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Caracterizando Polarização em Redes Sociais: Um Estudo de Caso das Discussões no Reddit sobre as Eleições Brasileiras de 2018 e 2022

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: This paper presents a methodology for analyzing polarized discussions on social media by combining and adapting existing techniques, such as stance detection and various mathematical evaluations on the graph modeled data. Using Reddit threads from the Brazilian presidential elections in 2018 and 2022 as a case study, we conducted an assessment of online political polarization. The results indicate an increasing trend in polarization and a decline in debate diversity over the analyzed periods.

Source: Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and the Web

DOI: 10.5753/webmedia.2024.241688

Authors: Gustavo F. Cunha, Ana Paula Couto da Silva

Institution: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Language: English

Topic: Social Media and Politics

Subfield: Communication

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4403389874

FWCI: 7.078

Cites: 17

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10