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https://doi.org/10.20901/ms.14.28.4

From Questionable Incident to Political Scandal: The Ibiza Affair’s Scandalization on Twitter

Maximilian Eder orcid.org/0000-0001-9055-4223 ; Department of Media and Communication, LMU Munich *

* Dopisni autor.

Sažetak

Political scandals have become an everyday phenomenon, among other things, due to the crucial role of social media platforms as they shape how scandals unfold, are reported upon by journalists, and are perceived by the audience. This article examines the process of scandalization and journalistic discourse on Twitter in Germany and Austria against the background of the so-called Ibiza affair. Through a critical discourse analysis of 885 tweets from 149 influential political journalists, this study seeks to add to the understanding of scandalization on Twitter. Building upon the functional phase model by Burkhardt (2015, 2018), the study finds that those previously identified phases of a (political) scandal in print media coverage are shortened on Twitter, indicating a different scandalization dynamic on social media.

Ključne riječi

Scandals; journalism practice; social media; Twitter

Hrčak ID:

313183

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/313183

Datum izdavanja:

9.1.2024.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

Posjeta: 975 *