Social networks communities are "imagined communities" characterised by "deferred rationality" and "epistemic bubbles". Two case studies of multimodal metaphors in a Facebook group are analysed to show that the visual nature of communication may enhance and reinforce the epistemic bubbles in these communities.

Imaginary communities: Multimodal reasoning on vaccination in social networks

Francesca Ervas
2024-01-01

Abstract

Social networks communities are "imagined communities" characterised by "deferred rationality" and "epistemic bubbles". Two case studies of multimodal metaphors in a Facebook group are analysed to show that the visual nature of communication may enhance and reinforce the epistemic bubbles in these communities.
2024
9783631852149
Social network communities; Multimodal metaphor; Deferred rationality; Epistemic bubbles
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