The aim of this paper is promote the analysis of the so-called social networks, in a Brazilian cultural point of view. With the development of the new Information and Communication Technologies, the possibility of a quick, direct contact among representatives and people at the Brazilian Congress was open. Through a data collection within the Senate's office of communication of the Senators from the 54th Legislature, it was found that the cultural component is the main subject of the online messages between the people and the representatives, which are remarkable the aspects of the Sérgio Buarque de Holanda's "cordial man", whose traces mean to be renewed or even gets deeper.
Federal Senate; online social networks; cordiality.
