Social Neointeraction on Facebook, Presidential Campaign Mexico 2018

Abstract

In 2008, there was a turning point in the history of electoral campaigns, the first presidential campaign of Barack Obama was the beginning of policy 2.0. Obama’s campaign team demonstrated the power and influence in modern society, of the social-digital networks and diverse platforms such as Google, YouTube, Twitter, instant messaging and websites, included in what is called information technologies and communication (ICT). Ten years after that mythical election, a new paradigm becomes more evident. They are the 4.0 networks which will interconnect almost everything to the internet, within this new dynamic, the social networks are also evolving, today it is not just about uploading or viewing content, but to interact and thereby generate broadcast networks. Within the spectrum of social media, there is one that has become, in the cornerstone of modern communication. Facebook is the most important social network at international level, its evolution has been vertiginous, and it went from being a network among friends, to become an indispensable advertising platform in the world of digital marketing, to such a degree that it has positioned itself as the second medium, recipient of advertising spending, just below Google. Facebook is a multiplatform, where you can find applications, games and pages known as “fanpages”, these websites represent, for companies, political parties, public figures and for governmental and civil organizations, a virtual system of social interaction. When users comment on a publication, discussion or debate networks can be generated among users, increasing the organic scope of the publication. The present investigation will focus on analyzing the structure of the networks that generate the likes in the comments made, within the fanpages of the presidential candidates in Mexico, who have positioned themselves as leaders in most of the electoral polls, for the presidency from Mexico. The set of data and information obtained as: degree of interactions, reactions, discussion, debate, support, comments and responses, can be called “neo social interaction”. This result will serve to have an alternative vision, about the popularity, from the point of view of the interactions in their fanpages, taking into account that Facebook has positioned itself as the most influential medium for obtaining political and electoral information.