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Digital Journalism Volume 9, 2021 - Issue 2: Digital Journalism in Latin America. Guest Editors: Pablo J. Boczkowski and Eugenia Mitchelstein.
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The Personal Is the Political? What Do WhatsApp Users Share and How It Matters for News Knowledge, Polarization and Participation in Chile

Sebastián Valenzuelaa School of Communications, Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (CIGIDEN), Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data (IMFD), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, ChileCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ingrid Bachmannb School of Communications, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, ChileORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2805-5148
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Matías Bargstedc Institute of Sociology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, ChileORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5617-6230
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Pages 155-175 | Published online: 21 Nov 2019

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