Comment Sections as Public Space
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https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2026.1569Abstract
Luc Boltanski and Arnaud Esquerre’s The Making of Public Space examines online comment sections as key sites where politics emerges through news politicization and infrastructural constraints. The review highlights the book’s focus on lifeworlds, moderation, and partial anonymity, while questioning whether such participation yields political power or remains symbolic catharsis.
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