Amplifying Counter-Public Spheres on Social Media: News Sharing of Alternative Versus Traditional Media After the 2019 Chilean Uprising

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dc.contributor.authorLuna, Juan Pablo
dc.contributor.authorToro, Sergio
dc.contributor.authorValenzuela, Sebastian
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T21:12:09Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T21:12:09Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractWhile much research exists on the role of digital media use in protest movements, few studies compare the long-term impact of protests on online use of alternative and mainstream digital media. This holds particularly true in countries of the global south. Our study addresses this knowledge gap by examining the massive demonstrations that occurred in Chile on 18 October 2019. Based on data from 1,221,487 Facebook posts from 31 media outlets collected 10 months before and after the protests, we detected significant discontinuities in users' interactions with news content. Whereas both media types display different baseline levels, for alternative media, the time series reflects a "step" type of shock-a long-lasting increase in news sharing-whereas for mainstream media, it is a "pulse" type of shock-a burst of interactions that quickly returned to pre-existing levels. These results suggest that social media users relied on alternative news media to amplify counterpublic spheres in Chile.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/20563051221077308
dc.identifier.issn2056-3051
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/20563051221077308
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/93646
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000765340300001
dc.issue.numero1
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaSocial media + society
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectalternative media
dc.subjectmainstream media
dc.subjectnews sharing
dc.subjectFacebook
dc.subjectprotests
dc.subjectsocial movements
dc.subjectChile
dc.titleAmplifying Counter-Public Spheres on Social Media: News Sharing of Alternative Versus Traditional Media After the 2019 Chilean Uprising
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen8
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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