Facebook as “third space”

Triggers of political talk in news about nonpublic affairs

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12972121
AutoresIgnacio Siles (0000-0002-9725-8694, Twitter (United States), autor correspondente), Larissa Tristán-Jiménez (0000-0002-3095-4919, Twitter (United States))
Ano2020
Volume18
Fascículo2
Páginas164-179
Data de publicação2020-10-20
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Information Technology & Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1933-169X • E-ISSN: 1933-1681
EditoraRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19331681.2020.1835780
OpenAlexW3094612630
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas19

This paper builds on recent work on “third spaces” to analyze political talk in comments on news about nonpublic affairs. It draws on content and discourse analyses of comments on news published by a leading Costa Rican media organization on Facebook. The article develops five categories of issues that triggered political talk (institutionality, identity, political inclinations, factual aspects, and criticism of the media) and examines the discursive strategies through which these comments became political. This allowed to broaden understanding of the political relevance of discussions about nonpublic affairs on social media

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