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Abstract

The growing need for sustainable lifestyle practices, both individual and collective, has sparked ongoing debates on environmental and social sustainability. Public transit plays a key role in these discussions, for its capability to meet both (Mattioli 2016; Miller et al. 2016). Recently, public bodies have successfully used participatory web tools, such as social media and websites, to promote services and engage users. This approach has fostered increased trust and improved perceptions of transparency by making information more accessible (Criado et al. 2013; Song and Lee 2016). Dialogic features in texts, pointing to interaction between writer and audience (Bondi 2022), can create the impression of transparent communication, thereby showcasing willingness to build an open dialogue. Therefore, this study analyzes dialogic features on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) website and Instagram, revealing how both platforms distinctively resort to dialogicity to enhance communicative transparency and align with the audience’s expectations.

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Keywords: public transit ; participatory web ; transparent communication ; dialogicity
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