Social Media and Democracy

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Edited by Nathaniel Persily, Stanford University, California, Joshua A. Tucker, New York University

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: August 2020
Print publication year:: 2020
Online ISBN:: 9781108890960
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108890960
Creative Commons:: This content is Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/creativelicenses

Subjects:: Area Studies, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Politics and International Relations, Comparative Politics
Series:: SSRC Anxieties of Democracy

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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.

'Tackling some of the most pressing issues facing the public on the effect of social media on democracy, Persily and Tucker and contributing authors provide a grand tour of what academic research has taught us about digital politics and policy. From hate speech to polarization to misinformation and beyond, this work elucidates what we know about the impact of the Internet on democracy and presses us to think critically about how we can move this body of work forward to best inform policymaking. Social Media and Democracy should be required reading - for policymakers, academics, researchers, students of digital politics, and the general public.'

Margaret Roberts - University of California, San Diego

'Democracy is fundamentally about how people connect to determine their collective fate. Social media is changing how we connect, and thus is transforming our democracy - in ways good and bad. This volume offers an impressive compendium of perspectives from some of the leading researchers in the world on the role that social media is and should be playing in contemporary democracy.'

David Lazer - University Distinguished Professor, Northeastern University

‘Social Media and Democracy is currently available open access, but it would also be an inexpensive and worthwhile print addition to an academic law library’s collection. … Social Media and Democracy is easy to read and understand. This title would be useful for a researcher studying First Amendment rights, antitrust, administrative law, and the intersection of the law and the media. It would also be helpful to a practicing attorney working on policy and legislation in this area.’

Cynthia W. Bassett Source: Law Library Journal

‘… invaluable … would be useful to undergraduate and graduate-level students studying politics, sociology, or communications along with researchers and policy analysts. The extensive data analyses and bibliographies make this title worthy of a place on library shelves … Recommended.’

H. L. Katz Source: Choice Magazine

‘Social Media and Democracy is an excellent book that manages to achieve multiple objectives in a relatively short space. The scholarly quality of the contributors is very high, and the depth of discussion is praiseworthy … [It] is a great reference for both researchers and practitioners working on a wide variety of crucial questions that the volume compels us to examine.’

Cantay Caliskan Source: Perspectives on Politics

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Social Media and Democracy
pp i-i

SSRC Anxieties of Democracy - Series page
pp ii-ii

Sponsored by the Social Science Research Council
pp iii-iv

Social Media and Democracy - Title page
pp v-v

Copyright page
pp vi-vi

Dedication
pp vii-viii

Contents
pp ix-x

Figures
pp xi-xi

Tables
pp xii-xii

Contributors
pp xiii-xiv

Preface
pp xv-xviii

1 - Introduction
pp 1-9

2 - Misinformation, Disinformation, and Online Propaganda
pp 10-33

3 - Social Media, Echo Chambers, and Political Polarization
pp 34-55

4 - Online Hate Speech
pp 56-88

5 - Bots and Computational Propaganda: Automation for Communication and Control
pp 89-110

6 - Online Political Advertising in the United States
pp 111-138

7 - Democratic Creative Destruction? The Effect of a Changing Media Landscape on Democracy
pp 139-162

8 - Misinformation and Its Correction
pp 163-198

9 - Comparative Media Regulation in the United States and Europe
pp 199-219

10 - Facts and Where to Find Them: Empirical Research on Internet Platforms and Content Moderation
pp 220-251

11 - Dealing with Disinformation: Evaluating the Case for Amendment of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act
pp 252-285

12 - Democratic Transparency in the Platform Society
pp 286-312

13 - Conclusion: The Challenges and Opportunities for Social Media Research
pp 313-331

Index
pp 332-346

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