Measuring Online Political Dialogue: Does Polarization Trigger More Deliberation?
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Resumo: | In recent years, we have witnessed an increasing consolidation of different realms where citizens can deliberate and discuss a variety of topics of general interest, including politics. The comments on news posts in online media are a good example. The first theoretical contributions called attention to the potential of those spaces to build a healthy (civic and participatory) public sphere, going much deeper in the process of political dialogue and deliberation (Fung, Gilman, & Shkabatur, 2013; Lilleker & Jackson, 2008; O’Reilly, 2005; Stromer-Galley & Wichowski, 2011). Polarization has been configured as a constant feature of the quality of the mentioned dialogues, particularly in Mediterranean countries (polarized pluralists’ cases). One of the research challenges at the moment has to do with the scrutiny of polarization within the political deliberation provoked by news stories. The goal of this article is the analysis of political dialogue from the perspective of the polarization in the increasingly popular network YouTube, which is presenting very particular characteristics. Using a sample of almost 400,000 posted comments about diverse topics (climate change, the Catalonian crisis, and Political parties’ electoral ads) we propose an automated method in order to measure polarization. Our hypothesis is that the number of comments (quantitative variable) is positively related to their polarization (qualitative variable). We will also include in the examination information about the ideological editorial line of newspapers, the type of topic under discussion, the amount of traceable dialogue, etc. We propose an index to (1) measure the polarization of each comment and use it to show how this value has behaved over time; and (2) verify the hypothesis using the average polarization of comments for each video. |
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Measuring Online Political Dialogue: Does Polarization Trigger More Deliberation?algorithms; polarization; public sphere; social media; text mining; YouTubeIn recent years, we have witnessed an increasing consolidation of different realms where citizens can deliberate and discuss a variety of topics of general interest, including politics. The comments on news posts in online media are a good example. The first theoretical contributions called attention to the potential of those spaces to build a healthy (civic and participatory) public sphere, going much deeper in the process of political dialogue and deliberation (Fung, Gilman, & Shkabatur, 2013; Lilleker & Jackson, 2008; O’Reilly, 2005; Stromer-Galley & Wichowski, 2011). Polarization has been configured as a constant feature of the quality of the mentioned dialogues, particularly in Mediterranean countries (polarized pluralists’ cases). One of the research challenges at the moment has to do with the scrutiny of polarization within the political deliberation provoked by news stories. The goal of this article is the analysis of political dialogue from the perspective of the polarization in the increasingly popular network YouTube, which is presenting very particular characteristics. Using a sample of almost 400,000 posted comments about diverse topics (climate change, the Catalonian crisis, and Political parties’ electoral ads) we propose an automated method in order to measure polarization. Our hypothesis is that the number of comments (quantitative variable) is positively related to their polarization (qualitative variable). We will also include in the examination information about the ideological editorial line of newspapers, the type of topic under discussion, the amount of traceable dialogue, etc. We propose an index to (1) measure the polarization of each comment and use it to show how this value has behaved over time; and (2) verify the hypothesis using the average polarization of comments for each video.Cogitatio2020-10-08info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v8i4.3149oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3149Media and Communication; Vol 8, No 4 (2020): The Ongoing Transformation of the Digital Public Sphere; 63-722183-2439reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3149https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v8i4.3149https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/3149/3149Copyright (c) 2020 Ignacio-Jesús Serrano-Contreras, Javier García-Marín, Óscar G. Luengohttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSerrano-Contreras, Ignacio-JesúsGarcía-Marín, JavierLuengo, Óscar G.2022-12-20T10:58:53Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3149Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:21:09.550213Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Measuring Online Political Dialogue: Does Polarization Trigger More Deliberation? |
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Measuring Online Political Dialogue: Does Polarization Trigger More Deliberation? |
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Measuring Online Political Dialogue: Does Polarization Trigger More Deliberation? Serrano-Contreras, Ignacio-Jesús algorithms; polarization; public sphere; social media; text mining; YouTube |
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Measuring Online Political Dialogue: Does Polarization Trigger More Deliberation? |
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Measuring Online Political Dialogue: Does Polarization Trigger More Deliberation? |
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Measuring Online Political Dialogue: Does Polarization Trigger More Deliberation? |
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Measuring Online Political Dialogue: Does Polarization Trigger More Deliberation? |
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Measuring Online Political Dialogue: Does Polarization Trigger More Deliberation? |
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Serrano-Contreras, Ignacio-Jesús |
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Serrano-Contreras, Ignacio-Jesús García-Marín, Javier Luengo, Óscar G. |
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García-Marín, Javier Luengo, Óscar G. |
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Serrano-Contreras, Ignacio-Jesús García-Marín, Javier Luengo, Óscar G. |
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algorithms; polarization; public sphere; social media; text mining; YouTube |
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algorithms; polarization; public sphere; social media; text mining; YouTube |
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In recent years, we have witnessed an increasing consolidation of different realms where citizens can deliberate and discuss a variety of topics of general interest, including politics. The comments on news posts in online media are a good example. The first theoretical contributions called attention to the potential of those spaces to build a healthy (civic and participatory) public sphere, going much deeper in the process of political dialogue and deliberation (Fung, Gilman, & Shkabatur, 2013; Lilleker & Jackson, 2008; O’Reilly, 2005; Stromer-Galley & Wichowski, 2011). Polarization has been configured as a constant feature of the quality of the mentioned dialogues, particularly in Mediterranean countries (polarized pluralists’ cases). One of the research challenges at the moment has to do with the scrutiny of polarization within the political deliberation provoked by news stories. The goal of this article is the analysis of political dialogue from the perspective of the polarization in the increasingly popular network YouTube, which is presenting very particular characteristics. Using a sample of almost 400,000 posted comments about diverse topics (climate change, the Catalonian crisis, and Political parties’ electoral ads) we propose an automated method in order to measure polarization. Our hypothesis is that the number of comments (quantitative variable) is positively related to their polarization (qualitative variable). We will also include in the examination information about the ideological editorial line of newspapers, the type of topic under discussion, the amount of traceable dialogue, etc. We propose an index to (1) measure the polarization of each comment and use it to show how this value has behaved over time; and (2) verify the hypothesis using the average polarization of comments for each video. |
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