Interactivity and deliberative democracy in the Mexican digital journalism

The article discusses the role of the Mexican online journalism in fostering a virtual public sphere according to the ideals of deliberative democracy. The paper discusses a qualitative analysisof three of the most important digital news sites and a quantitative analysis to 1 390 comments to their n...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Frankenberg, Lorena
Format: Article
Status:Published version
Publication date:2014
Country:México
Institution:UDG
Repository:Comunicación y Sociedad
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:comunicacionysociedad.cucsh.udg.mx:article/65
Online Access:https://www.comunicacionysociedad.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/comsoc/article/view/65
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Deliberative democracy
online journalism
interactivity
participation
Democracia deliberativa
periodismo digital
interactividad
participación
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Summary:The article discusses the role of the Mexican online journalism in fostering a virtual public sphere according to the ideals of deliberative democracy. The paper discusses a qualitative analysisof three of the most important digital news sites and a quantitative analysis to 1 390 comments to their national news ítems. These platforms offer limited spaces for participation and the discussions are scarce and lack of solid arguments, tolerance and congruency.