Open AccessEmotive and Positive Political Communication on Facebook: The Case of Argentinean Leaders
Author(s) -
Raquel Tarullo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
romanian journal of communication and public relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.175
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2344-5440
pISSN - 1454-8100
DOI - 10.21018/rjcpr.2020.1.286
Subject(s) - emotive , politics , social media , political communication , digital media , social psychology , political science , space (punctuation) , period (music) , psychology , sociology , media studies , public relations , computer science , law , aesthetics , anthropology , operating system , philosophy
The communication that political leaders have performed on social media in recent years demands constant and novel approaches for understanding how politicians interact with their supporters in the digital space. In this sense, the aim of this research is to examine the communication that Argentine political leaders display on Facebook, the most popular social media amongst Argentineans, during a highly polarized and politicized period in the country, taking special attention to the role that emotions play in this digital scenario. Using content analysis of the texts included in the posts, the results of this empirical work demonstrate that, on Facebook, political leaders prefer to communicate emotive messages rather than non-emotive contents and positive emotions rather than negative ones. Besides, hope is not only the most expressed one but also the emotion that generated more interaction among digital political supporters.