@article{ref1,
title="Politicians and racism on Twitter: citizen reactions and new forms of social participation",
journal="International and multidisciplinary journal of social sciences",
year="2022",
author="Alcaraz, Antonia Olmos",
volume="11",
number="1",
pages="82-103",
abstract="This paper is a study case that analyses the various functioning logics of racism and anti-racism in Twitter, specifically following the publication of a polemic tweet against immigration by Pablo Casado, president of PP, which aligns itself on the conservative &quot;right&quot; of Spanish politics. The aim is to provide knowledge -still scarce in research on the subject- on the characteristics of racist discourse -and its confrontation- in digital spaces. It is a case study analysing how the selected political discourse, as elite discourse, elicits reactions and provokes social participation in digital spaces. <br><br>METHODologically, it is based on Twitter content analysis, utilizing both quantitative (frequency of topics) and qualitative (articulation of arguments) approaches. We worked through the NVivo analysis software and selected a sample of tweets, that were then coded and analysed in depth, responding to the politician's overall message. The results point to the existence of a strong rejection to the politician's words. However, there was an absence of a visibly explicit and significant anti-racism in the ensuing retorts. The support received for his racist comment was in the minority, although some were very aggressive.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2014-3680",
doi="10.17583/rimcis.9909",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.17583/rimcis.9909"
}