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Digital Media and the 2010 National Elections in Brazil

In: The Internet and Democracy in Global Perspective

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  • Jason Gilmore

    (University of Washington)

  • Philip N. Howard

    (University of Washington)

Abstract

Over the past decade, digital and mobile media have significantly changed the system of political communication in Brazil. An increasing number of Brazilian candidates have begun to use websites and social networking applications as an integral part of their overall campaign efforts. To explore how these “new” media tools are used at all levels of campaigns for national office, we built an original dataset of media used by political campaigns in the 2010 elections in Brazil. We investigate factors such as a candidate’s use of Web and social networking sites in conjunction with other traditional influences such as incumbency and party affiliation in order to get a robust understanding of the different roles that digital media tools are beginning to play in Brazilian elections. In this chapter, we ask two questions. First, does digital media provide some competitive advantage to minor party candidates facing off against major party candidates with higher profile and more resources? Second, do challenger candidates get any electoral advantage against incumbents for using the Internet, social media, or mobile media strategies in their campaigning?

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  • Jason Gilmore & Philip N. Howard, 2014. "Digital Media and the 2010 National Elections in Brazil," Studies in Public Choice, in: Bernard Grofman & Alexander H. Trechsel & Mark Franklin (ed.), The Internet and Democracy in Global Perspective, edition 127, pages 43-55, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:stpchp:978-3-319-04352-4_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04352-4_4
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