How Instagram hashtags can be strategically used in politics

an analysis of #muheresnapolitica in Brazil

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34629/cpublica.510

Keywords:

Instagram, political communication, hashtags, gender

Abstract

Nowadays in social media the hashtag #mulheresnapolitica, which means
women in politics, seeks to increase attention to the topic. Social media are increasingly
important to studies of populism, therefore, this paper focuses on Instagram, the social
media with the highest growth in 2018. It describes how #mulheresnapolitica is being used
on Instagram in Brazil and analyzes how it can contribute to the populist scenario in the
country.
The need to address this topic was motivated by the current social and political scenario in
Brazil, which lacks real antagonism and is very polarized, as Chantal Mouffe points out.
For this analysis 259 publication were considered, which use the #mulheresnapolitica
during October 2019, a year before the country's municipal elections. The novelty intended
here is the combination of gender, populism in the context of Instagram. The paper
analyzes Instagram as a rising social network in politics and explains why hashtags are
important to be analyzed also in this social media, as well as the challenges presented to do
academic research in this media.

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Author Biographies

  • Anna Catharina Vale, Faculdade de Ciências Humanas, Católica de Lisboa

    PhD Candidate, researching populist communications and the relation between social media and voters in Brazil. Faculty of Human Science of Católica Portuguesa, in Portugal. Senior consultant in political and
    stratigical communications in Brazil, field of expertise: social media, politics, international cooperation, sustainable development, climate change and gender.

  • Vitória Sousa, Universidade de Brasília

    Coordinator of the Dissemination component of the ProQR project, she performed activities as a Communication and Digital Processes advisor at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and as a communication assistant at the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN agency for migration. In the advertising area, she had experience in the graphic production department and as a commercial service at Jornal A Redação. She graduated in Social Communication with qualification in Advertising from the University of Brasília (UnB).

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Published

2022-12-15

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Special Issue: Media Literacy: Strategies to Intensify Citizenship and Democracy

How to Cite

How Instagram hashtags can be strategically used in politics: an analysis of #muheresnapolitica in Brazil. (2022). Comunicação Pública, 17(33). https://doi.org/10.34629/cpublica.510