Iosifidis, Petros,

Digital democracy, social media and disinformation / Petros Iosifidis and Nicholas Nicoli. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780367332105

10.4324/9780429318481 doi

9780429318481 Taylor & Francis

HM851

303.4833