Controversial Encounters in the Age of Algorithms: How Digital Technologies are Stifling Public Debate...

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Sine N. Just (Roskilde University)

Controversial Encounters in the Age of Algorithms

How Digital Technologies are Stifling Public Debate and What to Do About It

Sine N. Just (Roskilde University)

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Bristol University Press
27 November 2024

Communication studies; Media studies; Impact of science & technology on society; Ethical & social aspects of computing; Digital lifestyle

How can we have meaningful public conversations in the algorithmic age?

This book explores how digital technologies shape our opinions and interactions, often in ways that limit our exposure to diverse perspectives and fuel polarisation. Drawing on the ancient art of arguing all sides of a case, the book offers a way to revive public debate as a source of trust and legitimacy in democratic societies.

This is a timely and urgent book for anyone who cares about the future of democracy in the digital era.

By: Sine N. Just (Roskilde University)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529238341
ISBN 10: 152923834X
Pages: 230
Publication Date: 27 November 2024
Audience: General/trade , General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

1. The Closing of the Rhetorical Mind 2. Press Play: Organizing Digital Communication 3. The Digital Transformation of the Public Sphere 4. Controversial Encounters of the First Kind - The Theory and Practice of Controversy 5. Controversial Encounters of the Second Kind - Sweet Consensus and Nasty Conflict 6. Controversial Encounters of the Third Kind - Towards Automated Persuasion? 7. Affective Alternatives - Unlocking the Rhetorical Mind 8. Make Disagreement Good Again

Sine N. Just is Professor of Strategic Communication in the Department of Communication and Arts at Roskilde University.

Reviews for Controversial Encounters in the Age of Algorithms: How Digital Technologies are Stifling Public Debate and What to Do About It

“Just delivers a compelling answer to the burning question of how to sustain meaningful encounters with difference in today’s communication landscape. Ancient ideas meet new imperatives in this fresh interdisciplinary take on what rhetoric can do.” Karen Lee Ashcraft, University of Colorado Boulder