Petros Iosifidis, Nicholas Nicoli

Digital Democracy, Social Media and Disinformation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book discusses some of the political, regulatory and technological issues which arise from the increased power of internet intermediaries (such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube) and the impact of the spread of digital disinformation, especially in the midst of a health pandemic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780367332082
• ISBN-10: 0367332086
• Artikelnr.: 60039172

Autorenporträt

Petros Iosifidis is professor in Sociology and Media Policy at City, University of London, UK. He has acknowledged expertise in the realms of communications policy, public service media, regulation of social media and media coverage of sport. He is author of 8 books including Reinventing Public Service Communication (2010), Public Television in the Digital Era (2012), Global Media and Communication Policy (2013), Public Sphere and Mediated Social Networks (2016, with M. Wheeler) and Global Media & National Policies (2016, with T. Flew and J. Steemers). He has contributed numerous book chapters and has published extensively in peer-review journals. He has served as an ESRC Peer Review College reviewer, as Principal Editor of the Journal of Digital Media & Policy and Co-Editor of the Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business. He is Vice-Chair of IAMCR Global Media Policy group and has acted as national expert on European projects. Nicholas Nicoli is associate professor of Communication at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. His research focuses on communications policy and creative industry institutions. His initial research sought to deconstruct creativity management policies within public service broadcasters such as the BBC. Thereafter he focused his attention on the impact of communications policy upon strategic communication. His current research explores the intersection of communications policy, digital disinformation and the public interest. He has contributed in book chapters and has published extensively in peer-review journals. He is on the editorial boards of The Institute for Mass Media Journal of Digital Media & Policy and Journal of Media Business Studies and has acted as a national expert and science communications manager on European projects.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction SECTION I: MARKET TRENDS, INTERNET INTERMEDIARIES AND
THEORIES 2. Democracy, Public Sphere and Citizenship in a Network Society
3. Social Media, Populism and Regulatory Action SECTION II: THE CURRENT
STATE OF ART OF DIGITAL DISINFORMATION 4. Digital Disinformation and Ways
of Addressing It 5. European Policy Strategies in Combating Digital
Disinformation SECTION III: COUNTRY CASES AND DIGITAL DISINFORMATION 6.
Russia and Digital Disinformation 7. Ukraine and Digital Democracy 8.
Conclusion