Social media and the culture of online public opinion: A study on the bloggers of Bangla blogosphere

Abstract

The context of the study has emerged in the bangle online space of social media where Bangla blogosphere and Facebook are linked to create a culture of online public opinion. The study aims to draw the nature of online public opinion in social media by tracing the experiences of bloggers of Bangla blogosphere. For that purpose, the study also seeks to compare the theories of public sphere and public space with the theories of public opinion. The scope and problems of democratic participation of bloggers in social media are considered as bridge between the social media and online public opinion. The findings of the study show that with the advanced features and with some limit of networked of communication, the culture of online public opinion in the cyberspace of Social media is having a fragmentary look.