What is left of the protests?
Social movements and youth empowerment in Brazil
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7146/dl.v17i25.112909Keywords:
Social movements, Youth participation, Communcation networks, Social media, Political leadership, Self governmentAbstract
Over the past few years, new forms of socialization of politics through
social media have found expression in collective mobilizations. The paper
examines the case of the recent uprisings in Brazil. It presents the results of
a qualitative research carried out between June 2013 and June 2015, with
focus on the actors involved, their reasons to participate, as well as the
continuity of their action. Three research tools were used in the study: social
media mapping, an online survey and interviews with activists. The findings
give credit to the existence of a connective logic on the social networks, as
they illustrate that what attracted the masses in June 2013 was mainly the
‘event of a protest’. Nevertheless, political engagement was found to
increase in smaller circles, among groups of youth who got involved during
the uprisings, and are motivated by the idea of a political resistance up to
present days.
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