From the New York Times bestselling author of Nudge and The World
According to Star Wars, a revealing account of how today's Internet
threatens democracy—and what can be done about it As the Internet
grows more sophisticated, it is creating new threats to democracy.
Social media companies such as Facebook can sort us ever more
efficiently into groups of the like-minded, creating echo chambers
that amplify our views. It's no accident that on some occasions,
people of different political views cannot even understand one
another. It's also no surprise that terrorist groups have been able to
exploit social media to deadly effect. Welcome to the age of
#Republic. In this revealing book, New York Times bestselling author
Cass Sunstein shows how today’s Internet is driving political
fragmentation, polarization, and even extremism--and what can be done
about it. He proposes practical and legal changes to make the Internet
friendlier to democratic deliberation, showing that #Republic need not
be an ironic term. Rather, it can be a rallying cry for the kind of
democracy that citizens of diverse societies need most.
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ISBN
9781400890521
Publisert
2018
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Princeton University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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