TrumpenMexico. Transnational connective action on Twitter and the border wall dispute
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12484292 |
|---|---|
| Authors | María Elena Meneses (0000-0001-8590-388X, Tecnológico de Monterrey, corresponding author), Alejandro Martín-del-Campo (0000-0001-9584-2486, Tecnológico de Monterrey), Héctor A Rueda-Zárate (0000-0002-4909-3880, Universidad Independiente) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 55 |
| Pages | 39-48 |
| Publication date | 2018-02-13 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comunicar (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1134-3478 • E-ISSN: 1887-0198 |
| Publisher | Grupo Comunicar Ediciones (PUBLISHER • ES) |
| DOI | 10.3916/c55-2018-04 |
| OpenAlex | W2795038220 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 20 |
This article aims to identify how digital public opinion was articulated on Twitter during the visit of the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to Mexico City in 2016 by invitation from the Mexican government, which was preceded by the threat to construct a border wall that Mexico would pay for. Using a mixed methodology made up of computational methods such as data mining and social network analysis combined with content analysis, the authors identify conversational patterns and the structures of the net-works formed, beginning with this event involving the foreign policy of both countries that share a long border. The authors study the digital media practices and emotional frameworks these social network users employed to involve themselves in the controversial visit, marked by complex political, cultural and historical relations. The analysis of 352,203 tweets in two languages (English and Spanish), those most used in the conversations, opened the door to an understanding as to how transnational public opinion is articulated in connective actions detonated by newsworthy events in distinct cultural contexts, as well as the emotional frameworks that permeated the conversation, whose palpable differences show that Twitter is not a homogeneous universe, but rather a set of universes co-determined by sociocultural context. El presente artículo busca identificar cómo se articuló la opinión pública digital en la red social Twitter durante la visita del entonces candidato republicano Donald Trump a la Ciudad de México en el año 2016 por invitación del gobierno mexicano que fue precedida de la amenaza de construir un muro fronterizo que pagaría México. Mediante una metodología mixta compuesta por métodos computacionales tales como minería de datos y análisis de redes sociales combinado con análisis de contenido se identifican los patrones de la conversación y las estructuras de redes que se conformaron a partir de este acontecimiento de la política exterior de ambas naciones que comparten una extensa frontera. Se estudiaron las prácticas mediáticas digitales y los encuadres emocionales con los cuales los usuarios de esta red social se involucraron en la controversial visita marcada por una compleja relación política, cultural e histórica. El análisis de 352.203 tuits en dos idiomas (inglés y español), los más utilizados en las conversaciones, permitió comprender cómo se articula la opinión pública transnacional en acciones conectivas detonadas por eventos noticiosos en contextos culturales distintos, así como los encuadres emocionales que permearon la conversación, cuyas diferencias palpables demuestran que cuando se habla de Twitter no se trata de un universo homogéneo, sino de un conjunto de universos codeterminados por el contexto sociocultural
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| Citations per year | 0.57 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |