TY  - GEN
T1  - Social media and democracy : the state of the field, prospects for reform
T2  - SSRC Anxieties of Democracy.
A2  - Persily, Nathaniel
A2  - Tucker, Joshua A. (Joshua Aaron), 1971-
LA  - English
PP  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
YR  - 2020
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/Cambridge_open_access_CR9781108890960
AB  - Over the last five years, widespread concern about the effects of social media on democracy has led to an explosion in research from different disciplines and corners of academia. This book is the first of its kind to take stock of this emerging multi-disciplinary field by synthesizing what we know, identifying what we do not know and obstacles to future research, and charting a course for the future inquiry. Chapters by leading scholars cover major topics - from disinformation to hate speech to political advertising - and situate recent developments in the context of key policy questions. In addition, the book canvasses existing reform proposals in order to address widely perceived threats that social media poses to democracy. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
NO  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Sep 2020).
CN  - HM742 .S628164 2020
SN  - 9781108890960 (ebook)
SN  - 9781108835558 (hardback)
SN  - 9781108812894 (paperback)
SN  - 9781108835558
KW  - Social media : Political aspects.
KW  - Online social networks : Political aspects.
KW  - Information society : Political aspects.
KW  - Information technology : Political aspects.
KW  - Democracy.
KW  - Political participation : Technological innovations.
ER  -