dc.contributor.author
Toepfl, Florian
dc.contributor.author
Piwoni, Eunike
dc.date.accessioned
2018-07-04T09:06:58Z
dc.date.available
2018-07-04T09:06:58Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/22404
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-213
dc.description.abstract
This study illustrates how the emphasis structure of counterpublic discourses surfacing online can be predicted by that of the dominant publics that these counterpublics—at the argumentative level—so resolutely oppose. Deploying a single common case study design, the article scrutinizes a counterpublic discourse that surfaced in the comment sections of Germany’s opinion-leading news websites in the week after the surprising electoral success of a new anti-Euro party, the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). Quantitative content analysis identifies 75% of all comments posted (N = 2955) to all articles about the AfD (N = 19) as part of an anti-Euro counterpublic. While this counterpublic sharply opposed the editorial lines of Germany’s unanimously pro-common-currency media, it still aligned its efforts closely with this dominant public—albeit at a deeper level. As the findings demonstrate, the frequencies with which commenters adopted six emphasis frames were significantly predicted by the frequencies of these frames in mainstream news.
en
dc.format.extent
17 Seiten
de_DE
dc.rights.uri
http://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/refubium/rechtliches/Nutzungsbedingungen
de_DE
dc.subject
Comment sections
en
dc.subject
content analysis
en
dc.subject
counterpublics
en
dc.subject
political communication
en
dc.subject
public sphere
en
dc.subject.ddc
300 Sozialwissenschaften::320 Politikwissenschaft::320 Politikwissenschaft
de_DE
dc.title
Targeting dominant publics: How counterpublic commenters align their efforts with mainstream news
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dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
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dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1177/1461444817712085
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
New Media & Society
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
5
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
20
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444817712085
de_DE
dcterms.rightsHolder.note
SAGE Journal Permissions
dcterms.rightsHolder.url
https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/journals-permissions
refubium.affiliation
Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften
de_DE
refubium.affiliation.other
Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
refubium.funding
OpenAccess Allianz Programm (OAAP)
de_DE
refubium.note.author
Funding: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by an Emmy Noether research grant sponsored by the German Research Foundation DFG.
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no
de_DE
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.issn
1461-4448
dcterms.isPartOf.issn
1461-7315