Facebook e participação política: um estudo de caso do : um estudo de caso do OcupaAlemão.

Abstract

The present research proposes a reflection and analysis on the use of Facebook, as a field of learning and political practices, by a part of the youths of Rio de Janeiro, the participants of #OcupaAlemão. The relevance of the study is through the identification of #OcupaAlemão, a collective of youths from favelas that proposes solutions to the demands of the city, from their experiences in the community, where they use the Internet network, to give visibility to their Productions, as well as distributing and exchanging information, organizing and mobilizing (new) subjects to occupy public spaces. The data presented are the result of a qualitative research carried out in the years 2013 and 2014. Through two thematic axes: information and communication technologies (ICTs) and non-formal spaces of education, we proceed to analyze the data collected In the field, through observation, both in the virtual field and in face-to-face activities, and semi-structured interviews with the seven participants of #OcupaAlemão. The interpretation of the data was carried out in the light of authors who discuss the potentialities of non-formal education in the construction of values related to citizenship: Gadotti (2005), Libâneo (2007), Trilla and Ghanem (2008) and Gohn Which address the complexity of learning in virtual environments such as Levy (1999), Castro (2012) and Pretto (2008). The results point out that there are spaces of digital interaction that contribute to the formation of a new political culture of young internet users, but this formation of a participatory citizen will depend on the interaction of other offline and online social networks that direct towards this end. Just as the use of this digital interaction by young people has become the new "weapon" of democracy and protection of the exercise of citizenship.