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Dossiê Parlamentos e Comunicação Pública

V. 14 N. 36 Set./Dez. 2021

FROM ABATIÁ TO XAMBRÊ: THE PERFORMANCE OF MUNICIPAL PARLIAMENTS ON FACEBOOK AND THE PRESENCE OF THE CONCEPTS OF PROXIMITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN PUBLIC COMMUNICATION

DOI
https://doi.org/10.51206/elegis.v14i36.697
Submitted
April 27, 2021
Published
2021-11-03

Abstract

This article discusses how the Municipal Parliaments of Paraná integrates practices of accountability, proximity and transparency with dynamics established by Facebook. This is a tool used to expand the relationship between politicians and citizenships through digital public communication. The research monitored the legislative fanpages from three stages: mapping the existence of parliamentary pages on Facebook, scraping posts for 60 days and analyzing of the contents. The research made a systematic observation of 3,832 posts publicized by 130 municipal parliaments in their fanpages. The results indicate different uses by institutions, focus on politicians, prevalence of session transmissions and low level of dialogue.