Discussing Trump’s America Online - Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova

Discussing Trump’s America Online

Digital Commenting in China, Mexico and Russia
Buch | Softcover
XI, 247 Seiten
2024 | 2023
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-18982-1 (ISBN)
139,09 inkl. MwSt

This book offers a novel, grounded-theory approach to the study of online comments about Donald Trump and the USA in countries with a turbulent relation with America: China, Mexico and Russia.

Slavtcheva-Petkova advocates for a departure from Jürgen Habermas's public sphere and democratic deliberative framework, introducing instead the concept of post-deliberative public spheres. The book provides a qualitative thematic analysis via the constant comparison method, coupled with quantitate content analysis of more than 2200 social media comments posted from Trump's election in 2016 until July 2020. Three empirical chapters are devoted to the countries under study, showing how it is possible to map the comments onto a spectrum of authoritarianism/censored media to democracy/free media. Slavtcheva-Petkova argues that existence and strength of an underpinning ideology and the scope that ideology leaves for constructive political discussions online is of key importance, exploring themes such as identity, patriotism and populism; democracy; power and responsibility.

Timely and innovative, 'Trump's America Online' astutely displays how post-deliberative public spheres are valuable spaces for political talk despite the challenges they face across the globe.


Dr Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova is a Senior Lecturer in Communications and Media Studies at the University of Liverpool, UK. She is the author of Global Journalism: An Introduction (with Professor Michael Bromley), Russia's Liberal Media: Handcuffed but Free and Young People, Media and Politics in the Digital Age.

Part I Conceptualizing Online Comments from a Global Perspective.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Post-Deliberative Public Spheres: Beyond Democratic Deliberation and the Public Sphere Framework.- 3 Studying Global Online Discussions: A Grounded Theory Approach.- Part II Global Virtual Discussions About Trump and the USA.- 4 Online Comments About Trump and the USA in China .- 5 Online Comments About Trump and the USA in Russia .- 6 Online Comments About Trump and the USA in Mexico.- 7 Conclusion


Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo XI, 247 p. 8 illus.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Kommunikationswissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Medienwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Allgemeines / Lexika
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Systeme
Schlagworte Argumentation • Democracy • Donald Trump • Habermas • Public sphere • Putin • Social Media • trade war • USA
ISBN-10 3-031-18982-5 / 3031189825
ISBN-13 978-3-031-18982-1 / 9783031189821
Zustand Neuware
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt?
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich