Journal
MEDIA CULTURE & SOCIETY
Volume 38, Issue 5, Pages 664-685Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0163443715620924
Keywords
Facebook; political conversation; political participation; public sphere; social media; Twitter
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- Aarhus University's Research Foundation
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Political conversations are according to theories on deliberative democracy essential to well-functioning democracies. Traditionally, these conversations have taken place in face-to-face settings, for example, in party meetings and town meetings. However, social media such as Facebook and Twitter offer new possibilities for online political conversations between citizens and politicians. This article examines the presence on Facebook and Twitter of Members of the Danish National Parliament, the Folketing, and focusses on a quantitative mapping of the political conversation activities taking place in the threads following Facebook posts from Danish Members of Parliament (MPs). The article shows that, in comparison with previous findings from other countries, Danish MPs have a relatively high degree of engagement in political conversations with citizens on Facebook - and that a large number of citizens follow MPs, read posts from the MPs and discuss politics with them and other citizens via the posts made by the MPs.
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