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Digital Democracy, Social Media and Disinformation discusses some
of the political, regulatory and technological issues which arise
from the increased power of internet intermediaries (such as
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube) and the impact of the spread of
digital disinformation, especially in the midst of a health
pandemic. The volume provides a detailed account of the main areas
surrounding digital democracy, disinformation and fake news,
freedom of expression and post-truth politics. It addresses the
major theoretical and regulatory concepts of digital democracy and
the 'network society' before offering potential socio-political and
technological solutions to the fight against disinformation and
fake news. These solutions include self-regulation, rebuttals and
myth-busting, news literacy, policy recommendations, awareness and
communication strategies and the potential of recent technologies
such as the blockchain and public interest algorithms to counter
disinformation. After addressing what has currently been done to
combat disinformation and fake news, the volume argues that digital
disinformation needs to be identified as a multifaceted problem,
one that requires multiple approaches to resolve. Governments,
regulators, think tanks, the academy and technology providers need
to take more steps to better shape the next internet with as little
digital disinformation as possible by means of a regional analysis.
In this context, two cases concerning Russia and Ukraine are
presented regarding disinformation and the ways it was handled.
Written in a clear and direct style, this volume will appeal to
students and researchers within the social sciences, computer
science, law and business studies, as well as policy makers engaged
in combating what constitutes one of the most pressing issues of
the digital age.
Digital Democracy, Social Media and Disinformation discusses some
of the political, regulatory and technological issues which arise
from the increased power of internet intermediaries (such as
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube) and the impact of the spread of
digital disinformation, especially in the midst of a health
pandemic. The volume provides a detailed account of the main areas
surrounding digital democracy, disinformation and fake news,
freedom of expression and post-truth politics. It addresses the
major theoretical and regulatory concepts of digital democracy and
the 'network society' before offering potential socio-political and
technological solutions to the fight against disinformation and
fake news. These solutions include self-regulation, rebuttals and
myth-busting, news literacy, policy recommendations, awareness and
communication strategies and the potential of recent technologies
such as the blockchain and public interest algorithms to counter
disinformation. After addressing what has currently been done to
combat disinformation and fake news, the volume argues that digital
disinformation needs to be identified as a multifaceted problem,
one that requires multiple approaches to resolve. Governments,
regulators, think tanks, the academy and technology providers need
to take more steps to better shape the next internet with as little
digital disinformation as possible by means of a regional analysis.
In this context, two cases concerning Russia and Ukraine are
presented regarding disinformation and the ways it was handled.
Written in a clear and direct style, this volume will appeal to
students and researchers within the social sciences, computer
science, law and business studies, as well as policy makers engaged
in combating what constitutes one of the most pressing issues of
the digital age.
Conventional wisdom views globalization as a process that heralds
the diminishing role or even 'death' of the state and the rise of
transnational media and transnational consumption. Global Media and
National Policies questions those assumptions and shows not only
that the nation-state never left but that it is still a force to be
reckoned with. With contributions that look at global developments
and developments in specific parts of the world, it demonstrates
how nation-states have adapted to globalization and how they still
retain key policy instruments to achieve many of their policy
objectives. This book argues that the phenomenon of media
globalization has been overstated, and that national governments
remain key players in shaping the media environment, with media
corporations responding to the legal and policy frameworks they
deal with at a national level.
This edited volume addresses current challenges, trends and
transformations in global communication governance. Exploring
changes in the actors, issues, values and contexts of media and
communications, it investigates the crossroads that media policy is
facing and offers visions for the future. A diverse range of
scholars and expert practitioners discuss what regulatory reforms
and governing mechanisms are required to advance democratic
participation and fundamental rights in platform societies.
Organized around five sections, the volume considers the
geopolitics of emerging communication orders; the changing roles of
actors and stakeholders; the challenge of embedding rights and
values in regulatory arrangements; the intersection of technology
and policy; and the need to rethink epistemologies and
methodologies for researching this field. Contributions from
different disciplines and cultural backgrounds include provocative
think pieces and longer analyses. All chapters are grounded in
historically-aware understandings of contemporary transformations,
while anticipating dynamics of our communication
futures. Â
Social media is said to radically change the way in which public
communication takes place: information diffuses faster and can
reach a large number of people, but what makes the process so novel
is that online networks can empower people to compete with
traditional broadcasters or public figures. This book critically
interrogates the contemporary relevance of social networks as a set
of economic, cultural and political enterprises and as a public
sphere in which a variety of political and socio-cultural demands
can be met. It examines policy, regulatory and socio-cultural
issues arising from the transformation of communication to a
multi-layered sphere of online and social networks. The central
theme of the book is to address the following questions: Are online
and social networks an unstoppable democratizing and mobilizing
force? Is there a need for policy and intervention to ensure the
development of comprehensive and inclusive social networking
frameworks? Social media are viewed both as a tool that allows
citizens to influence policymaking, and as an object of new
policies and regulations, such as data retention, privacy and
copyright laws, around which citizens are mobilizing.
Social media is said to radically change the way in which public
communication takes place: information diffuses faster and can
reach a large number of people, but what makes the process so novel
is that online networks can empower people to compete with
traditional broadcasters or public figures. This book critically
interrogates the contemporary relevance of social networks as a set
of economic, cultural and political enterprises and as a public
sphere in which a variety of political and socio-cultural demands
can be met. It examines policy, regulatory and socio-cultural
issues arising from the transformation of communication to a
multi-layered sphere of online and social networks. The central
theme of the book is to address the following questions: Are online
and social networks an unstoppable democratizing and mobilizing
force? Is there a need for policy and intervention to ensure the
development of comprehensive and inclusive social networking
frameworks? Social media are viewed both as a tool that allows
citizens to influence policymaking, and as an object of new
policies and regulations, such as data retention, privacy and
copyright laws, around which citizens are mobilizing.
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