Fandom and polarization in online political discussion : from pop culture to politics

Fandom and polarization in online political discussion : from pop culture to politics / Renee Barnes.

This book takes an innovative fan studies approach to investigating one of the most pressing issues of contemporary times: polarization. Drawing on three years of observational data from Facebook political discussions, as well as interviews and survey responses from those heavily engaged in online p...

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Main Author: Barnes, Renee (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Subjects:
Social media > Political aspects.
Polarization (Social sciences) > Political aspects.
Social media > Political aspects
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Polarization, fandom and meeting in the middle
  • Getting down in the muck : polarization and online debate
  • Finding the fan and anti-fan : fan studies as an interpretative frame for political polarization
  • Loving to hate : fandom fuelling polarized behaviour
  • Can we debate away the hate?
  • 'Fake news,' polarization and fan-like behaviours
  • Conclusion: Politics and the political informed by fandom

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