The visibility of the financial scandal of ‘Panama Papers’ on Twitter: the case of Sebastián Piñera in Chile
This article seeks to contribute to the discussion about the role of online media in cases of public interest, in this case a financial political scandal (Thompson, 2001). For this, it was inquired into how it becomes visible (Thompson, 2001 & 2005), through Twitter, the link between the preside...
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| author | Camila Pérez Lagos Camila Cabral Salles |
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| description | This article seeks to contribute to the discussion about the role of online media in cases of public interest, in this case a financial political scandal (Thompson, 2001). For this, it was inquired into how it becomes visible (Thompson, 2001 & 2005), through Twitter, the link between the presidential candidate Sebastián Piñera and the scandal over tax havens, in particular, the case of the ‘Panama Papers’. The months of the presidential candidacy were set as the time limit, concluding in the first round of the presidential elections in Chile (between March 21 and November 19, 2017). It was concluded that on Twitter the scandal is visible through three main acts: discredit, face and take position, and two secondary acts, placed between them: unmask and federate. In this sense, social networks allow us to establish a space for questioning current democracies, for interaction with other “traditional” communication media, and ultimately to debate issues that affect citizens, as in this case the creation of Companies in tax havens by a former president and current presidential candidate. As Cardon (2010) points out, Internet expands the public space, transforming the nature of democracy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e97ed2aaefee474ba06a2285b3f0ed9d2022-12-21T22:50:56ZengUniversidad Rey Juan CarlosIndex Comunicación2444-32392174-18592018-10-0183105134250The visibility of the financial scandal of ‘Panama Papers’ on Twitter: the case of Sebastián Piñera in ChileCamila Pérez Lagos0Camila Cabral Salles1Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3This article seeks to contribute to the discussion about the role of online media in cases of public interest, in this case a financial political scandal (Thompson, 2001). For this, it was inquired into how it becomes visible (Thompson, 2001 & 2005), through Twitter, the link between the presidential candidate Sebastián Piñera and the scandal over tax havens, in particular, the case of the ‘Panama Papers’. The months of the presidential candidacy were set as the time limit, concluding in the first round of the presidential elections in Chile (between March 21 and November 19, 2017). It was concluded that on Twitter the scandal is visible through three main acts: discredit, face and take position, and two secondary acts, placed between them: unmask and federate. In this sense, social networks allow us to establish a space for questioning current democracies, for interaction with other “traditional” communication media, and ultimately to debate issues that affect citizens, as in this case the creation of Companies in tax havens by a former president and current presidential candidate. As Cardon (2010) points out, Internet expands the public space, transforming the nature of democracy.http://journals.sfu.ca/indexcomunicacion/index.php/indexcomunicacion/article/view/412redes socialesTwitterescándalo financiero‘panama papers’actos de habla. |
| spellingShingle | Camila Pérez Lagos Camila Cabral Salles The visibility of the financial scandal of ‘Panama Papers’ on Twitter: the case of Sebastián Piñera in Chile Index Comunicación redes sociales escándalo financiero ‘panama papers’ actos de habla. |
| title | The visibility of the financial scandal of ‘Panama Papers’ on Twitter: the case of Sebastián Piñera in Chile |
| title_full | The visibility of the financial scandal of ‘Panama Papers’ on Twitter: the case of Sebastián Piñera in Chile |
| title_fullStr | The visibility of the financial scandal of ‘Panama Papers’ on Twitter: the case of Sebastián Piñera in Chile |
| title_full_unstemmed | The visibility of the financial scandal of ‘Panama Papers’ on Twitter: the case of Sebastián Piñera in Chile |
| title_short | The visibility of the financial scandal of ‘Panama Papers’ on Twitter: the case of Sebastián Piñera in Chile |
| title_sort | visibility of the financial scandal of panama papers on twitter the case of sebastian pinera in chile |
| topic | redes sociales escándalo financiero ‘panama papers’ actos de habla. |
| url | http://journals.sfu.ca/indexcomunicacion/index.php/indexcomunicacion/article/view/412 |
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