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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Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Other Authors: Persily, Nathaniel (Editor), Tucker, Joshua A. (Joshua Aaron), 1971- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Series:SSRC anxieties of democracy.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.