208 KB52 KB199420242015Svensson, Jakobletnik:22številka:3str. 283-297DOI:10.1080/13183222.2015.1060014ISSN:1318-3222COBISSID_HOST:33875037URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-RBS4P33NenEvropski inštitut za komuniciranje in kulturoJavnost (Ljubljana)Deliberative democracyGender studiesIdentiteta (Psihologija)Political participationPolitična participacijaPosvetovalna demokracijaqueer online communityŠtudije spolovParticipation as a pastime| political discussion in a queer community online|This paper is based on a research project studying political discussions in the Swedish queer online community Qruiser. The research is netnographic through online participant observations in political forum discussions on Qruiser as well as participant interviews during November 2012. Acknowledging sites of popular culture as pivotal for political participation, together with the importance of affinity communities for engaging subjectively in larger political issues, this explorative study discusses what type of participation took place on Qruiser. Using as its point of departure deliberative and radical pluralist approaches to participation, the paper concludes that the participation in Qruiser can neither be described as deliberation nor agonism. Rather, a picture emerges of rude and antagonistic participation as a pastime, a way to have funTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaEvropski inštitut za komuniciranje in kulturo - EURICOM