Wright, S, Graham, T orcid.org/0000-0002-5634-7623 and Jackson, D (2016) Third Space, Social Media and Everyday Political Talk. In: Bruns, A, Enli, G, Skogerbø, E, Larsson, AO and Christensen, C, (eds.) The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics. Routledge , New York , pp. 74-88. ISBN 978-1138860766
Abstract
Theoretical and empirical research into online politics to date has primarily focused on what might be called formal politics or on how activists and social movements utilize social media to pursue their goals. However, in this chapter, we argue that there is much to be gained by investigating how political talk and engagement emerges in everyday, online, lifestyle communities: i.e. third spaces. Such spaces are not intended for political purposes, but rather – during the course of everyday talk – become political through the connections people make between their everyday lives and the political/social issues of the day. In this chapter, we develop a theoretically informed argument for research that focuses on everyday informal political talk in online third spaces.
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Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2016 16:17 |
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