Political Communication and Organization challenging traditional Representation

Abstract

This panel explores novel responses to traditional forms of political representation, and focuses in particular in changes taking place across the region with regard to how social mobliziation and political organizing takes place, and how constituencies engage with and demand from their representatives. The papers in this panel explore these issues through diverse normative and methodological approaches. They share, however, concerns with how new political narratives emerge and debates take place between constituents and their representatives, and how both online and offline channels of communication and exchange are used. They also target contemporary issues relevant well beyond the region, such as the deployment of mis- and disinformation campaigns, and the use of targeted marketing in political campaiging - exploring the interests behind these forms of social media use in politics, and their effect on elections and political organizing. The discussion comprises both political communication and political organizing, as papers discuss the capacity of social movements to directly influence policy and politics without renouncing their normative ideals, their retort to new forms of accessing institutional power, of exerting pressure by direct mandates or by contesting and mobilizing.

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Collective Candidacies and Mandates in Brazil: Challenges and Pitfalls of a Gambiarra	View Paper Details
Social Media and the Brazilian Presidential Campaign: An Analysis of Engagement Metrics Using Crowdtangle	View Paper Details
Impact of Populist rhetoric on Electoral Institutions: A case study of Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro	View Paper Details
Rethinking left Latin American populism of the XXI Century: a new approach to populism from the ecuadorian people during the government of Rafael Correa	View Paper Details