Contemporanea : Revista de Comunicação e Cultura (Dec 2009)
A Deliberação Online em Ambientes Institucionais. um estudo do Fórum de Discussão do Portal da Câmara dos Deputados
Abstract
This article presents an investigation on how the internet fosters deliberation between political officials and citizens. The work proposes a quantitative and a qualitative analysis of a digital forum sponsored by the Brazilian House of Representatives website. This forum was chosen because it consists of an institutional experience aimed to know how citizens fell about political participation. Moreover this very same discussion includes in its scope citizens and Parliament members. Among the conclusions is (1) the finding that participants address mostly to the political officials, rather than settle a conversation with the other citizens. In addition, (2) there is evidence that institutional environment of this forum influences the progress of discussions. Finally, (3) it concludes the design of eparticipation tools influences particularly online deliberation.
