Engaging in civic dialogue or opinion battles? The epistemic risks informed approach to platform governance

Författare, redaktör eller annan roll
Auksė Balčytienė
Organisation som författare, redaktör eller annan roll
Nordisk Informationscenter for Medie- og Kommunikationsforskning (NORDICOM), Nordiska ministerrådet
Publikationstyp
Kapitel i samlingsverk
Språk
Engelska
Utgivningsdatum
Typ av innehåll
Sakkunniggranskat
Abstract (Engelska)

In this chapter, I examine the risks and consequences of platformisation through the lens of building societal resilience to information disruptions. The current epistemic crisis – driven by disinformation and the dominance of dysfunctional communication (e.g., hate speech and related antisocial onl...

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Titel
Digital Media Shadowing Democracy: Technology, Communication, and Power
Redaktör
A. Balčytienė, P. Bajomi-Lázár, & H. Sousa
DOI
10.48335/9789189864290-9
Startsida
171
Slutsida
194
Anteckning

Conceptual ideas discussed in this chapter were developed within the frameworks of several research studies and empirical analyses. The concept of vulnerability and societal resilience was tested in the projects DIGIRES (http://digires.lt, 2021–2022) and BECID (Baltic Engagement Center for Combattin...