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dc.contributor.authorAndrews, Leighton
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-26T08:39:58Z
dc.date.available2022-04-26T08:39:58Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifierONIX_20220426_9780429881565_14
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/54180
dc.description.abstractFacebook, the Media and Democracy examines Facebook Inc. and the impact that it has had and continues to have on media and democracy around the world. Drawing on interviews with Facebook users of different kinds and dialogue with politicians, regulators, civil society and media commentators, as well as detailed documentary scrutiny of legislative and regulatory proposals and Facebook’s corporate statements, the book presents a comprehensive but clear overview of the current debate around Facebook and the global debate on the regulation of social media in the era of ‘surveillance capitalism.’ Chapters examine the business and growing institutional power of Facebook as it has unfolded over the fifteen years since its creation, the benefits and meanings that it has provided for its users, its disruptive challenge to the contemporary media environment, its shaping of conversations, and the emerging calls for its further regulation. The book considers Facebook’s alleged role in the rise of democratic movements around the world as well as its suggested role in the election of Donald Trump and the UK vote to leave the European Union. This book argues that Facebook, in some shape or form, is likely to be with us into the foreseeable future and that how we address the societal challenges that it provokes, and the economic system that underpins it, will define how human societies demonstrate their capacity to protect and enhance democracy and ensure that no corporation can set itself above democratic institutions. This is an important research volume for academics and researchers in the areas of media studies, communications, social media and political science.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDisruptions
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UB Information technology: general topics::UBW Internet: general worksen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UD Digital Lifestyle and online world: consumer and user guides::UDB Internet guides and online services::UDBS Social media / social networkingen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedomsen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studiesen_US
dc.subject.otheradvertising
dc.subject.otheralgorithmic governance
dc.subject.otheranti-trust
dc.subject.otherbig data
dc.subject.othercelebrity technocrats
dc.subject.otherdata protection
dc.subject.otherdemocracy
dc.subject.otherFacebook
dc.subject.otherGoogle
dc.subject.otherhate-speech
dc.subject.otherinformation utility
dc.subject.otherregulation
dc.subject.otherSilicon Valley libertarianism
dc.subject.othersocial media
dc.subject.otherstate security
dc.subject.othertechnological determinism
dc.subject.otherventure capitalism
dc.titleFacebook, the Media and Democracy
dc.title.alternativeBig Tech, Small State?
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.4324/9780429466410
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb
oapen.relation.isFundedByCardiff University
oapen.relation.isbn9780429881565
oapen.relation.isbn9781138608979
oapen.relation.isbn9780429466410
oapen.relation.isbn9781032338026
oapen.imprintRoutledge
oapen.pages136


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