Euphoria and Pessimism in Internet Times. Towards a Rereading of the Political Effects of Social Media in the Light of Mediations

Authors

  • Paul Maquet Makedonski Valdeavellano Instituto de Comunicación e Imagen, Universidad de Chile https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2430-6739

    Comunicador por la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú y con máster en Periodismo Ambiental por el Instituto Internacional de Formación Ambiental (IFEA), actualmente cursa el magíster en Comunicación Política en la Universidad de Chile. Ha sido docente de la carrera de Periodismo en la Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya y docente coordinador del Observatorio Universitario de Medios de la misma universidad y la Fundación Mohme, en el cual ha publicado informes de observación sobre la cobertura mediática de temas de género, corrupción, desastres naturales, entre otros.

    pmaquet@pucp.pe

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18800/conexion.202002.002

Keywords:

social media, politics, media effects, public opinion, mediations

Abstract

The article seeks to situate the contemporary debate around the supposed effects of the Internet and social media on politics, in light of the longstanding discussion about media effects. In this line, it draws attention to the persistence of a certain «technical ideology» that presumes a capacity of technologies to directly and decisively influence political and social transformations, to highlight a political debate around institutional and economic mediations, social uses, and cultural mediations in the development of these media.

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Published

2020-12-12

How to Cite

Makedonski Valdeavellano, P. M. (2020). Euphoria and Pessimism in Internet Times. Towards a Rereading of the Political Effects of Social Media in the Light of Mediations. Conexión, (14), 39–62. https://doi.org/10.18800/conexion.202002.002

Issue

No. 14 (2020): Collective Action and Social Media

Section

Politics and communication in times of social media

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