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Social media and democracy : the state of the field, prospects for reform / edited by Nathaniel Persily, Joshua A. Tucker.

Contributor(s): Series: SSRC anxieties of democracyPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781108890960
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Social media and democracyDDC classification:
  • 302.23/1 23
LOC classification:
  • HM742
Online resources:
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 CompBots computational propaganda : automation for communication and controlutational propaganda / 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 US and Europe / Francis Fukuyama and Andrew Grotto -- Facts and where to find them: empirical research on Internet platforms and online speech / Daphne Keller and Paddy Leerssen -- Dealing with disinformation : evaluating the case for CDA 230 amendment / 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 CompBots computational propaganda : automation for communication and controlutational propaganda / 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 US and Europe / Francis Fukuyama and Andrew Grotto -- Facts and where to find them: empirical research on Internet platforms and online speech / Daphne Keller and Paddy Leerssen -- Dealing with disinformation : evaluating the case for CDA 230 amendment / 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.

"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.

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