Online social network and monitory democracy: about the monitories comments to Brazilian institutions on Facebook

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/2175497737043

Keywords:

Monitory democracy, Online social network, Brazilian institutions

Abstract

This paper discusses contemporary forms of relationship between citizens and their democratic representatives in the context of the online social networking. In this regard, it considered posts and its interactions on fanpages which foster the public debate on Facebook. Twelve Brazilians institutions from different representative scopes and levels of institutionalization were selected. Their 37.807 posts and 12.995.826 comments make up the corpus, with a temporal cut of seven months in 2017. The analysis methodology is comparative and quantitative. Overall, the results indicate that there is a tendency to happen monitory behavior in fanpages which greater level of institutionalization. Furthermore, comparatively, there is a low level of public engagement with political parties’ fanpages.

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Author Biographies

Fernanda Cavassana de Carvalho, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, PR

Doutoranda em Ciência Política e mestra em Comunicação pela UFPR. Pesquisadora do grupo de pesquisa em Comunicação Política e Opinião Pública.

Emerson Urizzi Cervi, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR

Professor associado do Departamento de Ciência Política; professor permanente do programa de pós-graduação em Ciência Política e do programa de pós-graduação em Comunicação da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Coordena o grupo de pesquisa em Comunicação Política e Opinião Pública - Cpop (www.cpop.ufpr.br), com pesquisas e publicações nas áreas de debate e opinião pública, eleições, partidos, comunicação eleitoral, financiamento de campanhas e metodologia de pesquisa.

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Published

2019-06-02

How to Cite

Carvalho, F. C. de, & Cervi, E. U. (2019). Online social network and monitory democracy: about the monitories comments to Brazilian institutions on Facebook. Animus. Revista Interamericana De Comunicação Midiática, 18(36). https://doi.org/10.5902/2175497737043

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 36 (2019)

Section

TICs como prática social

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