259. The (in)visibility of the bolsonarismo technopolitical network

Abstract

What was the importance of the technopolitical network in the election of Jair Bolsonaro for the presidency of Brazil? This question, which guides our research, aims to investigate how the technopolitical network orchestrates virtual communication through highly fluid channels and allows the formation of a cohesive collective, which, through technological mediation, becomes an important political actor. In order to identify the actors that participate in this macro network, we proceeded with an analysis of the virtual social space, applying Bourdieu's theory of fields. This strategy allowed us to decouple the macro network in 8 (eight) fields, revealing how it is formed in the transversality of the political, media and economic spheres, to name only the most important ones. Methodologically, using the application of the Gephi program, it was possible to design its representation, which we can read in graphs, through the application of the worldclouds program, it was possible to identify the main national and international actors. To this end, we examine the relationships established between the actors, their communication and dissemination practices, as well as the interests that gave rise to them. The results we have obtained show the different forms of use of technopolitical networks, through which authoritarian action strategies are developed, associated with the enunciation of a manipulated narrative, which creates a fictitious reality. It produces the rhizomatic attraction of many followers, who articulate in defense of a conservative ideology, and engenders a political actor never before imagined, who, if formed in addition to the classic forms of organization in political parties, comes to exercise control of the nation and to question the existence of Brazil as a democratic and sovereign nation.