Discursive antagonisms on the hashtags #marqueteirosdojair and #bolsolão on Twitter in the Brazilian presidential election of 2018: contributions from the social network analysis to the digital sociology

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52780/res.13433

Keywords:

Digital Sociology, Discourse Theory, Twitter, Social Network Analysis, Brazilian elections of 2018,

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the configuration of discursive antagonisms in the hashtags #bolsolão and #marqueteirosdojair during the context of the 2018 presidential elections in Brazil. In contribution to the theoretical and methodological challenges of the Digital Sociology, we started from an interdisciplinary perspective, approaching Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe’s Theory of Discourse to the Social Network Analysis on the internet. We collected a total of 26,548 tweets from the Twitter API through the software NodeXL Pro. Thus, the two hashtags selected were investigated using a contingency analysis, according to the metrics of modularity and degree of intermediation. By doing so, we verified the elements linked to the formation of the two hashtags, describing how they are articulated according to the logics of equivalence and difference. In conclusion, our theoretical-methodological proposal enables the observation of the political polarization as a dynamic, contingent and socially contradictory phenomenon, associated with the emergence of discursive antagonisms.

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Author Biographies

Otávio Vinhas, UFPel – Universidade Federal de Pelotas – Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia – Pelotas – RS – Brasil.

Mestre em Sociologia pela Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel) e pesquisador do MIDIARS - Grupo de Pesquisa em Mídia, Discurso e Análise de Redes Sociais.

Nilton Sainz, UFPR – Universidade Federal do Paraná – Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Política – Curitiba – PR – Brasil.

Doutorando em Ciência Política na Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) e pesquisador do MIDIARS - Grupo de Pesquisa em Mídia, Discurso e Análise de Redes Sociais.

Raquel Recuero, UFRGS – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação – Porto Alegre – RS – Brasil.

Professora e pesquisadora do Programa de Pós Graduação em Comunicação e Informação da UFRGS, professora e pesquisadora do curso de Jornalismo da UFPel e pesquisadora do MIDIARS - Grupo de Pesquisa em Mídia, Discurso e Análise de Redes Sociais.

Published

24/07/2020

How to Cite

VINHAS, O.; SAINZ, N.; RECUERO, R. Discursive antagonisms on the hashtags #marqueteirosdojair and #bolsolão on Twitter in the Brazilian presidential election of 2018: contributions from the social network analysis to the digital sociology. Estudos de Sociologia, Araraquara, v. 25, n. 48, 2020. DOI: 10.52780/res.13433. Disponível em: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/estudos/article/view/13433. Acesso em: 3 dec. 2024.