Wanderer between the worlds: Telegram use from the users’ perspective
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| Title: | Wanderer between the worlds: Telegram use from the users’ perspective |
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| Authors: | Katarina Bader, Kathrin Friederike Müller, Lars Rinsdorf |
| Source: | Publizistik. 70:133-155 |
| Publisher Information: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2025. |
| Publication Year: | 2025 |
| Subject Terms: | ddc:000 |
| Description: | The messenger Telegram has gained importance for the mediated constitution of counterpublics in German-speaking countries since 2020. However, most research on Telegram focuses on the content shared and the networks that have developed on the platform. Meanwhile, knowledge about the users of counterpublic Telegram channels and groups and their processes of appropriating the messenger is very limited. Based on 14 in-depth interviews with users, this article explores how individuals connect with like-minded people on Telegram, how they process the information they receive there and why they are attracted to the medium in general. We group them in our analysis according to the meaning they ascribe to the Telegram community, their media repertoires, and how they negotiate contradictions between counterpublic and mainstream information, developing a typology of four types: (1) topic-oriented users, (2) confident researchers, (3) libertarian activists and (4) alienated users. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1862-2569 0033-4006 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11616-025-00874-x |
| Access URL: | https://epb.bibl.th-koeln.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3021 |
| Rights: | CC BY |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....718fc4f7c944b87ef8e674c090ed667f |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | The messenger Telegram has gained importance for the mediated constitution of counterpublics in German-speaking countries since 2020. However, most research on Telegram focuses on the content shared and the networks that have developed on the platform. Meanwhile, knowledge about the users of counterpublic Telegram channels and groups and their processes of appropriating the messenger is very limited. Based on 14 in-depth interviews with users, this article explores how individuals connect with like-minded people on Telegram, how they process the information they receive there and why they are attracted to the medium in general. We group them in our analysis according to the meaning they ascribe to the Telegram community, their media repertoires, and how they negotiate contradictions between counterpublic and mainstream information, developing a typology of four types: (1) topic-oriented users, (2) confident researchers, (3) libertarian activists and (4) alienated users. |
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| ISSN: | 18622569 00334006 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11616-025-00874-x |