Cuba to Debate: The Politicization of Online Conversations on Migration in the Cubadebate Site
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Jan 6, 2019
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Online Conversation, Politicization, Cuba, Migration, Cubadebate
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The article discusses elements of the process of politicization of online conversations about migration in the Cuban site Cubadebate. The migration issue in the Cuban imaginary of the revolutionary period becomes a controversial scene that promotes discussion hubs about values, demands, concerns and wishes from the commentators that participate. Through the analysis of content, discussion threads, discursive architecture and the social environment that characterizes this forum, we compare conversations from 2012 and 2017 regarding the development of reciprocity, the formulation of sensitive issues and the extrapolation to external environments. It was demonstrated that to the extent that the subjects improve a logic of communicative interaction, technologically mediated, they have more possibilities of politically getting involved, tend to be more creative in the elaboration of the discourse and proactive in the proposal of solutions to the problems that they have collectively identified. This research aims to contribute to the development of studies on politicization of online conversations in societies that undergo transformations in a political and connectivity culture fields, particularly those not aligned with the patterns of Western democracy.
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Ramírez-Hernández, E. B., Salgueiro-Marques, í‚ngela C., & Sá-Martino, L. M. (2019). Cuba to Debate: The Politicization of Online Conversations on Migration in the Cubadebate Site. Razón Y Palabra, 22(3_102), 418–438. Retrieved from https://revistarazonypalabra.org/index.php/ryp/article/view/1266
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Leyva, A. & Somohano, A. (2008). Los intelectuales y la esfera política en Cuba: el debate sobre políticas culturales. Temas, 56, 44-55.
Maia, R. C. M. & Rezende T. A. (2016). Respect and Disrespect in Deliberation across the Networked Media Environment: Examining Multiple Paths of Political Talk. Journal of Computer Mediated Communication 21, pp. 121–39.
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Weltevrede, E. & Borra, E. (2016). Platform affordances and data practices: The value of dispute on Wikipedia. Big Data & Society, v. 3, n. 1, p. 1–16.
Wilhelm, A. (2000). Democracy in the digital age: challenges to political life in cyberspace. London: Routledge.
Witschge, T. (2008). Examining online public discourse in context: a mixed method approach. Javnost-the public, 15, 2, 2008, 75-92.
Wood, M. & Flinders, M. (2014). Rethinking depoliticisation: beyond the governmental. Policy & Politics, 42(2), 151-170.
Wright, S. & Street, J. (2007). Democracy, deliberation and design: the case of online discussion forums. New media & society, v. 9, n. 5, p. 849-869.
Wyatt, R. O.; Kim. E. & Kim. J. (2000). Bridging the spheres: Political and personal conversation in public and private spaces. Journal of communication, v. 50, n. 1, p. 71-92.