Democracia versus internet: o mercado de mídias sociais no capitalismo contemporâneo

Abstract

The mercantilization of the internet from the dot-com crisis at the beginning of the 21st century provoked a revolution in the way social media works. The sale of data has become the epicenter of profitability for companies operating in this sphere. These data and the manipulation of algorithms began to change each individual's perception of reality, since each user receives information in a different way from his companions, creating the so-called "information bubbles". This social media market, engaging with politics, begins to threaten the autonomy of the public sphere and also undermine existing democratic structures. The present work sought to understand this complex relationship between democracy and the internet.