Las implicaciones de ser asocial en las redes sociales

Marko M.  Skoric; Qinfeng  Zhu

doi:10.3989/ris.2022.80.4.M22-006

Autores/as

Marko M. Skoric City University of Hong Kong https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4019-2807
Qinfeng Zhu University of Groningen https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8038-0274

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/ris.2022.80.4.M22-006

Palabras clave:

Capital Social, Desconexión, Eliminar Amistades o Dejar de Ser Amigo, Evitación Selectiva, Redes Sociales, Espacios Seguros

Resumen

Los primeros estudios sobre redes sociales respaldaban visiones optimistas en relación con su impacto positivo en el desarrollo del capital social, y relacionaban su uso con la exposición a puntos de vista más diversos y a un mayor compromiso con la sociedad. Sin embargo, recientemente, los investigadores empezaron a analizar los comportamientos asociales que se pueden llevar a cabo en las redes sociales y a estudiar sus consecuencias sobre el desarrollo del capital social. En este ensayo, revisamos la literatura existente centrada en estudiar estas prácticas de evitación y desconexión selectiva y avanzamos en el concepto de ‘espacios digitales seguros’ -entornos online creados filtrando y eliminando post hoc a contactos en redes sociales-, con el objetivo de profundizar en el debate sobre sus consecuencias en las sociedades democráticas contemporáneas. Nuestros hallazgos apuntan al hecho de que los espacios digitales seguros pueden constituir un entorno fértil para la expresión cívica y política, especialmente para las minorías. Sin embargo, la creación de estos enclaves digitales puede también alejar aún más a las minorías del consenso político generalizado y podría llevar a una reducción de las oportunidades económicas y políticas de aquellos ciudadanos que están excluidos de los “espacios seguros”.

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