Social Media Democracy Mirage: How Social Media News Fuels a Politically Uninformed Participatory Democracy...

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Homero Gil de Zúñiga (Universidad de Salamanca, Spain and Pennsylvania State University) Hugo Marcos Marné (Universidad de Salamanca, Spain)

Social Media Democracy Mirage

How Social Media News Fuels a Politically Uninformed Participatory Democracy

Homero Gil de Zúñiga (Universidad de Salamanca, Spain and Pennsylvania State University), Hugo Marcos Marné (Universidad de Salamanca, Spain), Manuel Goyanes (Universidad de Salamanca, Spain) , Rebecca Scheffauer (Universidad de Salamanca, Spain)

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English

Cambridge University Press
19 December 2024

Media studies; Political structure & processes; Political structures: democracy; Digital lifestyle

Series: Elements in Politics and Communication

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For over two decades, political communication research has hailed the potentially reinvigorating effect of social media on democracy. Social media was expected to provide new opportunities for people to learn about politics and public affairs, and to participate politically. Building on two systematic literature reviews on social media, and its effects on political participation and knowledge (2000–2020), and introducing empirical evidence drawing on four original US survey data that expands for over a decade (2009–2020), this Element contends that social media has only partially fulfilled this tenet, producing a Social Media Democracy Mirage. That is, social media have led to a socio-political paradox in which people are more participatory than ever, yet not necessarily more informed.

By: Homero Gil de Zúñiga (Universidad de Salamanca Spain and Pennsylvania State University), Hugo Marcos Marné (Universidad de Salamanca, Spain), Manuel Goyanes (Universidad de Salamanca, Spain), Rebecca Scheffauer (Universidad de Salamanca, Spain)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 183g
ISBN: 9781009055093
ISBN 10: 1009055097
Series: Elements in Politics and Communication
Pages: 118
Publication Date: 19 December 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active