Shaping Facebook and Twitter Public Spheres: The Case of Swiss Franc Mortgage Holders in Poland
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The article focuses on the online communication on Polish Facebook and Twitter around issues related to mortgage loans in Swiss francs. Based on 20k posts retrieved from both Facebook and Twitter, we found the most active actors and the most common topics appearing on those micro-public spheres. It was revealed that actors with institutional affiliation and those who are not affiliated discuss different problems and share dissimilar content related to Swiss franc debts. It was also found that certain categories of actors may influence online discussions on both social networking sites by promoting specific content in order to pursue their institutional interests. Finally, the diversity of topics and problems discussed by the two categories of actors identified on Facebook and Twitter suggest that Swiss franc mortgage holders are a good example of “connective action” with no clear identity or community traits that led to favourable judgment of the European Court of Justice.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/ks.2020.8.1.5-23
Date of publication: 2020-11-21 21:21:22
Date of submission: 2020-11-20 11:02:52
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