Gamers on Independence Day: far-right and discourse by Brazilian gamer communities on Twitter<sup/>

This article investigates the narratives surrounding the online public debate of gamer communities on Twitter during the political rallies for the bicentennial of Brazilian Independence Day, occurring in September 2022. The analysis is based on two collections conducted between August 31 and September 14, resulting in one corpus of 11,607 interactions made by 4,090 accounts, and another of 59 interactions by 47 accounts. The results reinforce the perception that the event was not a relevant topic in the observed gamer communities, pointing to a possible loss of support by former president Jair Bolsonaro among gamers.

Keywords:
Communication; Game Studies; Gamers; Politics; Social Network Analysis

Authorship

Tarcízio Macedo

conceptualization

methodological design, investigation, data analysis

writing

translation, proofreading and editing of the work

Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Escola de Comunicação, Mídia e Informação, Comunicação Digital. Rio de Janeiro - RJ, BrazilFundação Getúlio Vargas, Escola de Comunicação, Mídia e Informação, Comunicação Digital. Rio de Janeiro - RJ, BrazilFundação Getúlio Vargas, Escola de Comunicação, Mídia e Informação, Comunicação Digital. Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil

Tarcízio Macedo Researcher at the Innovation Cube at FGV ECMI. Ph.D. in Communication and Information at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), a Master in Communication, Culture and the Amazon at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), a specialist in Scientific Communication in the Amazon at the Nucleus of Advanced Amazonian Studies (Naea, UFPA), MPEG/MCTI and Facom/UFPA, and a journalist. He was a visiting researcher at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC) during his Ph.D. studies and at UFBA and UNEB during his Master studies. He is a member of the Digital Artifacts Laboratory (UFRGS) and of the Innovation and Technology in Communication (UFPA) and Communication, Algorithms and Digital Technologies (FGV ECMI) research groups. E-mail: tarciziopmacedo@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3600-1497

Leonor Jungstedt

methodological design, investigation, data analysis

writing, translation, proofreading and editing of the work

Leonor Jungstedt Leonor Jungstedt has been a researcher at FGV ECMI since 2019, working on research focusing on public policies and open data. She participates in the Innovation Cube with an interest in video games, digital culture, and new technologies and their markets. She majored in Economic Sciences at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). E-mail: leonor.jungstedt@fgv.br

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8166-5079

Alessandra Maia

coordination and general supervision of the project

methodological design, proofreading and editing of the manuscript

Alessandra Maia Ph.D. in Communication with a background in Journalism and Public Relations at UERJ. She is a professor at FGV ECMI and coordinator of the Innovation Cube/FGV, where she does practical, experimental, and empirical research on Digital Technologies. She is a researcher at the CLAC research network (Communication, Play, Affect, and Cognition), which involves researchers from UERJ, UFJF, UFMA, UFU, and FGV. Her research interests include concepts such as Innovation, Creativity, and Invention in digital culture products, using them as a playful locus for sensory, social, and learning development. E-mail: alessandra.maia@fgv.br

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8610-7567

Maria Sirleidy Cordeiro

methodological design

curation and validation of the general base on games

Maria Sirleidy Cordeiro Ph.D. and Master in Linguistics at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). She completed part of her Ph.D. program in Portugal at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP). She is a professor at FGV ECMI and a member of the research group on Communication, Society, and Digital Media (FGV). She works in the areas of cognitive linguistics, critical discourse analysis, and public policy analysis, investigating processes of meaning, ideologies, and power relations imbricated in text and discourse. E-mail: maria.cordeiro@fgv.br

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4479-5162

Dalby Hubert

methodological design

curation and validation of the actor map

proofreading of the final text

Dalby Hubert Ph.D. in Linguistics at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), a professor at FGV ECMI, and a member of the research group on Communication, Society and Digital Media (FGV). He works academically and professionally in the fields of cognitive linguistics, corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, and social network analysis. E-mail: dalby.hubert@fgv.br

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2198-0779

Luis Gomes

graphical visualization of data

Luis Gomes Graduated in Social Communication (FACHA). Design Coordinator at FGV ECMI. He works with online political debate monitoring, disinformation, and data visualization. He participates in the Innovation Cube, focusing on game studies, immersive technologies, digital culture, and new technologies. E-mail: luis.gomes@fgv.br

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4356-7149

Polyana Barboza

methodological design

curation of the general base on games

Polyana Barboza Professor working with data extraction and analysis on social networks at FGV ECMI. She has a major in Applied Mathematics at the School of Applied Mathematics of Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV EMAp) and is a Master in Computer Science at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). Her main lines of research are Social Network Analysis in Digital Media and Multi-agent Systems in Software Engineering. E-mail: polyana.barboza@fgv.br

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3342-7337

Lucas Roberto da Silva

methodological design

curation of the actor map

Lucas Roberto da Silva Professor and researcher at the School of Communication, Media, and Information at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV ECMI), where he works on data extraction and analysis of social networks. He has a major in Mathematics at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF) and is a Master in Computer Science at the Department of Informatics in PUC-Rio. His main lines of research are Analysis of Social Networks and Natural Language Processing. E-mail: lucas.roberto@fgv.br

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5531-2509

Tarcízio Macedo

Researcher at the Innovation Cube at FGV ECMI. Ph.D. in Communication and Information at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), a Master in Communication, Culture and the Amazon at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), a specialist in Scientific Communication in the Amazon at the Nucleus of Advanced Amazonian Studies (Naea, UFPA), MPEG/MCTI and Facom/UFPA, and a journalist. He was a visiting researcher at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC) during his Ph.D. studies and at UFBA and UNEB during his Master studies. He is a member of the Digital Artifacts Laboratory (UFRGS) and of the Innovation and Technology in Communication (UFPA) and Communication, Algorithms and Digital Technologies (FGV ECMI) research groups. E-mail: tarciziopmacedo@gmail.com

Leonor Jungstedt

Leonor Jungstedt has been a researcher at FGV ECMI since 2019, working on research focusing on public policies and open data. She participates in the Innovation Cube with an interest in video games, digital culture, and new technologies and their markets. She majored in Economic Sciences at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). E-mail: leonor.jungstedt@fgv.br

Alessandra Maia

Ph.D. in Communication with a background in Journalism and Public Relations at UERJ. She is a professor at FGV ECMI and coordinator of the Innovation Cube/FGV, where she does practical, experimental, and empirical research on Digital Technologies. She is a researcher at the CLAC research network (Communication, Play, Affect, and Cognition), which involves researchers from UERJ, UFJF, UFMA, UFU, and FGV. Her research interests include concepts such as Innovation, Creativity, and Invention in digital culture products, using them as a playful locus for sensory, social, and learning development. E-mail: alessandra.maia@fgv.br

Maria Sirleidy Cordeiro

Ph.D. and Master in Linguistics at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). She completed part of her Ph.D. program in Portugal at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP). She is a professor at FGV ECMI and a member of the research group on Communication, Society, and Digital Media (FGV). She works in the areas of cognitive linguistics, critical discourse analysis, and public policy analysis, investigating processes of meaning, ideologies, and power relations imbricated in text and discourse. E-mail: maria.cordeiro@fgv.br

Dalby Hubert

Ph.D. in Linguistics at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), a professor at FGV ECMI, and a member of the research group on Communication, Society and Digital Media (FGV). He works academically and professionally in the fields of cognitive linguistics, corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, and social network analysis. E-mail: dalby.hubert@fgv.br

Luis Gomes

Graduated in Social Communication (FACHA). Design Coordinator at FGV ECMI. He works with online political debate monitoring, disinformation, and data visualization. He participates in the Innovation Cube, focusing on game studies, immersive technologies, digital culture, and new technologies. E-mail: luis.gomes@fgv.br

Polyana Barboza

Professor working with data extraction and analysis on social networks at FGV ECMI. She has a major in Applied Mathematics at the School of Applied Mathematics of Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV EMAp) and is a Master in Computer Science at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). Her main lines of research are Social Network Analysis in Digital Media and Multi-agent Systems in Software Engineering. E-mail: polyana.barboza@fgv.br

Lucas Roberto da Silva

Professor and researcher at the School of Communication, Media, and Information at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV ECMI), where he works on data extraction and analysis of social networks. He has a major in Mathematics at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF) and is a Master in Computer Science at the Department of Informatics in PUC-Rio. His main lines of research are Analysis of Social Networks and Natural Language Processing. E-mail: lucas.roberto@fgv.br

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

Editor: Maria Ataide Malcher

Editorial assistant: Aluzimara Nogueira Diniz, Julia Quemel Matta, Suelen Miyuki A. Guedes and Weverton Raiol.

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Evolution of the Twitter debate on September 7 among the sample of gamer accounts

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Map of interactions of the Twitter debate on September 7 among the sample of gamer accounts

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Evolution of the Twitter debate on September 7 associated with the gaming discourse

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Tweet captured during collection

Figure 1 Evolution of the Twitter debate on September 7 among the sample of gamer accounts

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Figure 2 Map of interactions of the Twitter debate on September 7 among the sample of gamer accounts

Source: Prepared by the authors.

Figure 3 Evolution of the Twitter debate on September 7 associated with the gaming discourse

Source: Prepared by the authors.

Figure 4 Tweet captured during collection

Source: Prepared by the authors.

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[1] Tarcízio Macedo

Researcher at the Innovation Cube at FGV ECMI. Ph.D. in Communication and Information at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), a Master in Communication, Culture and the Amazon at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), a specialist in Scientific Communication in the Amazon at the Nucleus of Advanced Amazonian Studies (Naea, UFPA), MPEG/MCTI and Facom/UFPA, and a journalist. He was a visiting researcher at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC) during his Ph.D. studies and at UFBA and UNEB during his Master studies. He is a member of the Digital Artifacts Laboratory (UFRGS) and of the Innovation and Technology in Communication (UFPA) and Communication, Algorithms and Digital Technologies (FGV ECMI) research groups. E-mail: tarciziopmacedo@gmail.com