Technological University Dublin ARROW@TU Dublin Theses School of Media 2019-1 Exploring the Role of Twitter as a Public Sphere that Facilitates Civil Discourse Niamh Smith Technological University Dublin,
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[email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License Exploring the Role of Twitter as a Public Sphere that Facilitates Civil Discourse By Niamh Smith January 2019 A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for B.A. in Film and Broadcasting Technological University Dublin Aungier Street Dublin 2 Supervisor: Dr. Edward Brennan DECLARATION I hereby certify that this material, which I now submit for assessment on the programme of study leading to the award of B.A. in Film and Broadcasting Is entirely my own work and has not been submitted for assessment for any academic purpose other than in partial fulfillment for that stated above. Signed .................................... (Candidate) Date ..................................... i TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 3 III. METHODS 16 IV. ANONYMITY 18 V. PUBLIC SHAMING 22 VI. SOCIAL CONTROL 25 VII.