#Republic: Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media

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book about politics book about social media nonfiction book

#Republic: Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media is a nonfiction book by legal scholar Cass Sunstein that examines how online echo chambers and social media fragmentation threaten democratic deliberation and civic life.

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instanceOf	book about politics ⓘ book about social media ⓘ nonfiction book ⓘ
addresses	risks of group polarization online ⓘ role of algorithms in shaping information exposure ⓘ
argues	citizens need exposure to diverse viewpoints for democracy to work well ⓘ extreme fragmentation of the public sphere is harmful to civic life ⓘ social media platforms encourage self-sorting into like-minded groups ⓘ
author	Cass Sunstein ⓘ surface form: Cass R. Sunstein Cass Sunstein ⓘ
countryOfPublication	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
genre	democratic theory ⓘ media studies ⓘ political science ⓘ
influencedBy	constitutional law scholarship ⓘ theory of deliberative democracy ⓘ
intendedAudience	general readers interested in democracy and technology ⓘ policy makers ⓘ scholars of law and political science ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainThesis	online echo chambers and information cocoons threaten democratic deliberation ⓘ unregulated personalization and filtering of information can undermine a well-functioning democracy ⓘ
mediaType	ebook ⓘ print ⓘ
proposes	institutional designs to promote serendipitous exposure to opposing views ⓘ reforms to digital architecture to support democratic deliberation ⓘ
publicationYear	2017 ⓘ
publisher	Princeton University Press ⓘ
relatedWork	Republic.com ⓘ Republic.com ⓘ surface form: Republic.com 2.0
subject	deliberative democracy ⓘ democracy ⓘ echo chambers ⓘ filter bubbles ⓘ online communication ⓘ political polarization ⓘ social media ⓘ
topic	civic engagement ⓘ digital technology and politics ⓘ freedom of speech ⓘ information architecture ⓘ public sphere ⓘ

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