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Nguyen, Thi Thuy Hien (2023) A study of the use of digital media in Vietnamese political dissent. Doctoral thesis, London Metropolitan University.
This thesis explores the rise in the use of digital media in Vietnamese political dissent through an analysis of Facebook posts and comments on certain public issues. It examines the influence of high-profile users in initiating public discussions, Vietnamese-speaking people’s engagement in public deliberation and the factors influencing it, the emotions communicated online, and the development of collective acts of political engagement in cyberspace. A mixed-methods approach was adopted, combining content analysis and discourse analysis on a purposive sample of online discussions. The study concludes that, in the Vietnamese socio-political context, logical and emotional content is most strongly associated with the popularity of posts and comments and may help initial online interactions develop into collective acts of political engagement in cyberspace.
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