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007			Hard bound
008			161207s2017 njua 001 0 eng
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020			_a9780691175515
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050	0	0	_aHM851 _b.S869 2017
082	0	0	_a303.4833 _223 _bSU-R
100	1		_aSunstein, Cass R _925478
245	1	0	_aRepublic _bDivided Democracy in the age of Social Media
260			_aPrinceton _bPrinceton University Press _c2017
300			_a310 p. _billustrations _c24 cm
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_a"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 each other. 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, Cass Sunstein, the New York Times bestselling author of Nudge and The World According to Star Wars, shows how today's Internet is driving political fragmentation, polarization, and even extremism--and what can be done about it. Thoroughly rethinking the critical relationship between democracy and the Internet, Sunstein describes how the online world creates "cybercascades," exploits "confirmation bias," and assists "polarization entrepreneurs." And he explains why online fragmentation endangers the shared conversations, experiences, and understandings that are the lifeblood of democracy. In response, Sunstein proposes practical and legal changes to make the Internet friendlier to democratic deliberation. These changes would get us out of our information cocoons by increasing the frequency of unchosen, unplanned encounters and exposing us to people, places, things, and ideas that we would never have picked for our Twitter feed. #Republic need not be an ironic term. As Sunstein shows, it can be a rallying cry for the kind of democracy that citizens of diverse societies most need. "--
650		0	_aInformation society _xPolitical aspects. _949553
650		0	_aInternet _xPolitical aspects. _937423
650		0	_aSocial media _xPolitical aspects. _937422
650		0	_aPolarization (Social sciences) _941036
650		0	_aPolitical participation _xTechnological innovations. _937425
650		0	_aDemocracy. _949554
650		0	_aPolitical culture. _949555
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy. _2bisacsh _934405
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / General. _2bisacsh _929694
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Censorship. _2bisacsh _949556
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General. _2bisacsh _949557
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