| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 345 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
SSRC anxieties of democracy |
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SSRC anxieties of democracy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Nathaniel Persily and Joshua A. Tucker -- Misinformation, disinformation, and online propaganda / Andrew M. Guess and Benjamin A. Lyons -- Social media, echo chambers, and political polarization / Pablo Barbera -- Online hate speech / Alexandra A. Siegel -- Bots and computational propaganda : automation for communication and control / Samuel C. Woolley -- Online political advertising in the United States / Erika Franklin Fowler, Michael M. Franz, and Travis N. Ridout -- Democratic creative destruction? : the effect of a changing media landscape on democracy / Rasmus Kleis Nielsen and Richard Fletcher -- Misinformation and its correction / Chloe Wittenberg and Adam J. Berinsky -- Comparative media regulation in the United States and Europe / Francis Fukuyama and Andrew Grotto -- Facts and where to find them : empirical research on Internet platforms and content moderation / Daphne Keller and Paddy Leerssen -- Dealing with disinformation : evaluating the case for amendment of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act / Tim Hwang -- Democratic transparency in the platform society / Robert Gorwa and Timothy Garton Ash -- Conclusion : the challenges and opportunities for social media research / Nathaniel Persily and Joshua A. Tucker. |
| Summary |
"Widespread concern about the effects of social media on democracy has led to an explosion in research over the last five years. This research comes from disparate corners of academia: departments of political science, psychology, law, communication, economics, and computer science, alongside new initiatives in data science and even artificial intelligence. A new field is forming, and it is time to take stock of what we know, what we need to know, and how we might find it out. That is the purpose of this book"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource (viewed September 2, 2020). |
| Subject |
Social media -- Political aspects.
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Online social networks -- Political aspects.
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Information society -- Political aspects.
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Information technology -- Political aspects.
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Democracy.
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Political participation -- Technological innovations.
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Democracy. (OCoLC)fst00890077
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Information society -- Political aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00972775
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Information technology -- Political aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00973119
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Online social networks -- Political aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01983801
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Political participation -- Technological innovations.
(OCoLC)fst01983804
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Social media -- Political aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01983657
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Persily, Nathaniel, editor.
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Tucker, Joshua A. (Joshua Aaron), 1971- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Social media and democracy Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020. 9781108835558 (DLC) 2020013248 |
| ISBN |
9781108890960 (ebook) |
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1108890962 (ebook) |
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9781108835558 (hardback) |
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