Affective polarization in a Facebook group, between hateful subjectivities and populist agonisms. Case #Culiacanazo, Mexico

This article analyzes affective polarization in a Facebook group on public and historical issues. Through a critical discourse analysis of the 10 most engaged posts during a specific period, in which the "#Culiacanazo" (the failed operation to capture a drug trafficker during the Andrés Ma...

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Autores: Iturralde Chaparro, Enrique, Iturralde, Enrique
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Científica del Sur
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Científica del Sur
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.cientifica.edu.pe:article/2216
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.cientifica.edu.pe/index.php/desdeelsur/article/view/2216
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Affective polarization
Post-Marxism
Populist agonism
Critical discourse analysis
Digital social networks
Polarización afectiva
Posmarxismo
Agonismo populista
Análisis Crítico del Discurso
Redes sociales digitales
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Sumario:This article analyzes affective polarization in a Facebook group on public and historical issues. Through a critical discourse analysis of the 10 most engaged posts during a specific period, in which the "#Culiacanazo" (the failed operation to capture a drug trafficker during the Andrés Manuel López Obrador administration) was prominent on social media, it was found that affective content predominated over deliberative content. If for political science, polarization threatens liberal democracies, for post-Marxist perspectives, like populist agonism, they are also forms of political participation. This, in the context of Latin American countries, whose social complexity requires an understanding beyond bourgeois liberal rationality.