2018
DOI: 10.29107/rr2018.3.2
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Addressing audience through defining action: a rhetorical examination of civility and audience engagement on two online discussion forums

Abstract: Web 2.0's progressive use of personalizing algorithms has dangerously situated users into fi lter bubbles, or digital habitus. This insulated nature leaves users with an inability to engage civilly with others during online dialogues. This work examines how users on the sites Facebook and Countable frame and address online audiences, paying attention to the correlation between civility and action beyond the online dialogue. Through careful analyses on the respective comment threads, this work fi nds that the c… Show more

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“…A representative of a social identity only solidifi es that social identity's position and fails to unite the people under both identities together under a commonality. However, Hope (2018) found that instrumental deliberation demonstrates a commonality among constituents, represented by their lack of blaming members of oppositional viewpoints, instead focusing any disdain on political leaders who tend to foster dichotomous negativity.…”
Section: Attacking the Oppositionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A representative of a social identity only solidifi es that social identity's position and fails to unite the people under both identities together under a commonality. However, Hope (2018) found that instrumental deliberation demonstrates a commonality among constituents, represented by their lack of blaming members of oppositional viewpoints, instead focusing any disdain on political leaders who tend to foster dichotomous negativity.…”
Section: Attacking the Oppositionmentioning
confidence: 99%