Weaving the internet together: Imagined communities in newspaper comment threads

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Highlights:

• A qualitative analysis of comments published in two British online newspapers.

• Explored the emergence of imagined communities in minimal circumstances.

• Posters treat each other as identifiable individuals.

• Newspapers common threads are shown to share a common history.

• Humour is also used to build a sense of community.

摘要

•A qualitative analysis of comments published in two British online newspapers.•Explored the emergence of imagined communities in minimal circumstances.•Posters treat each other as identifiable individuals.•Newspapers common threads are shown to share a common history.•Humour is also used to build a sense of community.

论文关键词:Trolling,Discursive psychology,Imagined communities,Deindividuation

论文评审过程:Received 23 July 2015, Revised 10 February 2016, Accepted 11 February 2016, Available online 23 February 2016, Version of Record 23 February 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.049