Armandinho: o menino das redes e dos movimentos sociais

Abstract

Social movements marked the year of 2013 in Brazil. From collective dissatisfaction, the Brazilians occupied public spaces, online and offline to get organized and to make its claims regarding the policy. This work addressed the presence of comic character "Armandinho" in the online social network Facebook during this period of protests. The literature review was used for theoretical basis, since the concept of social movements until the construction of social networks in the digital environment. The analysis is performed with the contents produced in Armandinho on Facebook during the period June 2013. In addition to the content of the strips, it examines interactions produced on the page. On completion of this study, one can highlight the importance of content produced in online social networks, mainly in certain historical contexts arising. In addition, as were important certain speeches have a representative, especially the character of the Strip.