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The high deliberative quality of political conversation among citizens is a valuable component when taking political decisions. However, online discussions often do not correspond to deliberative standards which can be found in the theory of deliberative democracy. In this paper, argumentation (reasoning) and communicative culture (civility and incivility) as the most relevant parameters of deliberation are analyzed in order to assess the quality of Russian and American social networks' deliberation. The research is based on a methodology of discourse analysis which allows to identify the deliberative quality of political discourse. The article presents the results of online discussions' analysis on significant issues in the Russian and American socio-political discourses - the court verdict of Alexei Navalny and the second impeachment of Donald Trump. As an empirical basis of study, online discussions on the pages of Vkontakte social network of four Russian media and discussions of four American media on Facebook are used. The authors conclude that social media deliberation as a form of public dialogue in Russia is poorly developed in terms of argumentation and culture of speech while American online deliberation is more developed, reasoned, polite and respectful.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of Central and Eastern European e|Dem and e|Gov Days 2022 |
Subtitle of host publication | Hate Speech and Fake News - Fate or Issue to Tackle?, CEEeGov 2022 |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
Pages | 6-11 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450397667 |
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State | Published - 22 Sep 2022 |
Event | 2022 Central and Eastern European eDem and eGov Days: Hate Speech and Fake News - Fate or Issue to Tackle?, CEEeGov 2022: Hate Speech and Fake News - Fate or Issue to Tackle& - Университет государственной службы, Budapest, Hungary Duration: 22 Sep 2022 → 23 Sep 2022 http://ceeegov2022.ocg.at |
Name | ACM International Conference Proceeding Series |
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Conference | 2022 Central and Eastern European eDem and eGov Days: Hate Speech and Fake News - Fate or Issue to Tackle?, CEEeGov 2022 |
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Country/Territory | Hungary |
City | Budapest |
Period | 22/09/22 → 23/09/22 |
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