Political discourses, ideologies, and online coalitions in the Brazilian Congress on Twitter during 2019

Autor:	Marcos César Alvarez, Erick Gomez-Nieto, Gustavo Lucas Higa, Efraín García-Sánchez, Pedro Rolo Benetti
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Politics Sociology and Political Science Communication Political science media_common.quotation_subject Polarization (politics) Media studies Social network analysis (criminology) Ideology media_common
Zdroj:	New Media & Society. 25:1130-1152
ISSN:	1461-7315 1461-4448
DOI:	10.1177/14614448211017920
Popis:	The aim of this research is to describe the pattern of interactions of Brazilian legislators on Twitter during 2019 in the construction of political discourses. Based on 20,076 replies during 2019, posted on Twitter by 514 Brazilian legislators, we conducted descriptive analysis of legislators’ Twitter profiles, social network analyses from their interactions, and content analysis of the messages. We found that (1) there are large disparities between legislators in the use of Twitter; (2) the pattern of interactions depicted five clusters defined by political affinities; (3) each cluster had different features regarding their composition and impact; (4) the centrality of the legislators within the network was positively associated with public endorsement on Twitter; and (5) the topics of messages within the clusters reinforce discourses aligned to political ideologies. We argue that the pattern of interactions on Twitter allows to identify online coalitions that reinforce particular discourses within the Brazilian parliament.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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