Social media: implications on the democratic process
Keywords:
Social media, Facebook, Democracy, Elections,Abstract
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.Downloads
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