Aline Roes Dalmolin 84 ous platforms and in a wide range of interrelationships. According to Fernández (2021), living on platforms implies recognizing that the progressive mediatization of society manifests itself in the expansion of these platforms into sociocultural contexts, involving not only discursive but also cultural, commercial, politi- cal, institutional, and other exchanges. According to Franco (2022), this mediasphere spreads in both organic and automated ways, with the use of bots and fake profiles. In the context of automated interactions, these exchanges are propelled by algorithmic digital strategies such as digital invasions promoted by robots, the actions of digital militias investigated in a probe by the Supreme Court (Kaucz, 2023), and SEO strategies redirecting search engines during the presidential elections. As for organic interactions in the media- sphere, these occur through the repercussions given to informa- tion coming from the mediasphere by the traditional media and through the articulation strategies of Bolsonarist groups, par- ticularly on networks such as Telegram and WhatsApp. The communicational structure exposed so far allows for the uninterrupted circulation of disinformation content and conspiracy theories, many of which inspired the incident of Jan- uary 8th, 20236 and its own mediatization through social media in real-time. Throughout the post-election period and the inau- guration of the new president, these networks were heavily mo- bilized for terrorist acts, often disguised in public posts through codes and hashtags such as “#festadaSelma” in order to draw the attention of the general public to the invasion that was being organized (Fonseca & Scofield, 2023). 6 Terrorist acts of January 8, 2023, with the invasion and depredation of the Na- tional Congress, the Federal Supreme Court (STF) and the Palácio do Planalto in Brasilia by radical Bolsonaro supporters, just a week after the inauguration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The mobilization of these groups has been under investigation by law enforcement agencies and the Brazilian judiciary, to ascertain responsibility for the anti-democratic acts and seek the punishment of the participants and those responsible.
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