Atuação e influência dos parlamentares brasileiros no Twitter: um estudo de caso com tweets.

Abstract

Social networks have become an important platform for the political positioning of parliamentarians outside the Brazilian Congress. Especially Twitter, which currently brings together profiles of 42% of parliamentarians. Despite this importance as an unofficial diffuser of political discourse, there are few studies that analyze the position, performance and influence of parliamentarians on the platform (e.g. more active parliamentarians and parties, engagement of parliamentarians, most mentioned proposals, etc.). Thus, this work has as main objective to quantitatively analyze the influence and performance of Brazilian parliamentarians on twitter, in addition to their behavior on the network. Analyzes of this nature make it possible for the population to monitor and inspect the positioning and behavior of parliamentarians outside the congress on issues fundamental to society. Furthermore, it allows us to understand how social networks can be used as a fundamental element in the communication process between civil society and the political sector.