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Digital crowd - characteristics of the phenomenon

Author(s): Aleksander Zbirański
Subject(s): Civil Society, Politics and communication
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: Crowd; Internet; democracy; equality;media;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to describe the phenomenon of the digital crowd, which is a phenomenon specifi c to the functioning of political debate on the Internet (with particular emphasis on social media). Referring to the concept of Le Bon and Girard, it presents the behavior of the digital crowd and its importance for the development of public debate in the area of mass communication such as the Internet.

  • Issue Year: 17/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 261-272
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish