Democracia Digital e Sociedade Civil: Uma Perspectiva do Estado Atual no Brasil

Jornalismo online e eleições em 2014: uma análise a partir da iniciativa Candibook, do jornal paranaense Gazeta do Povo

“…The distance between citizens and political actors and the limited participation of citizens in political issues are the main challenges of democratic regimes, which have undesirable effects on the quality of democracy (GOMES, 2005;MARQUES, 2008;ROSSETTO;CARREIRO, 2012;AGGIO;SAMPAIO, 2013;FARIA, 2012). According to Aggio and Sampaio (2013), this distancing may lead to broad autonomy in their actions and a low level of accountability.…”

“…These institutions or instruments for monitoring political activities goes from alternative journalism to civil society organizations specialized in supervising actors and political institutions beyond the election period, acting "on behalf of the public" (FEENSTRA; KEANE, 2014;ALBUQUERQUE, 2013). Rossetto and Carreiro (2012) mapped Brazilian online portals for digital democracy, mostly civil initiatives, and that can also be considered actions of monitoring. They identified 31 portals: three initiatives aimed to monitor public accounts, works and policies; eight of them monitored the actions of the representatives; six portals aimed to inform and educate for citizenship; six websites that encouraged participation; six portals that opened spaces for civic claims; one whose intention was promoting deliberation; and, at last, one of them focused on rights and access to justice (ROSSETTO; CARREIRO, 2012).…”