Fandom and Polarization in Online Political Discussion

From Pop Culture to Politics

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Palgrave Macmillan


Paru le : 2022-12-12



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This book takes an innovative fan studies approach to investigating one of the most pressing issues of contemporary times: polarization. Drawing on three years of observational data from Facebook political discussions, as well as interviews and survey responses from those heavily engaged in online political debate, Barnes argues a fan-like investment in a political perspective initiates and drives polarization. She calls on us to move beyond the traditional Habermasian approach to political discussion, which privileges the rational and deliberative, and instead focus on how we perform the self. How we behave in these online debates is part of a performance, a performance of self, in which an affective investment in a particular political perspective drives a need to contribute, refute and ‘other’ those opposing. Because this performance stems from an emotional basis, judgments and contributions are often not rational or factual, but rather a form of establishing and defending an identity.
Pages
164 pages
Collection
n.c
Parution
2022-12-12
Marque
Palgrave Macmillan
EAN papier
9783031140389
EAN PDF
9783031140396

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1
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16
Taille du fichier
3523 Ko
Prix
137,14 €
EAN EPUB
9783031140396

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1
Nombre pages imprimables
16
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1915 Ko
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137,14 €

Renne Barnes is senior lecturer in Journalism at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia.

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