A deliberative public sphere? Picturing Portuguese political blogs

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Autor(a) principal: Silva, Elsa Costa e
Data de Publicação: 2014
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/63394
Resumo: Deliberative democracies are based on the principle of citizens’ participation. However, election turnouts and citizens’ alienation are signs of a political disengagement that could endanger the foundations of democratic systems. The spaces in which political debate and rational argumentation between equals may take place have diminished, yet new digital technologies have brought up potentialities in the promotion of online, horizontal and deliberative communication. Political blogs have been one of the most studied platforms, as they allow citizens engaged in political discussion and argumentation to establish a public sphere in which matters of public concern are debated. Nonetheless, issues of political polarization, fragmentation and non-rational debate have also been pointed out to limit the most optimistic perspectives over political blogs. By using the social network analysis, this paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the role of Portuguese political blogs, by assessing its level of deliberation.
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spelling A deliberative public sphere? Picturing Portuguese political blogsPolitical blogsDeliberationParticipationPublic sphereHyperlinksSocial Network AnalysisCiências Sociais::Ciências da ComunicaçãoDeliberative democracies are based on the principle of citizens’ participation. However, election turnouts and citizens’ alienation are signs of a political disengagement that could endanger the foundations of democratic systems. The spaces in which political debate and rational argumentation between equals may take place have diminished, yet new digital technologies have brought up potentialities in the promotion of online, horizontal and deliberative communication. Political blogs have been one of the most studied platforms, as they allow citizens engaged in political discussion and argumentation to establish a public sphere in which matters of public concern are debated. Nonetheless, issues of political polarization, fragmentation and non-rational debate have also been pointed out to limit the most optimistic perspectives over political blogs. By using the social network analysis, this paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the role of Portuguese political blogs, by assessing its level of deliberation.This research was supported by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and co-funded by the European Social Fund in the framework of the Programa Operacional Potencial Humano (POPH) of QREN (SFRH / BD / 45400 / 2008)OberComUniversidade do MinhoSilva, Elsa Costa e20142014-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/63394engSilva, E. C. (2014). A deliberative public sphere? Picturing Portuguese political blogs. Observatorio (OBS*) Journal, 8(4), 187-204. https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS8420147561646-595410.15847/obsOBS842014756http://obs.obercom.pt/index.php/obs/article/view/756info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:23:09Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/63394Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:16:48.296689Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A deliberative public sphere? Picturing Portuguese political blogs
title A deliberative public sphere? Picturing Portuguese political blogs
spellingShingle A deliberative public sphere? Picturing Portuguese political blogs
Silva, Elsa Costa e
Political blogs
Deliberation
Participation
Public sphere
Hyperlinks
Social Network Analysis
Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Comunicação
title_short A deliberative public sphere? Picturing Portuguese political blogs
title_full A deliberative public sphere? Picturing Portuguese political blogs
title_fullStr A deliberative public sphere? Picturing Portuguese political blogs
title_full_unstemmed A deliberative public sphere? Picturing Portuguese political blogs
title_sort A deliberative public sphere? Picturing Portuguese political blogs
author Silva, Elsa Costa e
author_facet Silva, Elsa Costa e
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Silva, Elsa Costa e
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Political blogs
Deliberation
Participation
Public sphere
Hyperlinks
Social Network Analysis
Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Comunicação
topic Political blogs
Deliberation
Participation
Public sphere
Hyperlinks
Social Network Analysis
Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Comunicação
description Deliberative democracies are based on the principle of citizens’ participation. However, election turnouts and citizens’ alienation are signs of a political disengagement that could endanger the foundations of democratic systems. The spaces in which political debate and rational argumentation between equals may take place have diminished, yet new digital technologies have brought up potentialities in the promotion of online, horizontal and deliberative communication. Political blogs have been one of the most studied platforms, as they allow citizens engaged in political discussion and argumentation to establish a public sphere in which matters of public concern are debated. Nonetheless, issues of political polarization, fragmentation and non-rational debate have also been pointed out to limit the most optimistic perspectives over political blogs. By using the social network analysis, this paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the role of Portuguese political blogs, by assessing its level of deliberation.
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