Online deliberation and beyond? A time-based and comparative study of Danish political debates online

<p class="abstract">This article discusses online political debates in Denmark over a time period from 2001 to 2011 and compares three different online debates in 2011. By taking a time-based as well as a comparative perspective, it examines whether online debates have come closer to...

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Main Author: Jakob Linaa Jensen
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Sammenslutningen af Medieforskere i Danmark (SMID) 2014-04-01
Series:MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research
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Online Access:http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/mediekultur/article/view/16327
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description <p class="abstract">This article discusses online political debates in Denmark over a time period from 2001 to 2011 and compares three different online debates in 2011. By taking a time-based as well as a comparative perspective, it examines whether online debates have come closer to deliberative ideals of democracy and how online debates differ in form and content. The article particularly addresses the interplay between everyday and political discussions. It is demonstrated that shifts between the two forms of discussion often happen abruptly and that even people who tend not to become involved politically in a formal sense happily discuss politics in more informal, non-political settings. Furthermore, the article expands our understanding of demographic differences in political participation in debates online. All this helps enhance and broaden our concept of democracy in an online setting. </p>
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spelling doaj.art-38d974d1d86845c2ac3e8ad2a2f588212022-12-22T03:44:53ZdanSammenslutningen af Medieforskere i Danmark (SMID)MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research0900-96711901-97262014-04-01305615508Online deliberation and beyond? A time-based and comparative study of Danish political debates onlineJakob Linaa Jensen0Aarhus University<p class="abstract">This article discusses online political debates in Denmark over a time period from 2001 to 2011 and compares three different online debates in 2011. By taking a time-based as well as a comparative perspective, it examines whether online debates have come closer to deliberative ideals of democracy and how online debates differ in form and content. The article particularly addresses the interplay between everyday and political discussions. It is demonstrated that shifts between the two forms of discussion often happen abruptly and that even people who tend not to become involved politically in a formal sense happily discuss politics in more informal, non-political settings. Furthermore, the article expands our understanding of demographic differences in political participation in debates online. All this helps enhance and broaden our concept of democracy in an online setting. </p>http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/mediekultur/article/view/16327internetdebatesdemocracyparticipation
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Online deliberation and beyond? A time-based and comparative study of Danish political debates online
MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research
internet
debates
democracy
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title Online deliberation and beyond? A time-based and comparative study of Danish political debates online
title_full Online deliberation and beyond? A time-based and comparative study of Danish political debates online
title_fullStr Online deliberation and beyond? A time-based and comparative study of Danish political debates online
title_full_unstemmed Online deliberation and beyond? A time-based and comparative study of Danish political debates online
title_short Online deliberation and beyond? A time-based and comparative study of Danish political debates online
title_sort online deliberation and beyond a time based and comparative study of danish political debates online
topic internet
debates
democracy
participation
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