The impact of ‘super-participants’ on everyday political talk
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6085135 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Scott Wright (0000-0002-4087-9916) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 155-172 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-07 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Language and Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1569-2159 • E-ISSN: 1569-9862 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/jlp.17033.wri |
| OpenAlex | W2772597461 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 27 |
This article analyses the impact of “super-participants” – people who create lots of content, set the agenda, or moderate debates – on everyday online political talk in a non-political online discussion forum – or “third space”. The article finds that there was extensive evidence of super-participation in the forum, and that they did impact the nature of political talk
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| Citations per year | 0.6 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |