Graham, T orcid.org/0000-0002-5634-7623 and Wright, S (2014) Discursive Equality and Everyday Talk Online: The Impact of “Superparticipants”. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 19 (3). pp. 625-642. ISSN 1083-6101
Abstract
Empirical studies of online debate almost universally observe a “dominant” minority of posters. Informed by theories of deliberative democracy, these are typically framed negatively—yet research into their impact on debate is scant. To address this, a typology of what we call super-participation (super-posters, agenda-setters and facilitators) is developed and applied to the http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/ forum. Focusing on the first of these, we found 2,052 superposters (0.4%) contributing 47% of 25m+ posts. While superposters were quantitatively dominant, qualitative content analysis of the discursive practices of 25 superposters (n=40,044) found that most did not attempt to stop other users from posting (curbing) or attack them (flaming). In fact, in contradiction to the received wisdom, super-posters discursively performed a range of positive roles.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014, Wiley. This is an author produced version of a paper in Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | deliberation; political talk; public sphere; virtual community |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Media & Communication (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Oct 2017 09:40 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jan 2018 23:51 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/jcc4.12016 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:113488 |