A difusão da informação nos sites de redes sociais através do jornalismo cidadão: um estudo de caso do Facebook

Abstract

The dissemination of information through citizen journalism on Facebook is related to communication structure and the tools provided by the site for its users. These resources have provided the exercise of isegoria all citizens and consequently a new information flow which is based according to the conception of the subject that publishes the information. The objective of this research is to know how the news background information are available on the pages of Facebook through citizen journalism, as well as their possible interests, by identifying the types of content, the characteristics of the sources of information used and analysis with higher frequency contents. It was found that the citizen performance characteristics such as news disseminator is mostly in strategic days, through hypertext and hypermedia from other social networking sites, journalism and independent professional whose dubious reputation; There are repetitions of publications and content of corruption scandals dominate. The research was characterized as exploratory and descriptive quantitative and qualitative approach through the monographic method. The data collection instruments were content analysis according to Bardin (2004) and participant observation. We conclude that the actions of citizen journalism through the Facebook page "Elections 2014: Opposition" in the 2014 presidential election was used biased tactics to inform the society.