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Apart from the exchanging of information, an important role of conversation and communication is to promote social harmony through the maintenance of relationships. This is referred to as the ‘phatic’ function of communication. Indeed,... more
Many advocates of deliberative democracy see in the Internet a new opportunity for the development of public spaces, public spheres, and places where deliberation can take place. An important element of the notion of the public sphere in... more
Talking politics online is not exclusively reserved for those spaces dedicated to politics, particularly the everyday political talk crucial to the public sphere. However, past net-based public sphere research has focused mostly on... more
When musical parodies as ‘authentic imitations’ of existing artistic compositions or cultural memes are transmitted through social media, the general public may be provoked and confronted with mixed reactions on decency and other moral... more
With the introduction of the Internet, digital cameras, and smartphones, the selfie has emerged as an important trend. To date, research has focussed predominantly on homogenous groups of participants, examining if and why they portray... more
Este trabajo analiza los blogs de los diputados. A través de una metodología descriptiva, se identifican una serie de datos acerca de la actividad bloguera de los miembros del Congreso en 2012. Por un lado, el artículo se centra en... more
On the rapidly expanding social media in India, online users are witness to a routine exchange of abusive terms and accusations with the choicest swearwords hurled even for the seemingly non-inflammatory political debates. This paper... more
Ever since the advent of the Internet, political communication scholars have debated its potential to facilitate and support public deliberation as a means of revitalizing and extending the public sphere. Much of the debate has focused on... more
The aim of this study then is to move beyond politically oriented discussion forums by also examining the communicative practices of participants within fan-based forums. The focus is on how participants talk politics in online informal... more
Talking politics online is not exclusively reserved for politically-orientated discussion forums, particularly the everyday political talk crucial to the public sphere. People talk politics just about anywhere online from reality TV... more
Net-based public sphere researchers have examined online deliberation in numerous ways. However, most studies have focused exclusively on political discussion forums. This article moves beyond such spaces by analyzing political talk from... more
Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit dem politischen Engagement von Schweizer und Deutschen Digital Natives auf Facebook und der Rolle, welche Impression Management bei der Darstellung politischer Aktivität spielt. In einem ersten... more
Ambiguity is defined as a situation of inexactness, and is synonymous with the feelings of uncertainty and ambivalence. It is a state of mind that one might generally expect to find when discussing complex social and political issues with... more
Garland, C. (2014) ‘As Barriers Fall, Contingency Becomes Possibility: Protest Resisting and Escaping Containment and Categorization’, Part II Identity, Embodiment and Categorisation in Eds. Lamond, I. and Spracklen, K. 'Protests as... more
This chapter examines the arguments that blogs have transformed certain social practices. The chapter is divided intro three sections: section one provides a brief history of blogs and an examination of the term blog. Sections two and... more
[Ensaio para o Nexo*] Questões sobre imunização de crianças contra o novo coronavírus não são uma tentativa de promover o engajamento cívico da população em torno de uma questão controversa. Nos objetivos, na forma e na substância, o que... more
Exploring the cases of India and Ethiopia, this article develops the concept of “extreme speech” to critically analyze the cultures of vitriolic exchange on Internet-enabled media. While online abuse is largely understood as “hate... more
Net neutrality often gets treated as a sort of technocratic squabble over ownership and control of internet pipes. But in fact it speaks to a core social contract between government, corporations, and the public. What it really comes down... more
Net-based public sphere researchers have questioned whether the internet presents the public sphere with a new opportunity for the development of public spaces where free, equal and open deliberation among citizens can flourish. However,... more