Is There Room for Connective Democracy Within the Discussions About a New Constitution on Social Media? The Case of Chile in the Months Leading Up to the 2020 Plebiscite.

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dc.article.number20563051251329069
dc.catalogadorgrr
dc.contributor.authorLópez Escarcena, Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorOrtega Gunckel, Constanza
dc.contributor.authorGronemeyer, María Elena
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-14T18:13:23Z
dc.date.available2025-04-14T18:13:23Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractIn October 2019, widespread protests began in Chile after the government announced an increase in transport fare, which gave way to several social demands. A month later, politicians from different sectors reached an understanding that would open the possibility of writing a new Constitution. Two clear sides emerged: those in favor (Approve) and those against (Reject) the new constitutional project, which would be voted on in a plebiscite in October 2020. In this article, we examine the extent to which this period in Chile involved feelings of dislike or even hatred toward those who think differently, a key element of affective polarization, an increasing phenomenon that sparked the emergence of the concept of connective democracy. The study focuses on the reactions on X/Twitter and YouTube to four TV programs (Tolerancia cero, Pauta libre, A esta hora se improvisa, and Estado nacional) that broadcasted political discussions in the months before the 2020 plebiscite. Our methodology is a qualitative textual analysis, which shows that even though the comments include both negative outparty feelings and negative trait perceptions, as well as positive, informative, and hybrid comments, this does not drift them away from connective democracy. On the contrary, connective democracy still values this type of exchanges, as they allow us to reflect on how the quality and interactions of these connections can be improved.
dc.description.funderCONICYT Fondo de Estudios Pluralismo en el Sistem
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2025-04-14
dc.format.extent11 páginas
dc.fuente.origenSIPA
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/20563051251329069
dc.identifier.issn2056-3051
dc.identifier.scopusidScopus_ID:2-s2.0-105001597131
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/2056305125132906
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/103229
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001454811900001
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Ciencia Política; Ortega Gunckel, Constanza; 0000-0001-9182-3827; 206584
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Comunicaciones; Gronemeyer, María Elena; 0000-0003-1034-0538; 60838
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Comunicaciones; López Escarcena, Ignacio; 0000-0002-9859-5369; 143562
dc.issue.numero1
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido completo
dc.revistaSocial Media + Society
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.rights.licenseCC BY-NC 4.0 Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectPolitical communication
dc.subjectConnective democracy
dc.subjectSocial media
dc.subjectX/Twitter
dc.subjectYouTube
dc.subject.ddc300
dc.subject.deweyCiencias socialeses_ES
dc.titleIs There Room for Connective Democracy Within the Discussions About a New Constitution on Social Media? The Case of Chile in the Months Leading Up to the 2020 Plebiscite.
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen11
sipa.codpersvinculados206584
sipa.codpersvinculados60838
sipa.codpersvinculados143562
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