南非的黑人推特和数字反公共团体

Kealeboga Aiseng
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技术的发展使互联网成为社会的重要工具。学者们认为,互联网支持更具审议性的民主。然而,学者们也对互联网在政治事务中的作用提出了担忧。尽管学者们一致认为互联网促进了更广泛的公共讨论,但在许多方面,互联网的 "虚拟公共领域 "仍然反映了现有的社会结构。Twitter 已成为许多南非人常用的社交媒体平台。这导致 Twitter 用户形成了一个虚拟社区,参与主要与南非黑人有关的实时讨论。南非黑人 Twitter 被用于社会、政治和经济动机。本研究论证了 Black Twitter 作为南非数字反公共网络的实践。研究的目的是揭示南非黑人如何将 Black Twitter 用作南非边缘化群体的数字反公共网络。研究将调查 Black Twitter 作为数字反公共机构所面临的潜在挑战和机遇。本研究利用数字人种学方法,收集了 2022 年 Black Twitter 的推文数据集,重点关注那些涉及社会、政治和经济问题的推文。在这些特定主题标签下,共识别出 70 多万条推文。
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Black Twitter and Digital Counterpublics in South Africa
The growth of technology has made the Internet an essential tool in society. Scholars have argued that the Internet supports a more deliberative democracy. However, scholars have also raised concerns about the role of the Internet in political matters. While scholars agree that the Internet has facilitated broader public discussion, in many regards, its ‘virtual public sphere’ still mirrors existing social structures. Twitter has become a common social media platform for many South Africans. This has led to a virtual community of Twitter users engaged in real-time discourses primarily related to Black South Africans. Black Twitter in South Africa is used for social, political, and economic motivations. This study argues for the practice of Black Twitter as a digital counterpublic in South Africa. The aim is to spotlight how black people in South Africa have used Black Twitter as a digital counterpublic for the marginalized groups within South Africa. The research will investigate the potential challenges and opportunities associated with Black Twitter functioning as a digital counterpublic. Utilizing digital ethnography, the study gathered a dataset of tweets from Black Twitter in 2022, focusing on those addressing social, political, and economic issues. More than 700,000 tweets were identified under these specific thematic hashtags.
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