Communications patterns and power dynamics in the digital public sphere: a case study of the conversation about Minimum Living Income on Twitter

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• dc.contributor.author Pérez-Altable, Laura
• dc.contributor.author Serrano-Tellería, Ana
• dc.date.accessioned 2023-06-16T06:15:50Z
• dc.date.available 2023-06-16T06:15:50Z
• dc.date.issued 2021
• dc.description.abstract In 2020, in the midst of the first wave of the pandemic, the Spanish Government approved the implementation of the Minimum Living Income, a non-contributory benefit under the Spanish social security system that guarantees a minimum income for those in need of one. Drawing on previous work of Stefania Vicari et al. (2018) about the use of political hashtag publics and counter-visuality on the Italian Twittersphere, we analysed patterns of communication among users on Twitter. Thus, this paper contributes to existing research on the deliberative process within the digital sphere, with a particular focus on power structures and communication patterns. Findings show that digital-born media, politicians and political parties play a central role in the discussion through mention and quoted tweets practices, but not in the production of new messages, while ordinary users are more likely to be retweeted. This would suggest a tendency towards retransmitting and disseminating content produced by ordinary users more than official sources.
• dc.description.sponsorship This work is part of the project ‘News, networks and users in the hybrid media system. Transformation of media industries and the news in the post-industrial era’ (RTI2018-095775-BC43), funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Competitiveness (2019-2021).
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• dc.identifier.citation Pérez-Altable L, Serrano-Telleria A. Communications patterns and power dynamics in the digital public sphere: a case study of the conversation about Minimum Living Income on Twitter. Eur Public Soc Innov Rev. 2021;6(1):1-15. DOI: 10.31637/epsir.21-1.1
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.31637/epsir.21-1.1
• dc.identifier.issn 2529-9824
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/57186
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Universidad del País Vasco
• dc.relation.ispartof European Public & Social Innovation Review. 2021;6(1):1-15.
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/RTI2018-095775-B-C43
• dc.rights © 2021 Laura Pérez Altable, Ana Serrano-Telleria. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
• dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
• dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• dc.subject.keyword digital public sphere
• dc.subject.keyword Twitter
• dc.subject.keyword Minimum Living Income
• dc.subject.keyword power dynamics
• dc.title Communications patterns and power dynamics in the digital public sphere: a case study of the conversation about Minimum Living Income on Twitter
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
• dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion