Esferas públicas, crisis política e internet: el surgimiento electoral de Podemos

Jerez, Ariel; Maceiras, Sergio D’Antonio; Maestu, Enrique Balmaseda

doi:10.1590/s0104-59702015000500003

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“…The name of the party comes from one of the slogans of the movement, 'Yes we can'. This political party produced a program for the 2014 European elections that included a wide range of citizen demands that were discussed at its assemblies between May 15 and June 12 in the Plaza del Sol in Madrid, as well as the assemblies they held at other cities of Spain (Jerez et al 2015). The political program was developed collectively with debates and contributions online as well as through citizen circles in cities, towns and neighborhoods.…”

Section: Fake News Misinformation and Propaganda To Distort And Mainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Citizen Engagement in the Contemporary Era of Fake News: Hegemonic Distraction or Control of the Social Media Context?

2019

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Social media platforms have gained prominence worldwide over the past decade. Texts, images, recordings/podcasts, videos and innovations of all sorts have been created, and can be shared and disseminated, including fake news in all of its dimensions. By playing supposedly a neutral political role, social media platforms are accessible to users, generally without discrimination, in addition to being a lure and target for certain/targeted constituencies. Political parties and politicians have proved that they can shape, influence and win elections through social media and strategies such as 'Twiplomacy'. Social media has the potential to be a democratizing force, yet corporate, neoliberal and hegemonic forces have a tethered grip that can control large swaths of what is happening. This article presents a case study of Spain in relation to fake news, disinformation and misinformation concerning immigration, underscoring that fake news in Spain, like elsewhere, has a long-standing foundation. We explore citizen engagement in the era of social media, referencing as well fake news in Europe and the USA, and make connections with the potential for media literacy as a means to more effectively navigate the murky waters of vast, interwoven online/offline, formal/informal, mainstream/alternative experiences, identities and realities. Lastly, we discuss the implications and consequences for media literacy and democracy, which, we believe, needs to be a central feature of the debate.

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Section: Fake News Misinformation and Propaganda To Distort And Mainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Citizen Engagement in the Contemporary Era of Fake News: Hegemonic Distraction or Control of the Social Media Context?

2019

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“…Lukács, 2009Lukács, [1924). Populist left-wing parties represent a working class without differences, as the 99% against the "casta", the establishment (Jerez et al, 2015), constituting a "emancipatory" imagined community against the "natural" idea of nation used traditionally by the elites in order to divide the proletariat (Luxemburg, 1976(Luxemburg, [1907).…”

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Migrants and 'Patria'. The imagined community of the radical left in Spain

Lobera¹

2020

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The emergence of inclusive populist parties disputes the social construction of the ‘people’ to the exclusive populism, recently generating new academic debates. Do the new radical left parties have a nationalist character? Are populism and nationalism two inseparable dimensions? Drawing on an original dataset in Spain, this article shows that Podemos’ supporters are significantly less nationalist, expressing more open attitudes towards cultural diversity and immigration, and lower levels of Spanishness than voters from other parties. Arguably, Podemos operates as an antagonistic political option to the traditional positions of the populist radical right (PRR), building an inclusive imagined community around a type of constitutional patriotism or republican populism. These findings contribute to the scholar debate on the relationship of nationalism and populism, bringing to discussion the core values of the supporters of a populist party as a complementary element to its categorization.

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“…Besides the messages about requests for funds, the mentions referencing the party or its leaders and the promoting of campaign events, there was also a big visibility of social movements, such as 15M, which articulate the party discourse in Facebook (Jerez et al, 2015). Thus, social networks would have been used to amplify the impact of television: the appearances are initially uploaded to YouTube, and then Twitter and Facebook are used to react to them (Rueda Laffond, 2015).…”

Section: The Emerging Academic Interest In Podemos and Its Online Strmentioning

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“…Apart from social networking, this political party has also been adding other tools to its organisational methods for discussion and voting: Plaza Podemos (Podemos Square), Reddit or Agora Voting, etc. Other scholars have also begun to use these tools to see if these innovations assist in achieving their goals to increase citizen participation in decision-making (Jerez et al, 2015;Fenoll and Sanchez Castillo, 2015). In this study, the analysis of Facebook is combined with that of the website; in both cases for elections with different scope to the European elections -the regional elections.…”

Section: The Emerging Academic Interest In Podemos and Its Online Strmentioning

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Podemos in the Regional Elections 2015: Online Campaign Strategies in Castile and León

Calvo

Farpón

Garrido

2017

RIPS

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Internet has revolutionized many aspects in the way that political parties communicate. The Network has induced a complete transformation of the political strategies used during election campaigns to spread their message to the electorate. Politicians use social networks and digital platforms to promote their messages and to communicate with citizens during these periods of time. Facebook has proven to be one of the most effective networks in this regard. The party Podemos was born in 2014 in Spain, surrounded by a deep economic, institutional and political crisis. This political party promises to be a real hope to the negative situation of the country. In the recent years, Podemos has aroused the interest of social scientists because of the innovative way they use social networks. This paper explores the cybercampaign strategies that Podemos used during the 2015 Castile and León regional elections, a region where the population is very different from the party’s average voter. To this end, a quantitative analysis of their activity on Facebook and their website was made during the regional election campaign. The results of this study allow us to observe an ordinary use of the digital tools by Podemos that highlights the engagement achieved with users in Facebook.

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Esferas públicas, crisis política e internet: el surgimiento electoral de Podemos

Cited by 10 publications

References 4 publications

Citizen Engagement in the Contemporary Era of Fake News: Hegemonic Distraction or Control of the Social Media Context?

Citizen Engagement in the Contemporary Era of Fake News: Hegemonic Distraction or Control of the Social Media Context?

Migrants and 'Patria'. The imagined community of the radical left in Spain

Podemos in the Regional Elections 2015: Online Campaign Strategies in Castile and León

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