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    Participation and deliberation: a case study of readers’ comments to news stories on the Brazilian presidential campaign

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    The Internet has created new “dialogical spaces” (Oblak, 2005) where issues of common concern can be discussed, serving to democratize the public sphere. As a potential deliberative section and a civic forum, readers’ comments in newspapers’ websites constitute a locus for public debate and ideas exchange provided by the mainstream media. As a case study, this article intends to assess the quality of audience participation in online news sites, by analysing the readers’ comments in the news about the Brazilian presidential campaign (September-November 2010) in the online versions of two Portuguese newspapers

    Veículos de Publicação e Preparação de Submissões para Revistas Científicas

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    Participação e deliberação: um estudo de caso dos comentários às notícias sobre as eleições presidenciais brasileiras

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    Enquanto ambiente comunicacional, a Internet comporta inequívocas potencialidades para o debate público, criando “espaços dialógicos” nos quais os participantes têm a possibilidade de discutir assuntos de interesse colectivo (Oblak, 2005). Constituindo-se como um espaço potencialmente deliberativo, os comentários às notícias nos websites dos meios de comunicação tradicionais permitem, neste contexto, a expressão de opinião acerca de um determinado tema. Este artigo apresenta um estudo de caso na avaliação da qualidade da deliberação pública online, através da análise dos comentários às notícias sobre as eleições presidenciais brasileiras (Outubro-Novembro de 2010) nas versões online de dois jornais portugueses (Público eExpresso)

    Medir o agenda-setting nos comentários dos leitores às eleições legislativas de 2015

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    O presente estudo propõe o uso dos comentários dos leitores como objeto para medir os fenómenos de agenda-setting. A análise de frequência de palavras é o método escolhido para operacionalizar a avaliação do agenda-setting. O método proposto foi testado numa amostra de 741 artigos e 52.064 comentários do jornal Expresso, que englobam um período de cinco semanas entre 4 de setembro e 10 de outubro de 2015. A análise de frequência de palavras permitiu não só avaliar quais os temas abordados pelo jornal que mais ecoaram nos comentários, mas também estudar o processo inverso, ou seja, quais os temas abordados pelos comentadores que foram sub-representados nas notícias.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

    Online forums, audience participation and modes of political discussion: readers’ comments on the Brazilian presidential election as a case study

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    The Internet has created new “dialogical spaces”1 where issues of common concern can be discussed, serving to democratize the public sphere. However, some scholars express doubts about the quality of the debates that occur in the online environment, pointing out the fragmentation, the incivility or even the anonymity as major problems that may undermine the expansion of the online public sphere. As a potential deliberative section and a civic forum, readers’ comments in newspapers’ websites constitute a locus for public debate and ideas exchange provided by the mainstream media. As a case study, this article intends to assess the quality of audience participation in online news sites, by analysing the readers’ comments in the news about the Brazilian presidential campaign (September- November 2010) in the online versions of two Portuguese newspapers. --------------------------------------------------- Internet ha creado nuevos "espacios dialógicos" donde se discuten temas de interés común, que sirven para democratizar la esfera pública. Sin embargo, algunos expertos dudan sobre la calidad de los debates que se producen en el entorno en línea, señalando la fragmentación, la falta de civismo o incluso el anonimato como los principales problemas que pueden menoscabar la expansión de la esfera pública en línea. Como parte deliberativa potencial y un foro cívico, los comentarios en los periódicos de los lectores de páginas web constituyen un lugar para el debate público y el intercambio de ideas aportadas por los principales medios de comunicación. Como estudio de caso, este artículo tiene la intención de evaluar la calidad de la participación del público en los sitios de noticias en línea, mediante el análisis de los comentarios de los lectores en las noticias sobre la campaña presidencial de Brasil (septiembre-noviembre de 2010) en las versiones en línea de los dos diarios portugueses

    Using the Portuguese case to establish lines of differentiation

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    UID/CCI/04667/2016While a far from recent phenomenon, fake news has acquired a very special significance in the wake of the latest US elections. Against a broad background of different definitions and subtypes that require us to find a new, broader definition of the concept of fake news, the main debate about it concerns its scope and reach, which vary primarily in terms of intentionality and exactly how it disrupts the information process. With the discussion also focusing on the threats to (McChesney, 2014; Fisher, 2018) and opportunities for (Beckett, 2017) journalism itself, we seek to expand the debate on fake news to its impact on the dimension of trust in news. The starting point is Fletcher and Nielsen’s (2017) idea that, because they don’t make a clear distinction between real and fake news, Internet users feel a generalised sense of distrust in the media. Using data from the latest (2018) Reuters Digital News Report survey of a representative sample of the Portuguese Internet-using population, we describe the main reasons why the Portuguese (increasingly familiar with fake news and disinformation and their impacts) have been displaying higher levels of trust in news than counterparts in other countries, such as the United States –reasons that are linked to Portugal’s media system and historical context.publishersversionpublishe
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