Política externa, comunicação e Twitter: uma análise do governo Bolsonaro (2019-2022)

Abstract

This paper aims to describe and analyze the forms of communication on Brazilian foreign policy from 2019 to 2022 by the social media Twitter, evaluating how the language aspects of Jair Bolsonaro were characterized as a politician, the effects of this way of communicating, and how public opinion is reflected in foreign policy positions and alliances. To this end, the work reviews the concepts of foreign policy and populism 2.0 to represent former President Bolsonaro, addresses particular aspects of his way of communicating and his linguistic resources, and also explores the digital popularity and influence of Jair Bolsonaro. From the contributions made by Almeida et al (2020) combined with the method of the Índice de Popularidade Digital, by the Quaest platform, 9945 tweets were collected and 50 of these fit the filters established to exemplify the arguments treated throughout the work. The conclusion obtained is that the posts of @jairbolsonaro on Twitter reflect his behavior as a populist politician, reinforcing the use of social networks as an official channel of communication, using anti-establishment and anti-globalist devices, and antagonizing the press and the opposition, in order to raise the electorate and please the most radical portion of his voters. Furthermore, it is possible to conclude that tweets related to the theme of foreign policy are usually made to inform people about the agenda and position themselves on their allies and proposals internationally, which reinforces the phenomenon of the digitalization of politics (Cesarino, 2020) and simplifies and strengthens the use of social networks as official communication channels.