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#Republic : divided democracy in the age of social media /

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"As the Internet grows more sophisticated, it is creating new threats to democracy. Social media companies such as Facebook can sort us ever more efficiently into groups of the like-minded, creating echo chambers that amplify our views. It's no accident that on some occasions, people of di...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sunstein, Cass R. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Social media > Political aspects.
Information society > Political aspects.
Internet > Political aspects.
Polarization (Social sciences)
Political participation > Technological innovations.
Democracy.
Political culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Censorship.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
Demokratische Bewegung.
Social Media.
Informationsgesellschaft.
Politische Beteiligung.
05.20 communication and society.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Censorship.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General.
Table of Contents:
  • The daily me
  • An analogy and an ideal
  • Polarization
  • Cybercascades
  • Social glue and spreading information
  • Citizens
  • What's regulation? : a plea
  • Freedom of speech
  • Proposals
  • Terrorism.com
  • #Republic.