Del Lenguaje En Twitter En España». Revista Mediterránea De Comunicación, abril, e32194. https://doi.org/10.14198/MEDCOM.32194.

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Monográfico. Los desafíos comunicativos en la industria global del deporte