Mobilizações sociais e novas formas de sociabilidade na Internet: uma análise no ciclo de protestos português

Abstract

The present work is an investigation of the repertoires of social mobilization used by individuals interacting on social media Facebook in Portuguese political framework, targeted for political reasons and discussion of public affairs and policy of the State. Our main hypothesis is that the mobilization would be associated with the affections and perceptions built by sociability. Three types of data were used: 1) publications in Facebook profiles and pages of collective political; 2) the observation of profiles along the social network Facebook; and 3) experience in manifestation, talks and cohabitation. The integration of descriptive quantitative techniques and qualitative techniques of document analysis was used for analysis. Among the findings of this study, we discovered that sociability, addressed through Simmel's concept, is spurred by the characteristics of Internet tools and its using dynamics. Sociability also contributes in creating trustful relationships that increase the impact of transmitted messages and helps in creating communities and relationships that increase the spectrum of relations and density of networks