"Go, vote, and tweet it": Interactivity in online protest-related discussions about the 2014 Catalan Referendum for Independence Articles
Overview
published in
publication date
- August 2021
start page
- 3864
end page
- 3886
volume
- 15
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1932-8036
abstract
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While studies abound that examine protest-related citizen communicative behaviors
taking place online, there is still a limited understanding of the factors associated with
social media users engagement in 2-way interactive exchanges about the issue of protest.
Using discussion threads as the unit of analysis, this study looks at potential predictors
associated with users engagement in interactive discussions in the context of the 2014
Catalan Referendum of Independence. Results show low overall levels of interactivity in
discussions, with user status, media content sharing, negative emotion, and linguistic and
ideological heterogeneity being related to lower interactivity levels. Findings are discussed
within the framework of collective expressive modes of online citizen participation.
Classification
keywords
- political discussion; twitter; social movements; interactivity; expressive participation