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Polarización sentimental en Twitter durante el Paro Nacional de 2021 en Colombia

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Said-Hung, Elias, Arce-García, Sergio, Mottareale-Calvanese, Daria·2023·Cuadernos.info
DOI 10.7764/cdi.55.50483
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In 2021, Colombia experienced one of the most significant periods of social protests –initially motivated as a response to the reforms proposed by this country’s government in tax, health, or pension matters– in its recent republican history. A highly conflictive scenario, in which social networks played a leading role reporting what happened each day of protests and as a scenario to vindicate social demands. In this context, this work aims to understand how the sentimental polarization observed on Twitter favored the digital mobilization strategy. To this end, we collected 1,215,646 messages published in Spanish on Twitter from 05/01/2021 to 07/03/2022, and linked to the leading hashtags used during the period studied (#paronacionalcolombia, #nosestanmatandocolombia, #SOSColombia, #Colombiaalertaroja, and #ColombiaSOSDDHH). The results show us an apparent coordination between users located in different countries, who digitally mobilize the debate around these protests through the viralization of thematic axes focused mainly on making visible the protests’ development, the violence of the Colombian security forces, and the violation of human rights. These issues addressed in micro-narratives published on Twitter contain a different sentimental charge, depending on the country of origin of these messages. This can favour the polarization and conflict of public opinion around what happened in that country.

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  • Online polarization is fueled by users' tendency to surround themselves with similar opinions and filter divergent content.

    “Said-Hung, Arce-García y Mottareale-Calvanese (2023) indican que la polarización en línea se ve alimentada por la tendencia de los usuarios a rodearse de opiniones similares y a filtrar contenido divergente.”

    From Twitter/X en la campaña presidencial de 2021 en Ecuador: interacciones digitales y su proyección en la polarización política de las siguientes campañas (2025) · cites this paper as Said-Hung, Arce-García y Mottareale-Calvanese (2023)

    El marco teórico describe cámaras de eco en las que usuarios con ideas similares comparten contenido seleccionado para destacar su postura, y señala que esto puede aumentar la polarización. No afirma específicamente que los usuarios filtren contenido divergente; además, presenta el efecto sobre la polarización como una posibilidad, mientras que la frase citante lo expresa como un hecho. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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Authors
Said-Hung, E., Arce-García, S., & Mottareale-Calvanese, D.
Affiliations
Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (ES)
ORCID
Venue
Cuadernos.info
Publisher
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Published
2023-05-31
Issue
55
Pages
281-309
ISSN
  • 0716-162X (ISSN-L)
  • 0719-367X
DOI
10.7764/cdi.55.50483
OpenAlex
W4380142744
Cited by
6
References
40
Citations by year
2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2018: 1
FWCI
2.37
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journal article
Language
es
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  • Cuadernos info (publishedVersion, cc-by-sa)
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  • Re-Unir (International University of La Rioja) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scientific Electronic Library Online) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Communication › Social Media and Politics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Latin American socio-political dynamics
Keywords
social protest, Twitter, online mobilization, hashtags, violence against protesters, human rights violations, security forces, public opinion, micro-narratives, viralization

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