Rachel Callai Bragatto

Internet and politics studies in Brazil: mapping the characteristics and disparities of the research field

This article focuses on the appropriation of the subject of Internet and Politics by Brazilian Social Sciences. To this end, we analysed 299 papers presented at 11 conferences in the areas of Sociology, Political Science and Social Communication from 2000 to 2011 in Brazil. The methodology was based on content analysis in order to map the main authors, research centres, political and technological objects, theoretical approaches, methods, techniques and coverage areas of the papers presented in each of these conferences. Our findings suggest significant growth in the number of studies presented over the last few years, where 40.5% were based mainly on qualitative research and 56.5% had an emphasis on the civil society strand. Finally, our longitudinal analyses indicate some changes in the field, with a growing number of studies carrying out empirical research, and a tendency to focus on more specific digital tools instead of on the Internet in general.

A construção do campo de internet e política: análise dos artigos brasileiros apresentados entre 2000 e 2014

O objetivo deste artigo e analisar a area de IP comunicacao e politica; ciencia politica; comunicacao social; sociologia; democracia digital Abstract The purpose of this article is to analyze the field of IP political communication; political science; social communication; sociology; e-democracy.

El efecto de la experiencia democrática en la estructura de la legitimidad en América Latina y el Caribe

The effect of the democratic experience on the structure of legitimacy in Latin America and the Caribbean The article refers to a paradox that is present in Latin America and the Caribbean nowadays: on the one hand, adherence to democracy has increased exponentially; on the other hand, satisfaction with the system has decreased substantially. Could the temporal factor explain this contradiction? This article presents how the age of citizens and the democratic longevity of Latin American countries influence individual provisions regarding democracy in terms of diffuse and specific support. We applied factor analysis and a multivariate multilevel model. Our results provide evidence for the relationship between experience with the democratic regime and support for the most diffuse dimensions of legitimacy, but this has not been confirmed for the more specific dimensions.