Curators of digital counterpublics: Mapping alternative news environments in Sweden and Denmark
This article maps and compares digital alternative news environments in two Scandinavian countries: Sweden and Denmark. Drawing on an analysis of over 20,000 public social media accounts that have shared alternative news content on eight different social media platforms from January 2019 to March 20...
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| description | This article maps and compares digital alternative news environments in two Scandinavian countries: Sweden and Denmark. Drawing on an analysis of over 20,000 public social media accounts that have shared alternative news content on eight different social media platforms from January 2019 to March 2022, we document the importance of different types of curators, such as political actors, social media pundits, public discussion groups, and individual “hyper-tweeters”, in multiplying the reach of alternative news content on social media. The analysis reveals substantial differences in the digital curation of alternative news between the two countries, as well as between the curation of left-wing and right-wing alternative content. In the article, we discuss how different types of alternative news curation practices contribute to the formation of digital counterpublics. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e085d8522c0147c6908a5971e5f0a74d2025-02-02T15:48:50ZengSciendoNordicom Review2001-51192024-03-0145s19211910.2478/nor-2024-0009Curators of digital counterpublics: Mapping alternative news environments in Sweden and DenmarkMayerhöffer Eva0Kristensen Jakob Bæk1Ramsland Tim2Department of Communication and Arts, Roskilde University, DenmarkDepartment of Communication and Arts, Roskilde University, DenmarkDepartment of Communication and Arts, Roskilde University, DenmarkThis article maps and compares digital alternative news environments in two Scandinavian countries: Sweden and Denmark. Drawing on an analysis of over 20,000 public social media accounts that have shared alternative news content on eight different social media platforms from January 2019 to March 2022, we document the importance of different types of curators, such as political actors, social media pundits, public discussion groups, and individual “hyper-tweeters”, in multiplying the reach of alternative news content on social media. The analysis reveals substantial differences in the digital curation of alternative news between the two countries, as well as between the curation of left-wing and right-wing alternative content. In the article, we discuss how different types of alternative news curation practices contribute to the formation of digital counterpublics.https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2024-0009alternative mediadigital news environmentsnews curationcounterpublicsnews sharing |
| spellingShingle | Mayerhöffer Eva Kristensen Jakob Bæk Ramsland Tim Curators of digital counterpublics: Mapping alternative news environments in Sweden and Denmark Nordicom Review alternative media digital news environments news curation counterpublics news sharing |
| title | Curators of digital counterpublics: Mapping alternative news environments in Sweden and Denmark |
| title_full | Curators of digital counterpublics: Mapping alternative news environments in Sweden and Denmark |
| title_fullStr | Curators of digital counterpublics: Mapping alternative news environments in Sweden and Denmark |
| title_full_unstemmed | Curators of digital counterpublics: Mapping alternative news environments in Sweden and Denmark |
| title_short | Curators of digital counterpublics: Mapping alternative news environments in Sweden and Denmark |
| title_sort | curators of digital counterpublics mapping alternative news environments in sweden and denmark |
| topic | alternative media digital news environments news curation counterpublics news sharing |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2024-0009 |
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