This article provides evidence in favour of social media serving as facilitators of public deliberation, in contrast with the hypothesis that emphasises the dominance of the “echo chamber” effect. It focuses on conversational interactions on Twitter between supporters from opposite sides in a potentially highly polarised political issue, i.e. the debate on the independence of Catalonia, which is used as a case study. Methodologically we rely on a random sample of communications on the Twitter reply network, involving for and against independence supporters. Remarkably, despite the tendency of forming homophilic networks, we find that communication across political lines is relatively frequent. Furthermore, heterogeneous conversations (where...
Scholars have debated whether social media platforms, by allowing users to select the information to...
Social media is transforming relations among members of parliaments, but are members taking advanta...
Looking at the case of the Catalonia independence debate, Joan Balcells and Albert Padró-Solanet fin...
This article provides evidence in favour of social media serving as facilitators of public deliberat...
This article provides evidence in favour of social media serving as facilitators of public deliberat...
Social media is transforming relations among members of parliaments, but are members taking advantag...
[EN] In the last decade, social media gained a very significant role in public debates, and despite ...
A growing body of research has examined the uptake of social media by politicians, the formation of ...
Homophily, the tendency of people to have ties with those who are similar, is a fundamental pattern ...
In recent years, we have witnessed an increasing consolidation of different realms where citizens ca...
Traditionally, political polarization has been an important topic of analysis on the social and pol...
In the last decade, social media gained a very significant role in public debates, and despite the m...
Homophily, the tendency of people to have ties with those who are similar, is a fundamental pattern ...
Social media is transforming relations among members of parliaments, but are members taking advantag...
Scholars have debated whether social media platforms, by allowing users to select the information to...
Social media is transforming relations among members of parliaments, but are members taking advanta...
Looking at the case of the Catalonia independence debate, Joan Balcells and Albert Padró-Solanet fin...
This article provides evidence in favour of social media serving as facilitators of public deliberat...
This article provides evidence in favour of social media serving as facilitators of public deliberat...
Social media is transforming relations among members of parliaments, but are members taking advantag...
[EN] In the last decade, social media gained a very significant role in public debates, and despite ...
A growing body of research has examined the uptake of social media by politicians, the formation of ...
Homophily, the tendency of people to have ties with those who are similar, is a fundamental pattern ...
In recent years, we have witnessed an increasing consolidation of different realms where citizens ca...
Traditionally, political polarization has been an important topic of analysis on the social and pol...
In the last decade, social media gained a very significant role in public debates, and despite the m...
Homophily, the tendency of people to have ties with those who are similar, is a fundamental pattern ...
Social media is transforming relations among members of parliaments, but are members taking advantag...
Scholars have debated whether social media platforms, by allowing users to select the information to...
Social media is transforming relations among members of parliaments, but are members taking advanta...
Looking at the case of the Catalonia independence debate, Joan Balcells and Albert Padró-Solanet fin...