Diplomacia digital sudamericana: enfoques antes y después de la crisis ruso-ucraniana

Tănase Tasențe; Mari-Isabella Stan

doi:10.7764/cdi.57.66393

Authors

Tănase Tasențe Ovidius University of Constanța, Constanța, Romania https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3164-5894
Mari-Isabella Stan Ovidius University of Constanța, Constanța, Romania https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7509-4038

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.57.66393

Keywords:

diplomacia digital; guerra ruso-ucraniana; presidentes sudamericanos; reacciones en Twitter; diplomacia electrónica.

Abstract

En la era digital, la diplomacia fusiona métodos tradicionales con herramientas como las redes sociales. La diplomacia electrónica promueve el diálogo global, pero la desinformación es un obstáculo. Este estudio evaluó las reacciones en Twitter de 11 líderes sudamericanos ante la agresión rusa a Ucrania en 2022. Utilizando Fanpagekarma y RStudio, se analizaron los tuits de febrero a abril de 2022 para determinar el sentimiento y la participación. Las respuestas variaron: Maduro apoyó a Rusia, Fernández abogó por la paz, Lasso y da Silva parecían neutrales, Alí y Benítez guardaron silencio, Castillo se centró en Ucrania, Chile defendió el derecho internacional, Brasil se mostró neutral, y Perú salvaguardó a su pueblo. La diplomacia en línea de América del Sur refleja diversas respuestas a las acciones de Rusia.

Author Biographies

Tănase Tasențe, Ovidius University of Constanța, Constanța, Romania

Tănase Tasențe, lecturer and ERASMUS coordinator at the Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences at Ovidius University in Constanța. He holds a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, and a Ph.D. in Communication Sciences, and another master's degree in European Administration, Institutions, and Public Policies. He has written over 100 scientific papers and six books, focusing on the use of social media by institutions and on public policy strategies.

Mari-Isabella Stan, Ovidius University of Constanța, Constanța, Romania

Mari-Isabella Stan, lecturer at the Department of Administrative and Social Sciences, Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences at Ovidius University, Constanța, Romania. She completed from two master's programmes in Coastal Engineering and Public Policy and Public Administration in 1998 and 2002, respectively, and obtained her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering in 2007. Her research interests include coastal engineering, urbanism, project management, and maritime spatial planning.

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