Struggle in 140 characters: Twitter as recognition arena for the paralympic athletes

The lack of interest of the traditional media in covering the Paralympic Games puts Twitter as an important space of visibility and recognition of disabled athletes. This article analyses the content of 1.238 (n=1.238) posts made by the Brazilian Paralympic Committee account (@cpboficial) and 9.132...

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Autor: Anacleto, Helen Cristine Almeida
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Institución:Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em Comunicação e Política (Compolítica)
Repositorio:Revista Compolítica
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.compolitica.ojsbrasil.com.br:article/347
Acceso en línea:https://revista.compolitica.org/index.php/revista/article/view/347
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Twitter
Atletas paralímpicos
Jogos Paralímpicos
Luta por reconhecimento
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Sumario:The lack of interest of the traditional media in covering the Paralympic Games puts Twitter as an important space of visibility and recognition of disabled athletes. This article analyses the content of 1.238 (n=1.238) posts made by the Brazilian Paralympic Committee account (@cpboficial) and 9.132 (n=9.132) tweets made by users of the social networks with the hashtag #JogosParalimpicos, all posted during the event in Brazil. After this, the paper finds three types of recognition expressed to the athlets: Institucional; Sportive and Affective/Ideological. The results are analysed under Nancy Fraser and Axel Honneth’s discussion of theory of recognition.