Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaWorry about COVID-19 and its effects on the online political participation of citizens in the Ecuadorian context
During the COVID-19 pandemic, confinement and mobility restrictions gave rise to different questions regarding the use and perceptions on public space, where the relational and contextual properties of this space may cause a diversity of emotions. We use machine learning and social network analysis...
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Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (Ecuador)
2022
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| author | Zumárraga-Espinosa, Marcos Egas-Balseca, Sonia Reyes-Valenzuela, Carlos |
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| description | During the COVID-19 pandemic, confinement and mobility restrictions gave rise to different questions regarding the use and perceptions on public space, where the relational and contextual properties of this space may cause a diversity of emotions. We use machine learning and social network analysis to explore emotions in relation to the public space, based on attributes extracted from photos of the city of Quito, Ecuador, taken between April and June 2020. Our results show that an attribute of the urban landscape can be associated with positive and negative emotions, and that opposite attributes of the images (i.e., glossy and dirty) can both influence positive emotions regarding public space. This research inaugurates a new field of study in Latin America regarding urban emotions, and also supports a better understanding of citizen perceptions of the public space during the pandemic crisis. |
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| spelling | oai:revistas.ups.edu.ec:article-57632022-02-24T16:24:44Z Worry about COVID-19 and its effects on the online political participation of citizens in the Ecuadorian context La preocupación por el COVID-19 y sus efectos en la participación política online de la ciudadanía en el contexto ecuatoriano Zumárraga-Espinosa, Marcos Egas-Balseca, Sonia Reyes-Valenzuela, Carlos Worry COVID-19 online political participation political concern social media Ecuador Preocupación COVID-19 participación política online preocupación política medios sociales Ecuador During the COVID-19 pandemic, confinement and mobility restrictions gave rise to different questions regarding the use and perceptions on public space, where the relational and contextual properties of this space may cause a diversity of emotions. We use machine learning and social network analysis to explore emotions in relation to the public space, based on attributes extracted from photos of the city of Quito, Ecuador, taken between April and June 2020. Our results show that an attribute of the urban landscape can be associated with positive and negative emotions, and that opposite attributes of the images (i.e., glossy and dirty) can both influence positive emotions regarding public space. This research inaugurates a new field of study in Latin America regarding urban emotions, and also supports a better understanding of citizen perceptions of the public space during the pandemic crisis. La pandemia provocada por el COVID-19 ha generado preocupación en la ciudadanía debido a la administración que están realizando los Estados latinoamericanos, especialmente en relación con las medidas políticas adoptadas para contrarrestar sus repercusiones sanitarias, económicas y sociales. Estas gestiones oficiales suscitan diversas respuestas en las personas para lidiar con el impacto de la pandemia, que pueden variar en una alta preocupación y sensación de vulnerabilidad, diversas formas de expresión emocional, acciones de solidaridad o participación política. El objetivo del estudio es explorar el papel de la preocupación individual experimentada frente al COVID-19 y su incidencia en la participación política a través de medios sociales como Facebook, Twitter y WhatsApp. El estudio empírico se basó en una encuesta no probabilística a 920 personas que residen en Quito-Ecuador, aplicada previo a las elecciones generales celebradas en febrero de 2021. Los resultados obtenidos evidencian, a nivel general, un efecto indirecto significativo de la preocupación por el impacto de la pandemia sobre la participación política digital, mediado por la preocupación política. Así, la politización de la preocupación por el COVID-19 opera como un mecanismo que posibilita la movilización de acciones políticas a través de medios virtuales, que son más intensas por parte de Twitter y Facebook, mientras que dicho efecto movilizador se debilita en el caso de WhatsApp. Las implicaciones de estos hallazgos se discuten en cuanto a las formas de acción política ciudadana que tienen lugar Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (Ecuador) 2022-03-22 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf application/pdf application/zip text/html https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/36.2022.08 10.17163/uni.n36.2022.08 Universitas; No. 36 (2022): (March 2022-August 2022): Elections in the U.S. and Latin America: campaigns, electoral behavior, polarization and protests; 195-219 Universitas; Núm. 36 (2022): (marzo 2022-agosto 2022): Elecciones en EE. UU. e Iberoamérica: campañas, comportamiento electoral, polarización y protesta; 195-219 1390-8634 1390-3837 10.17163/uni.n36 spa eng https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/36.2022.08/5078 https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/36.2022.08/5079 https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/36.2022.08/5080 https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/36.2022.08/5081 Derechos de autor 2022 Universidad Politénica Salesiana http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Zumárraga-Espinosa, Marcos Egas-Balseca, Sonia Reyes-Valenzuela, Carlos Worry about COVID-19 and its effects on the online political participation of citizens in the Ecuadorian context |
| title | Worry about COVID-19 and its effects on the online political participation of citizens in the Ecuadorian context |
| title_full | Worry about COVID-19 and its effects on the online political participation of citizens in the Ecuadorian context |
| title_fullStr | Worry about COVID-19 and its effects on the online political participation of citizens in the Ecuadorian context |
| title_full_unstemmed | Worry about COVID-19 and its effects on the online political participation of citizens in the Ecuadorian context |
| title_short | Worry about COVID-19 and its effects on the online political participation of citizens in the Ecuadorian context |
| title_sort | worry about covid-19 and its effects on the online political participation of citizens in the ecuadorian context |
| url | https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/36.2022.08 |