Democratising and enlightening? Investigating the role of social media in the democratisation of the public sphere, political deliberation and public
This thesis contributes to the social media literature by focusing on the role and potential of social media in (i) political participation and access to the public sphere; (ii) political deliberation and viewpoint diversity, and (iii) public opinion. This thesis is a compendium of four stand-alone...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repositorio: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/674581 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/674581 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | xarxes socials redes sociales social networks participació política participación política political participation esfera pública public sphere deliberació política deliberación política political deliberation diversitat diversidad diversity opinió pública opinión pública public opinion Ciències socials 316 |
| Sumario: | This thesis contributes to the social media literature by focusing on the role and potential of social media in (i) political participation and access to the public sphere; (ii) political deliberation and viewpoint diversity, and (iii) public opinion. This thesis is a compendium of four stand-alone papers. Through a multi-country, mixed-methods and interdisciplinary approach building upon previous knowledge from communication and political sciences, it provides a broad, yet integrated, assessment of some of the political ramifications of social media communication. The overarching conclusion of this research is that despite early optimism, the democratising potential of social media does not seem to have materialised, at least not to the extent that some early theorists had envisioned. |
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