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Political Disaffection and Digital Political Participation in Latin America: A Comparative Analysis of the Period 2008–2020

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  • Ángel Cazorla-Martín

    (Department of Political Science, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain)

  • Juan Montabes-Pereira

    (Department of Political Science, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain)

  • Mateo Javier Hernández-Tristán

    (Department of Political Science, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain)

Abstract

One of the issues facing the field of political behaviour analysis in recent years has been the transformation of political participation among citizens, in a context of increasing change, profoundly marked by the spread of a new digital paradigm. Network society has brought with it new forms of political participation, where different types of participatory citizenship coexist in a process of increasing interaction which, in turn, creates new morphologies, and where online and offline modes are reciprocal, generating new patterns of behaviour. Of these different types of participatory citizenship, that of the disaffected is perhaps among the most important in recent years and, in particular, since the start of the so-called “Great Recession” around 2008, and the subsequent global COVID-19 crisis. This recent context can be characterised by a significant increase in political disaffection, resulting from a loss of trust in institutions and from the constant distancing of a certain section of the citizenry from politics as a coded punishment of those governments and institutions they see as ineffective. This paper provides an analysis of citizenship types in Latin America, particularly that of the disaffected, describing their relationship to the following of political information through digital media and social networks, and identifying patterns of evolution and development in some of the trends. Results show that a clear distinction exists between the different types of citizenship and associated forms of participation, both online and offline, while also describing differences in both political perceptions and attitudes, and between areas or regions in Latin America. Likewise, important differences are found according to citizen type in relation to the following of different social networks, especially among citizens categorised as critical or disaffected.

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  • Ángel Cazorla-Martín & Juan Montabes-Pereira & Mateo Javier Hernández-Tristán, 2023. "Political Disaffection and Digital Political Participation in Latin America: A Comparative Analysis of the Period 2008–2020," Societies, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-18, March.
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    1. Paulo Carlos López-López & Daniel Barredo-Ibáñez & Erika Jaráiz-Gulías, 2023. "Research on Digital Political Communication: Electoral Campaigns, Disinformation, and Artificial Intelligence," Societies, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-5, May.

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