Aspectos de ativismo digital na política municipal de São Gonçalo: um estudo das páginas Fala Coroado e São Gonçalo dá Depressão

Abstract

The Internet and social media are being consolidated as platforms for social articulation and mobilization for political actions, from the global to the local level. The objective of this paper is to identify the forms of political articulation through digital activism in the city of São Gonçalo, State of Rio de Janeiro, based on the analysis of the pages “Fala Coroado” and “São Gonçalo dá Depressão”. Around this context, this article assumes a methodology that includes a bibliographic research, as well as a survey of the posts of the issuers and user comments, articulating understandings about the use of networks and the political actions taken by social media from May to July 2016 and May to July 2018.