1. Introduction Nathaniel Persily and Joshua A. Tucker; 2. Misinformation, Disinformation, and Online Propaganda Andrew M. Guess and Benjamin A. Lyons; 3. Social Media, Echo Chambers, and Political Polarization Pablo Barbera; 4. Online Hate Speech Alexandra A. Siegel; 5. Bots and Computational Propaganda: Automation for Communication and Control Samuel C. Woolley; 6. Online Political Advertising in the United States Erika Franklin Fowler, Michael M. Franz, and Travis N. Ridout; 7. Democratic Creative Destruction? The Effect of a Changing Media Landscape on Democracy Rasmus Kleis Nielsen and Richard Fletcher; 8. Misinformation and Its Correction Chloe Wittenberg and Adam J. Berinsky; 9. Comparative Media Regulation in the US and Europe Francis Fukuyama and Andrew Grotto; 10. Facts and Where to Find Them: Empirical Research on Internet Platforms and Online Speech Daphne Keller and Paddy Leerssen; 11. Dealing with Disinformation: Evaluating the Case for CDA 230 Amendment Tim Hwang; 12. Democratic Transparency in the Platform Society Robert Gorwa and Timothy Garton Ash; 13. Conclusion: The Challenges and Opportunities for Social Media Research Nathaniel Persily and Joshua A. Tucker.
A state-of-the-art account of what we know and do not know about the effects of digital technology on democracy.
Nathaniel Persily is the James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and the Co-Director of the Stanford Cyber Policy Center and Stanford Project on Democracy and the Internet. His scholarship focuses on the law and technology of democracy. Joshua A. Tucker is Professor of Politics, affiliated Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies, and affiliated Professor of Data Science at New York University. He is the Director of NYU's Jordan Center for Advanced Study of Russia, a co-Director of the NYU Center for Social Media and Politics, and a co-author/editor of the award-winning politics and policy blog The Monkey Cage at The Washington Post.
'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, 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, 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,
Perspectives on Politics
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