Videoactivism and social practices in Rio de Janeiro

Between 2013 and 2014 Brasil saw the emerge of a new kind of social protest. Thousands of people began to organise all over the country using social networks. Activist made full use of the internet and especially the social networks as a form of organisation, mobilisation and protest. They created collectives of media activists and used the internet as a vehicle for the photos, texts, videos and documentaries of the mobisations, assemblies and occupations they produced. This was often live coverage. In this way they managed to counter the official discourse of big media, imposing another narrative, creating new ways to protest, protect themselves and denounce policial violence.