The Resource #Republic : divided democracy in the age of social media, Cass R. Sunstein
#Republic : divided democracy in the age of social media, Cass R. Sunstein
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The item #Republic : divided democracy in the age of social media, Cass R. Sunstein represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Biddle Law Library - University of Pennsylvania Law School.
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- Summary
- "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 each other. It's also no surprise that terrorist groups have been able to exploit social media to deadly effect. Welcome to the age of #Republic. In this revealing book, Cass Sunstein, the New York Times bestselling author of Nudge and The World According to Star Wars, shows how today's Internet is driving political fragmentation, polarization, and even extremism--and what can be done about it. Thoroughly rethinking the critical relationship between democracy and the Internet, Sunstein describes how the online world creates "cybercascades," exploits "confirmation bias," and assists "polarization entrepreneurs." And he explains why online fragmentation endangers the shared conversations, experiences, and understandings that are the lifeblood of democracy. In response, Sunstein proposes practical and legal changes to make the Internet friendlier to democratic deliberation. These changes would get us out of our information cocoons by increasing the frequency of unchosen, unplanned encounters and exposing us to people, places, things, and ideas that we would never have picked for our Twitter feed. #Republic need not be an ironic term. As Sunstein shows, it can be a rallying cry for the kind of democracy that citizens of diverse societies most need."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 310 pages
- Contents
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- Proposals
- Terrorism.com
- #Republic
- The daily me
- An analogy and an ideal
- Polarization
- Cybercascades
- Social glue and spreading information
- Citizens
- What's regulation? : a plea
- Freedom of speech
- Isbn
- 9780691175515
- Label
- #Republic : divided democracy in the age of social media
- Title
- #Republic
- Title remainder
- divided democracy in the age of social media
- Statement of responsibility
- Cass R. Sunstein
- Title variation
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- Hashtag republic
- Republic
- Title variation remainder
- divided democracy in the age of social media
- Subject
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- Internet -- Political aspects
- Internet -- Political aspects
- Polarization (Social sciences)
- Polarization (Social sciences)
- Democracy
- Political culture
- Political participation -- Technological innovations
- Social media -- Political aspects
- Political culture
- Democracy
- Information society -- Political aspects
- Information society -- Political aspects
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 each other. It's also no surprise that terrorist groups have been able to exploit social media to deadly effect. Welcome to the age of #Republic. In this revealing book, Cass Sunstein, the New York Times bestselling author of Nudge and The World According to Star Wars, shows how today's Internet is driving political fragmentation, polarization, and even extremism--and what can be done about it. Thoroughly rethinking the critical relationship between democracy and the Internet, Sunstein describes how the online world creates "cybercascades," exploits "confirmation bias," and assists "polarization entrepreneurs." And he explains why online fragmentation endangers the shared conversations, experiences, and understandings that are the lifeblood of democracy. In response, Sunstein proposes practical and legal changes to make the Internet friendlier to democratic deliberation. These changes would get us out of our information cocoons by increasing the frequency of unchosen, unplanned encounters and exposing us to people, places, things, and ideas that we would never have picked for our Twitter feed. #Republic need not be an ironic term. As Sunstein shows, it can be a rallying cry for the kind of democracy that citizens of diverse societies most need."--
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- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sunstein, Cass R
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Social media
- Information society
- Internet
- Polarization (Social sciences)
- Political participation
- Democracy
- Political culture
- Label
- #Republic : divided democracy in the age of social media, Cass R. Sunstein
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
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- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Proposals
- Terrorism.com
- #Republic
- The daily me
- An analogy and an ideal
- Polarization
- Cybercascades
- Social glue and spreading information
- Citizens
- What's regulation? : a plea
- Freedom of speech
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xi, 310 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691175515
- Lccn
- 2016038668
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40027001070
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)958799819
- Label
- #Republic : divided democracy in the age of social media, Cass R. Sunstein
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Proposals
- Terrorism.com
- #Republic
- The daily me
- An analogy and an ideal
- Polarization
- Cybercascades
- Social glue and spreading information
- Citizens
- What's regulation? : a plea
- Freedom of speech
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xi, 310 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691175515
- Lccn
- 2016038668
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40027001070
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)958799819
Subject
- Internet -- Political aspects
- Internet -- Political aspects
- Polarization (Social sciences)
- Polarization (Social sciences)
- Democracy
- Political culture
- Political participation -- Technological innovations
- Social media -- Political aspects
- Political culture
- Democracy
- Information society -- Political aspects
- Information society -- Political aspects
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