A Plataforma X e a Redefinição da Comunicação Política na Colômbia: Um Olhar Sobre a Literatura Recente

Luis Jorge Orcasitas P; Elen Geraldes; Georgete Medleg Rodrigues

doi:10.17231/comsoc.48(2025).6087

Authors

Luis Jorge Orcasitas P Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação, Faculdade de Ciência da Informação, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6189-4333
Elen Geraldes Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação, Faculdade de Comunicação, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0073-2001
Georgete Medleg Rodrigues Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação, Faculdade de Ciência da Informação, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6446-6171

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17231/comsoc.48(2025).6087

Keywords:

social media, platform X, political communication, Colombia, systematic literature review

Abstract

Research on the significance of platform X in Colombia’s political information and communication processes has grown substantially over the past two decades. This study presents a systematic review of the literature published between 2016 and 2022, employing a multidimensional methodological approach to identify the contexts in which these studies were conducted and the challenges faced within this field of inquiry. Drawing on peer-reviewed publications indexed in databases such as Scopus, EBSCO, ScienceDirect, JSTOR, ProQuest and Google Scholar, and applying rigorous inclusion and exclusion criteria following the PRISMA protocol, the review identified 42 relevant studies. The findings were organised into three main categories: actors (senders and recipients), political debates, and electoral campaigns, emphasising the increasing influence of microblogging on Colombian politics. The analysis reveals that platform X is extensively utilised within the country’s political landscape, reshaping interaction dynamics among political actors and establishing itself as a key arena for political and electoral engagement. The results offer an analytical framework for examining the impact of digital platforms on politics and contribute to the global literature on political communication by exploring informational dynamics in democratic contexts.

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Author Biographies

Luis Jorge Orcasitas P, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação, Faculdade de Ciência da Informação, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil

Luis Orcasitas holds a PhD in Information Science from the University of Brasília, supported by a scholarship from the Organization of American States/International Cooperation Group of Brazilian Universities — Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (2021). He earned a master’s degree in Image and Sound from the Federal University of São Carlos, also supported by a scholarship from the Organization of American States/International Cooperation Group of Brazilian Universities — Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (2015). He holds a master’s degree in Theory and Practice of Documentary from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a bachelor’s degree in Social Communication–Journalism from the Pontifical Bolivarian University of Medellín.

Elen Geraldes, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação, Faculdade de Comunicação, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil

Elen Geraldes holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Brasília and completed postdoctoral research in Information Science at the University of Brasília. She has a master’s degree in Communication from the University of São Paulo. She is a journalist and a specialist in online teaching, including mediation, monitoring, and interaction processes. She is an associate professor in the Organisational Communication programme at the Faculty of Communication of the University of Brasília and a fully accredited faculty member of the Graduate Programme in Human Rights and Citizenship at the Centre for Multidisciplinary Advanced Studies/University of Brasília, serving as a supervisor for both master’s and doctoral students.

Georgete Medleg Rodrigues, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação, Faculdade de Ciência da Informação, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil

Georgete Medleg Rodrigues completed postdoctoral research at the University of Paris X (Department of Legal, Administrative and Political Sciences/Contemporary International Documentation Library, Nanterre, France, 2008–2009), a diploma of advanced studies (1992) and a PhD in Contemporary History (1998), both from the University of Paris (Paris IV — Sorbonne). She holds a master’s degree in History from the University of Brasília (1990) and a bachelor’s degree in History from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (1982). She is an associate professor at the University of Brasília (Faculty of Information Science/undergraduate programme in Archival Science and the Graduate Programme in Information Science) and serves as extension coordinator of the Faculty of Information Science (since 2023).

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