YouTube is the most used social network in the United States and the only major platform
that is more popular among right-leaning users. We propose the “Supply and Demand” …

This manuscript aims to assess the potential of social media as a channel to foster
democratic deliberation. It does this by examining whether the types of discussions that …

Donald Trump, the Arab Spring, Brexit: digital media have provided political actors and
citizens with new tools to engage in politics. These tools are now routinely used by activists …

In an effort to clean up user comment sections, news organizations have turned to
Facebook, the world's largest social network site, as a way to make users more identifiable …

The original edition of this accessible and interdisciplinary textbook was the first to consider
the ethical issues of digital media from a global perspective, introducing ethical theories from …

Jürgen Habermas is arguably the most influential social theorist and philosopher of the
twentieth century, and his imprint on media and communication studies extends well into the …

Governments' increasing presence on social media enables a wide range of new modes of
interaction that go beyond government information and service provision to include the key …

Organizations are setting up online forums to obtain inputs and feedback from key
stakeholders, such as employees, customers, and citizens. Examples of such virtual spaces …

With the promise of a digital public sphere capable of reinvigorating public debate and
political participation far from being fulfilled, research on online political talk has been …

In recent years, we have witnessed an increasing consolidation of different realms where
citizens can deliberate and discuss a variety of topics of general interest, including politics …