“Tamo junto?” Parlamentares e mídias sociais: uma tipologia dos padrões de atuação de deputados federais no facebook

Abstract

This article aims to develop a typology about the appropriation that MPs make on Facebook, and the kind of interrelation developed with citizens, what we label as cyber-base. Two indexes were constructed: the Parliamentary Activation Index and the Cyber-Base Activation Index. They were elaborated by analyzing the posts and comments received on the Facebook pages of 20 Federal MPs, in a period of time of one week. It is observed the existence of four ideal types of patterns the parliamentarians’ relationship with the cyber-base in this social media: 1) pages with high political performance; 2) pages with medium political performance in which only the parliamentarian activates it; 3) pages with medium political performance in which only the cyber-base activates it and 4) pages with low political performance. This study contributes to understanding more how the process of interconnection, mediated by Facebook, between representatives and represented takes place. Keywords: political representation; internet; Facebook; MPs; performance standards