Social Media Democracy Mirage : How Social Media News Fuels a Politically Uninformed Participatory Democracy
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Elements in Politics and Communication
ISBN-10
1009055097
ISBN-13
9781009055093
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 19th, 2024
Print length
118 Pages
Weight
186 grams
Dimensions
15.10 x 22.80 x 0.90 cms
Product Classification:
Politics & government
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Social media was expected to provide new opportunities for people to learn about politics and public affairs. This Element contends that social media has produced a Social Media Democracy Mirage. Social media have led to a socio-political paradox in which people are more participatory than ever, yet not necessarily more informed.
For over two decades, political communication research has hailed the potentially reinvigorating effect of social media on democracy. Social media was expected to provide new opportunities for people to learn about politics and public affairs, and to participate politically. Building on two systematic literature reviews on social media, and its effects on political participation and knowledge (20002020), and introducing empirical evidence drawing on four original US survey data that expands for over a decade (20092020), this Element contends that social media has only partially fulfilled this tenet, producing a Social Media Democracy Mirage. That is, social media have led to a socio-political paradox in which people are more participatory than ever, yet not necessarily more informed.
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