Social media: implications on the democratic process

Social media spreads news faster and increases the interaction between people connected to the Internet, besides having a growing participation in various activities, such as advertising, marketing and also in the democratic process. In a context in which representative democracy is faced with growi...

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Autor: Oliveira, Rodrigo Regazonni de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP)
Repositorio:Cadernos de Campo: Revista de Ciências Sociais
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/11556
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/cadernos/article/view/11556
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Social media
Facebook
Democracy
Elections
Mídias sociais digitais
Democracia
Eleições
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Sumario:Social media spreads news faster and increases the interaction between people connected to the Internet, besides having a growing participation in various activities, such as advertising, marketing and also in the democratic process. In a context in which representative democracy is faced with growing difficulties to offer solutions to increasingly complex issues, social media allows greater communication between persons. Among people through the World Wide Web. In this sense, these technologies prove to be useful to candidates to get support from the virtual environment. Given the success of presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) in the polls, the paper questions the extent to which the technological convergence between the Internet, wireless communication and mobile applications - such as Facebook and Twitter - supports the rise of political actor, amidst a context in which representative democracy faces difficulties in dealing with popular demands and expectations.