Abstract
“Fake news” include a diverse mesh of false information, defamation and slander – disseminated in an organized and strategic way, or through organic networks (Zhuravskaya et al, 2020). This is a qualitative investigation, combining participant observation with data collected through a prolonged online ethnography, carried out between the Spring of 2020 (beginning of the pandemic crisis), through the CPI of Covid in the Brazilian Senate (April-October 2021), and until to Autumn of 2022 (Brazilian presidential elections). It was carried out through the social network Twitter, and data were analyzed by using NVivo 11. The results allow the analysis of the typical modus operandi of both Bolsonarism and anti-Bolsonarism, including the graphs shared by data analysts (Barciela and Malini, 2020-2022). They will be particularly relevant to European sociologists who are interested in the American influence on Brazilian politics and on the ways how new media influence and interact with political events.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the XII Portuguese congress of sociology |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 2023 |
| Event | XII Congresso Português de Sociologia - Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal Duration: 4 Apr 2023 → 6 Apr 2023 https://eu-central-1.linodeobjects.com/evt4-media/documents/Programa_Com._APS_6Abr.pdf |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of the XII Portuguese Congress of Sociology |
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| Publisher | Associaçao Portuguesa de Sociologia (APS) |
Conference
| Conference | XII Congresso Português de Sociologia |
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| Country/Territory | Portugal |
| City | Coimbra |
| Period | 4/04/23 → 6/04/23 |
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Keywords
- Fake news
- Polarization
- Antibolsonarism
- Social media
- Political activism
