2016
DOI: 10.3916/c47-2016-01
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Watching and tweeting: Youngsters’ responses to media representations of resistance

Abstract: There has been considerable debate about the potential of social media to promote new democratic practices and active citizenship. However, the participation of young people in social networks seems to go in a more playful than ideological direction. This article discusses youngsters’ activity in Twitter simultaneously with the television viewing of two films: «V for Vendetta» and «The Hunger Games». As both films address social and political issues, we intend to identify whether youngsters referred to ideolog… Show more

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“…Most of the opinions that consumers share in these videos are linked to what Sunstein (2010) calls the "cascade of conformism", as these comments are very brief messages that reaffirm the message of the majority. Similar results were obtained by Torrego and Gutiérrez (2016) in their study on the participation of young people in the social network Twitter. Clua, Ferran-Ferrer and Terren (2018) argue that even when young people organise mobilisation actions in social networks, their possibilities of influencing public discourse are very limited: "The political demands of young Spaniards do not achieve the status of controversies needed to be included in debates in the public sphere".…”
Section: The Exploitation Of Online Creativitysupporting
confidence: 86%
“…Most of the opinions that consumers share in these videos are linked to what Sunstein (2010) calls the "cascade of conformism", as these comments are very brief messages that reaffirm the message of the majority. Similar results were obtained by Torrego and Gutiérrez (2016) in their study on the participation of young people in the social network Twitter. Clua, Ferran-Ferrer and Terren (2018) argue that even when young people organise mobilisation actions in social networks, their possibilities of influencing public discourse are very limited: "The political demands of young Spaniards do not achieve the status of controversies needed to be included in debates in the public sphere".…”
Section: The Exploitation Of Online Creativitysupporting
confidence: 86%
“…Mucho se ha hablado del potencial de las redes sociales para fomentar nuevas prácticas democráticas y de ciudadanía activa, donde diversos autores (Castells, 2015;Meneses, 2014) indican que se están volviendo en un verdadero contrapoder, ya que están trastocando el ritmo de la democracia y las prácticas políticas, facilitando la participación y deliberación política, y creando alternativas paralelas a la esfera pública. Sin embargo, la participación de los jóvenes en ellas parece ir en una dirección más lúdica que ideológica como demuestran en su investigación Torrego González y Gutiérrez Martín (2016); posiblemente como consecuencia del desinterés que la participación en la esfera pública y política despierta en la generación «selfie» (González Anleo, 2016).…”
Section: La E-ciudadanía: Hacia El Desarrollo De La Ciudadanía Críticaunclassified
“…La participación en las redes sociales ha modificado las prácticas democráticas y la relación entre ciudadanía y Estado (Torrego & Gutiérrez, 2016). De acuerdo con Baek (2015), los sitios de redes sociales (SNS) influyen en la intención de voto, de hecho, ésta se incrementa entre los usuarios no votantes cuando utilizan SNS a través de mensajes políticos que reciben de amigos o conocidos.…”
Section: Marco Teóricounclassified