“Are we together?” Parliamentarians and social media: a typology of the performance of the Federal Congressmen on Facebook

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https://doi.org/10.5216/sec.v23i.59035

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This article aims to develop a typology about the appropriation that MPs make on Facebook, and the kind of interrelation developed with citizens, what we label as cyber-base. Two indexes were constructed: the Parliamentary Activation Index and the Cyber-Base Activation Index. They were elaborated by analyzing the posts and comments received on the Facebook pages of 20 Federal MPs, in a period of time of one week. It is observed the existence of four ideal types of patterns the parliamentarians’ relationship with the cyber-base in this social media: 1) pages with high political performance; 2) pages with medium political performance in which only the parliamentarian activates it; 3) pages with medium political performance in which only the cyber-base activates it and 4) pages with low political performance. This study contributes to understanding more how the process of interconnection, mediated by Facebook, between representatives and represented takes place.

Keywords: political representation; internet; Facebook; MPs; performance standards

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Helga do Nascimento de Almeida, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Juazeiro, Pernambuco, Brasil

Professora de ciência política da Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco no Colegiado de Ciências Sociais. Doutora e Mestra em Ciência Política pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

Marcus Abílio Gomes Pereira, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Doutor em Sociologia do Estado, do Direito e Administração pela Universidade de Coimbra. Professor Associado do Departamento de Ciência Política da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.

Maria Alice Silveira Ferreira, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Doutoranda em Ciência Política pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

Thales Torres Quintão, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Doutorando em Ciência Política pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

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2020-07-15

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DO NASCIMENTO DE ALMEIDA, H.; GOMES PEREIRA, M. A.; SILVEIRA FERREIRA, M. A.; TORRES QUINTÃO, T. . “Are we together?” Parliamentarians and social media: a typology of the performance of the Federal Congressmen on Facebook. Sociedade e Cultura, Goiânia, v. 23, 2020. DOI: 10.5216/sec.v23i.59035. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/fcs/article/view/59035. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

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Vol. 23 (2020)

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