Novi oblici političke participacije: analiza političkih kampanja internetskog foruma 4chan

master's thesis

• Title (english): New Forms of Political Participation: An Analysis of Political Campaigns from the Online Forum 4chan
• Author: Matej Mikašinović-Komšo
• Mentor: Kosta Bovan (mentor)
• Committee member: Kosta Bovan (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Nebojša Blanuša (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Anka Kekez Koštro (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; The Faculty of Political Science; (Department of Croatian Politics); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2019-09-17, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Science; Croatian Policy/Policy of the European Union

Abstract

U diplomskom radu se analiziraju i kritički razmatraju političke kampanje korisnika internetskog foruma 4chan – specifičnije, s podforuma /pol/ (Politically Incorrect), u svrhu utvrđivanja predstavljaju li one novi oblik političke participacije. U radu se, kroz prikaz relevantne literature o političkoj participaciji, konektivnom djelovanju te kroz prikaz povijesti, organizacije i koncepcije foruma 4chan, uspostavljaju temelji na kojima se razrađuje kvalitativna analiza dviju relevantnih političkih kampanja korisnika /pol/-a. Glavni nalazi analize odabranih političkih kampanja pokazuju da su one kolektivne, subverzivne, da koriste troll strategije radi realiziranja konzervativnih ciljeva te da sudjelovanje korisnika u njima, zbog političke motiviranosti djelovanja, predstavlja oblik političke participacije. Takva politička participacija se također može smatrati novim oblikom političke participacije, zbog naglaska na djelovanju manjeg broja pojedinca iz cijelog svijeta, nedostatku organizacijske hijerarhije te drugačijoj logici upotrebe društvenih mreža za dijeljenje materijala.

Abstract (english)

The focus of this work is the analysis and critical consideration of the political campaigns from the internet forum 4chan's – more specifically, from the subforum /pol/ (Politically Incorrect), in order to determine whether they represent a new form of political participation. Through detailing major points of relevant literature on political participation, connective action, as well as through detailing the history, organization and conception of the internet forum 4chan, the foundations for the quantitative analysis of two selected /pol/ political campaigns are prepared. The main findings of the analysis of selected political campaigns show that they are collective, subversive, that they use troll strategies in order to successfully realize conservative political goals and that the participation of the site's users in them can be considered to represent a form of political participation, due to the politically motivated nature of such participation. Such a form of political participation can also be considered to be an inovative, new form of political participation, through its emphasis on the participation of a smaller number of people throughout the world, lack of an established organizational hierarchy, and its different use of social media for content sharing.

• Keywords: politička participacija; političke kampanje; meme; memetično ratovanje; 4chan
• Keywords (english): political participation; political campaigns; meme; memetic warfare; 4chan
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:114:741488
• Study programme: Title: Political Science; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra politologije (magistar/magistra politologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Embargoed access; Embargo expiration date: 2029-04-20
• Created on: 2019-12-12 10:12:50