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ZARAGOZA RAMIREZ, Mario. Internet and political communication: Understanding and public space. Polis [online]. 2011, vol.7, n.2, pp. 95-137. ISSN 1870-2333.

This article describes how the political communication articulated through the Internet space and the selective participation of different actors is understood. It considers that political communication allows, if taken to account as a dialogue, self-management speeches seeking to spread a part of the reality that is relegated from conventional media spaces and that may be found on the network. In this way, in the midst of polarization, political communication allowing the interaction between different actors can be part of the problem and of the solution. The article proposes that the democratization of knowledge and dialogue can solve or demystify the political, social and economic problems faced by society in the beginning of the 21st century.

Palavras-chave : Political Communication; dialogue; communicative actions; understanding; internet; public space.