Social media and democracy : the state of the field, prospects for reform /
"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 n...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2020.
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| Series: | SSRC anxieties of democracy.
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Table of 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.