Television experience and political discussion on Twitter: Exploring online conversations during the 2014 Brazilian presidential elections

Authors

  • Júnia Ortiz Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Brazil
  • Solange Hamrin Mid Sweden University
  • Camilo Aggio Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
  • Edson Dalmonte Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Brazil

Keywords:

Twitter, television experience, Brazilian presidential election, political discussion

Abstract

This empirical study aims to investigate the characteristics of the conversation and political discussion on Twitter during the last televised presidential debate in the first round of the Brazilian general elections in 2014, aired by Globo TV. Television experience, political participation, and Twitter dynamics were considered for the examination of different kinds of engagement in 100,000 messages collected during the debate. The aim was to identify peaks of user engagement, linking these moments to the events occurred during the debate, evaluating how the characteristics of the communicative environment may affect the discourses built around the debate. 

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Author Biographies

Júnia Ortiz, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Brazil

PhD candidate in Communication and Contemporary Culture. Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Brazil. E-mail: junia.ortiz@gmail.com

Solange Hamrin, Mid Sweden University

Assistant Professor, Media and Communication Science at Mid Sweden University. E-mail: solange.hamrin@miun.se; solangehamrin@gmail.com

Camilo Aggio, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil

PhD in Communication. Professor at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil. E-mail: camiloaggio@gmail.com

Edson Dalmonte, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Brazil

PhD in Communication. Professor at Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Brazil. E-mail: edsondalmonte@gmail.com

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Published

2017-12-03

Issue

No. 36 (2017)

Section

Artigos | Articles

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