Performing control in the Swedish Twitter sphere or: How a 1920s' Russian linguist helps us understand dynamics of digital authority

Social media has created new public spheres that provide alternative sources of social and political authority. Such “digital authority” has conventionally been interpreted in metric terms, without qualitative distinctions. Based on Twitter data from four different Swedish state agencies during the...

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Main Authors: Jaakko Turunen, Steffen Werther, Walid Al-Saqaf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Political Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpos.2022.946985/full