Comunicação pública e instrumentos de participação online: análise descritiva e interpretativa do site e da fanpage oficial do Senado Federal

Abstract

The present work brings public communication and participation as a theme. Objective to analyse the instruments of internet communication promoted by the Federal Senate with the intention to promote the participation of the society in its themes and debates. This function, according to the theories and basement of the public communication, is a State duty. The study was elaborated from the following authors López (2012), Zémor (2012), Brandão (2012/2003), Matos (2012/2015), Pozobon (2011) e Duarte (2012); Kegler (2008/2010) on the subject of public communication, and from Duarte (2012), Bordenave (2007), Carpentier (2011), Gomes (2008/2011/2012); Demo (1999); Kegler (2008/2010), Pozobon (2011), Silva (2011) e Marques (2011) concerning participation. Through this theoretical basis, it has been conducted a description and an analysis of the Federal Senate‟s website and the fanpage. The methodology includes triangulation of data (GOLDENBERG, 2007), which is about the articulation of different techniques: bibliographical search, documental research and interview.