The campaign #foraricardoteixeira on Twitter: social interactions and public debate about sport

In the year 2011 there was a lot of mentions in the media about a movement initiated in Twitter which claimed the president of the Brazilian Soccer Confederation (CBF). The episode showed the power that a popular mobilization is getting on the social network. From this thematic we did a research with the objective of investigating how the public discussions about sport facts are on the social network denominated Twitter, starting with a case study of the campaign "Out Ricardo Teixeira". We analyzed 725 text posts from Twitter and we spent 6 months monitoring the campaign. We are seeing that to protest, people involved keep discussions with others in the group, share personal opinions and information that are not available on the television. In addition, we have seen the sportive thematic being approached in a large and critical way.

Social Networks; Internet; Case Study; Physical Education