Title: Facebook – a false utopia? Authors: Anton Furuland & Dominic Chennaya Principal research question: Is the political polarization increasing on and through Facebook? Theoretical frame: Identification theory, selective exposure theory, spiral of silence Method/Material: Semi-structured interviews which provided our material Main Results: Our research has shown a tendency for increased political polarization on Facebook. Number of pages: 58 Course: Media and communication studies C Department: Department of informatics University: Uppsala University Period: HT 2014 Tutor: Amelie Hössjer Keywords: Political polarization, Facebook, political debate, selective exposure, identification
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-243050 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Furuland, Anton, Chennaya, Dominic |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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