DIGITAL POPULISM AND FASCISM
THE DEMOCRATIC REGRESSION IN POLITICAL COMMUNICATIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Keywords:
DEMOCRACY, SOCIAL MEDIA, POPULISM, FASCISMAbstract
The advancement of new Technologies has enabled greater participation and content production by citizens, with effects on digital media, especially on social networks. As a result, an effect of considerable impact on democratic issues, is the populist and fascist discourses that are not only externalized by political leaders, but also by ordinary citizens. From this, using the hypothetical-deductive method and the bibliographic research technique, with a qualitative approach, this study analyzes the rise of authoritarian discourses through digital media and what is their impact on democracies. Results: new technologies, while having great potential for the promotion of democracy, carry a great risk to the democratic State. It is necessary to think of solutions to this problem that do not limit people's freedom of expression, privacy and intimacy on the internet, but also that human rights and democracy, which are the central bases of a society, are not at risk. fairer with respect for plurality. Populist discourse and fascism must be contained, as generally they have young people with low education, or even in people with a lack of information, as their main sources of adepts, for which a lot has happened through misinformation. It is necessary, then, to think about education, or re-education, not only personal, but also digital and more humanized.
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