Democracy and complex ecology of online social networking sites: an investigation of discussions on racism and homophobia

Authors

  • Rousiley Celi Moreira Maia Professora Titular do Departamento de Comunicação Social da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Thaiane Alexsandra Silva Rezende Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19132/1807-8583201534.492-512

Keywords:

Deliberation. Racism. Homophobia. Blog. Facebook. YouTube.

Abstract

This article aims at examining the complex ecology of online communication. While most studies on digital communication investigates specific platforms or particular forums, this study examines the impact of a controversial event – the racist and homophobic expressions of the Federal Congressman Jair Bolsonaro in the CQC TV Show – in three environments: YouTube, blogs and Facebook. The analysis explores how citizens, through daily online conversation, exchange their views and perspectives, negotiate the value and the treatment they dispense to each other. The results reveal the characteristics of social conflict regarding the rules of civic coexistence in these platforms, with distinct designs and affordances as well as different expectations of interaction between users and audiences.

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Author Biographies

Rousiley Celi Moreira Maia, Professora Titular do Departamento de Comunicação Social da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

É Professora Titular do Departamento de Comunicação Social da UFMG. Obteve seu mestrado e doutorado em ciência política pela University of Nottingham, Inglaterra (em 1989 e 1992 respectivamente) e pós-doutorado no Boston College, Estados Unidos (2010-2011). Coordena atualmente projeto de cooperação bilateral com a Universidade de Mannheim, Alemanha (CNPq/DFG), tendo já estabelecido colaboração com o Labcom, Universidade de Beira Interior, Portugal (Capes/FCT), com a Facom, UFBA (Procad/Capes) e University of Stockholm, Suécia. É autora de Deliberation, the Media and Political Talk (Hampton Press, 2012), Media e Deliberação (FGV, 2008), Comunicação e Democracia (com Wilson Gomes, Paulus, 2008), tendo editado livros sobre esfera pública e associativismo cívico, internet e participação política no Brasil. É editora associada da International Encyclopedia of Political Communication (ICA, Wiley-Blackwell) e líder do Grupo de Pesquisa em Mídia e Esfera Pública da UFMG. Atua na área de Comunicação e Política, com ênfase em democracia deliberativa, esfera pública, teoria do reconhecimento e sociedade civil.

Thaiane Alexsandra Silva Rezende, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Mestre em Ciência Política na UFMG, graduada em Comunicação Social, habilitação Jornalismo, pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Realiza atividades acadêmicas no Grupo de Pesquisa em Mídia e Esfera Pública (EME) do Departamento de Comunicação Social da UFMG. Atuou em pesquisa no Departamento de Ciência Política da UFMG, estando vinculada ao Grupo de Pesquisa Metodologia em Ciências Sociais. Possui interesse nas áreas de gestão pública, políticas públicas, políticas sociais, pobreza, desigualdade e na interface entre Comunicação e Política. - 

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Published

2015-12-17

How to Cite

Maia, R. C. M., and T. A. S. Rezende. “Democracy and Complex Ecology of Online Social Networking Sites: An Investigation of Discussions on Racism and Homophobia”. Intexto, no. 34, Dec. 2015, pp. 492-1, doi:10.19132/1807-8583201534.492-512.