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Social Media and the “20 Cents Movement” in Brazil: What Lessons Can Be Learnt from This?

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  • Luiz Antonio Joia

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The scope of this article is to describe and analyze the “20 Cents Movement” in Brazil that flared up in June 2013, as well as the important role the social network sites played in spreading this unrest nationwide. The Internet and social media context in Brazil is set forth and the brief history of the “20 Cents Movement” is unveiled. The dynamics of these uprisings in Brazil is then examined and interpreted in order to understand how important social media were in fomenting this movement. Lastly, lessons learnt and recommendations for policy-makers are outlined such that they can better understand the consequences and unexpected ripple effects arising from the intense use of social network sites in nations marked by major social, economic, political and digital inequalities.

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  • Luiz Antonio Joia, 2016. "Social Media and the “20 Cents Movement” in Brazil: What Lessons Can Be Learnt from This?," Information Technology for Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(3), pages 422-435, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:titdxx:v:22:y:2016:i:3:p:422-435
    DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2015.1027882
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    1. Abigail Friendly & Kristine Stiphany, 2019. "Paradigm or paradox? The ‘cumbersome impasse’ of the participatory turn in Brazilian urban planning," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 56(2), pages 271-287, February.
    2. Gabriela Viale Pereira & Elsa Estevez & Diego Cardona & Carlos Chesñevar & Pablo Collazzo-Yelpo & Maria Alexandra Cunha & Eduardo Henrique Diniz & Alex Antonio Ferraresi & Frida Marina Fischer & Flúvi, 2020. "South American Expert Roundtable: Increasing Adaptive Governance Capacity for Coping with Unintended Side Effects of Digital Transformation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-47, January.
    3. Soares, Carla D.M. & Joia, Luiz Antonio & Altieri, Diego & Lander Regasso, João Guilherme, 2021. "What's up? Mobile instant messaging apps and the truckers′ uprising in Brazil," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 64(C).
    4. Luiz Antonio Joia & Flavia Michelotto & Manuela Lorenzo, 2022. "Sustainability and the Social Representation of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Missing Link," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(17), pages 1-19, August.

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