Título del artículo
Liberal Individualist, Communitarian, or Deliberative? Analyzing Political Discussion on Facebook Based on Three Notions of Democracy
Autores/as
Lidia Valera Ordaz
Resumen
This study explores the democratic value of political discussion on Facebook using theory triangulation and operationalizing three models of democracy. It aims to determine which democratic model offers the best account of the benefits of Facebook discussions and to explore whether this varies according to the ideology and history of the political party hosting them. An analysis of 2,800 comments published on the Facebook websites of four Spanish political parties reveals that the discussions generally serve communitarian and deliberative purposes and, to a much smaller extent, liberal individualist goals. Results highlight significant differences related to the parties’ ideology and history. Discussions on right-wing websites lean more liberal individualist, whereas those on left-wing parties’ sites favor a more communitarian dynamic. Moreover, conversations hosted by new political parties are more communitarian and civil in tone than those hosted by traditional parties.
Palabras clave
Facebook, public discussion, democracy, public sphere, content analysis
Publicación
International Journal of Communication
Volumen
13
Año
2019
Páginas
21
Enlace de acceso al contenido
https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/8309/2584
REFERENCIA COMPLETA
Valera Ordaz, Lidia (2019). «Liberal Individualist, Communitarian, or Deliberative? Analyzing Political Discussion on Facebook Based on Three Notions of Democracy». International Journal of Communication, v. 13, p. 21.
