WhatsApp and political instability in Brazil: targeted messages and political radicalisation

In the 2018 presidential election, Brazil elected a fringe congressman, Jair Bolsonaro, despite his radical rhetoric that would suffice to shake the public image of any candidate in the world and the lack of traditional resources of his campaign. One of the hypotheses for this electoral success is t...

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Main Authors: Rafael Evangelista, Fernanda Bruno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society 2019-12-01
Series:Internet Policy Review
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Online Access:https://policyreview.info/node/1434