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Artigo publicado em revista canadense

Os pesquisadores Francisco Paulo Jamil (PONTE/UFC), Rafael Sampaio (CEADD/UFBA) e Rousiley Maia (EME/UFMG) acabam de publicar o artigo “Participation and Deliberation on the Internet: A case study on Digital Participatory Budgeting in Belo Horizonte” no periódico canadense JOCI – Journal of Community Informatics. O download do texto pode ser feito no endereço abaixo:

http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/654/705

Participation and Deliberation on the Internet: A case study on Digital Participatory Budgeting in Belo Horizonte

Abstract: This paper aims to examine how political conversations take place on the digital discursive tools offered as part of the Digital Participatory Budget (OPD) in Belo Horizonte (Brazil). The authors propose an analytical model based on deliberative theories in order to investigate the discussions over this participatory program. The main sample consists of the messages posted by the users (n=375) on the commentaries section. The results show that reciprocity and reflexivity among interlocutors are rare; however, the respect among the participants and the justification levels in several arguments were high during the discussion. The authors conclude that, even in a situation in which there is no empowerment of the digital tools, the internet can effectively provide environments to enhance a qualified discursive exchange. In spite of low levels of deliberativeness, the case study shows that there are important gains concerning social learning among the participants.

Keywords: Online Deliberation, Digital Democracy, Brazilian Participatory Budgeting.

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