Social media impacts on conflict and democracy : the techtonic shift
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Social media impacts on conflict and democracy : the techtonic shift
(Routledge advances in international relations and politics, 157)
Routledge, 2021
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Social media technology is having a dramatic impact on social and political dynamics around the world.
The contributors to this book document and illustrate this "techtonic" shift on violent conflict and democratic processes. They present vivid examples and case studies from countries in Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Latin America as well as Northern Ireland. Each author maps an array of peacebuilding solutions to social media threats, including coordinated action by civil society, governments and tech companies to protect human minds, relationships and institutions. Solutions presented include inoculating society with a new digital literacy agenda, designing technology for positive social impacts, and regulating technology to prohibit the worst behaviours.
A must-read both for political scientists and policymakers trying to understand the impact of social media, and media studies scholars looking for a global perspective.
Table of Contents
1. The Techtonic Shift: How Social Media Works
2. Digital Information, Conflict, and Democracy
3. Brazil: Weaponized Information and Digitized Hate
4. Colombia: The Use of Social Media in Democratic Spaces: A Double-Edged Sword
5. Egypt: Social Media Impacts on Civil Society, Violent Extremism & Government Control
6. India: A False Information Ecosystem
7. India-Pakistan: Civil Society Digital Activism for Peace
8. Jordan: Social Media and Social Change Opportunities and Threats
9. Kenya: Social Media Literacy, Ethnicity and Peacebuilding
10. Myanmar: The Role of Social Media in Fomenting Violence
11. Nigeria: Social Media Dynamics in Boko Haram's Terrorist Insurgence
12. Northern Ireland: Social Media and Conflict Dynamics on the Peace Lines
13. Sri Lanka: Digital Blooms in Social Media and Violence
14. Venezuela: 21st Century Authoritarianism in the Digital Sphere
15. Zimbabwe: Social Media as a Toxic Tool or a Future Bridge to Peace
16. A Peacebuilding Approach to Addressing Social Media Threats
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