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Facebook as “third space”

Triggers of political talk in news about nonpublic affairs

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ID12972121
AuthorsIgnacio Siles (0000-0002-9725-8694, Twitter (United States), corresponding author), Larissa Tristán-Jiménez (0000-0002-3095-4919, Twitter (United States))
Year2020
Volume18
Issue2
Pages164-179
Publication date2020-10-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Information Technology & Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1933-169X • E-ISSN: 1933-1681
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19331681.2020.1835780
OpenAlexW3094612630
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited19

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

Aesthetics · Criticism · Identity (music · Media studies · News media · Political communication · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Relevance (law · Sociology · Computer Science · Digital Communication and Language · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics

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