#Republic: divided democracy in the age of social media
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| ISBN13: | 9780691180908 |
| ISBN10: | 0691180903 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 336 pages |
| Size: | 203x133 mm |
| Weight: | 255 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 1 b/w illus. |
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Preface ix
1 The Daily Me 1
2 An Analogy And An Ideal 31
3 Polarization 59
4 Cybercascades 98
5 Social Glue And Spreading Information 137
6 Citizens 157
7 What?s Regulation? A Plea 176
8 Freedom Of Speech 191
9 Proposals 213
10 Terrorism.com 234
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Nudge and The World According to Star Wars, a revealing account of how today's Internet threatens democracy?and what can be done about it
As the Internet grows more sophisticated, it is creating new threats to democracy. Social media companies such as Facebook can sort us ever more efficiently into groups of the like-minded, creating echo chambers that amplify our views. It's no accident that on some occasions, people of different political views cannot even understand one another. It's also no surprise that terrorist groups have been able to exploit social media to deadly effect. Welcome to the age of
Republic need not be an ironic term. Rather, it can be a rallying cry for the kind of democracy that citizens of diverse societies need most.
