Internet and democracy in the network society:

A seminal shift has taken place in the relationship between Internet usage and politics. At the turn of the century, it was presumed that digital communication would produce many positive political effects like improvements to political information retrieval, support for public debate and community...

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Other Authors: Dijk, Jan van 1952- (Editor), Hacker, Kenneth L. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Routledge 2018
Series:Routledge studies in global information, politics and society
Routledge studies in global information, politics and society 17
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:A seminal shift has taken place in the relationship between Internet usage and politics. At the turn of the century, it was presumed that digital communication would produce many positive political effects like improvements to political information retrieval, support for public debate and community formation or even enhancements in citizen participation in political decision-making. While there have been positive effects, negative effects have also occurred including fake news and other political disinformation, social media appropriation by terrorists and extremists, 'echo-chambers' and "filter bubbles", elections influenced by hostile hackers and campaign manipulation by micro-targeting marketing. It is time for critical re-evaluation
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9781351110693
1351110691
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