Intraparty communication: political parties and the social use of the internet

• Grant number: 11/09719-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2011
• End date: July 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Political Science
• Principal Investigator: Pedro José Floriano Ribeiro
• Grantee: Barbara Lima
• Host Institution: Centro de Educação e Ciências Humanas (CECH). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to assess how the four largest Brazilian political parties (PT, PSDB, PMDB, and DEM) have been using the Internet and new digital technologies for communication, and promote interaction between civil and political sphere, to promote within their space structures for production and dissemination of informational materials to intensify intra-party communication, in order to approximate the directories and membership - even outside the election period. They would seek, in this way, using the media as important elements of digital stimulation of the internal structure, bringing its members and supporters and encouraging greater visibility through the partisan political communication.