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Trying not to fall out: the importance of non-political social ties in online political conversation.
- Source :
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Information, Communication & Society . Jun2020, Vol. 23 Issue 7, p963-979. 17p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- This paper explores evidence from a large scale, mixed methods investigation into political conversation in various online niches, uncovering a model of deliberation in which shared cultural or social ties – non-political ties – seem to play an important role in holding a quorum together and encouraging exchange of diverse opinion without breakdown of the community. A shared sense of community identity is important within this model, but robust and stable individual identities – usually in the form of pseudonyms, but which sometimes translate to offline identities among sub-sections of the community – play an important role, too. These shared community spaces may offer democratic benefits by facilitating the testing of balkanised perspectives found within personalised digital media structures against diverse counter-perspectives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1369118X
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Information, Communication & Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 144473452
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2018.1539758